Lesson: Essentials/30

Grammar

Para contarmos substantivos incontáveis (uncountable nouns) precisamos colocá-los em unidades de medida, recipientes, formatos e porções contáveis.

Ex. Water -> a glass of water, a cup of water, a bottle of water, a liter of water

Usamos as seguintes palavras para contar uncountable nouns.

Recipientes

• bag
  • saco
• bottle
  • garrafa
• bowl
  • tigela
• box
  • caixa
• bucket
  • balde
• can
  • lata
• carton
  • caixa
• cup
  • xícara
• glass
  • copo
• jar
  • pote de vidro
• packet
  • pacote (pequeno)
• tub
  • pote de plástico
• tube
  • tubo

Unidades de Medida

• liter
  • litro
• pound
  • libra (454 grams)
• kilo
  • quilo
• ounce
  • onça (28,349 grams)
• pint
  • semi-litro (473 ml)

Formatos e porções

• bar
  • barra
• pinch
  • pitada
• slice
  • fatia
• spoon
  • colher
• square
  • quadrado

Colocando no plural

Colocamos as palavras para recipientes, unidades de medida, formatos e porções no plural da seguinte forma:

Ex.: She wants a cup of coffee. -> She wants two cups of coffee.

Exercises

1. Caracterize as palavras abaixo em countable ou uncountable:

Obs.: Utilize o seguinte recurso para fazer este exercício. Você pode achar a informação countable [C] e uncountable [U] na definição de cada palavra.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/

• luck
• permission
• rabbit
• life
• salmon
• information
• luggage
• suitcase
• aircraft
• country

2. Faça frases com os seguintes uncountable nouns. Utilize recipientes, unidades de medida, formatos e porções.

1. chocolate
2. sand
3. water
4. coffee
5. juice
6. milk
7. cereal
8. soda
9. toothpaste
10. margarine
11. bread
12. sugar

3. Coloque how much ou how many nas perguntas abaixo:

1. _______ stars are there in the sky?
2. _______ people live on islands?
3. _______ birds are there in the San Francisco Zoo?
4. _______ countries are there in the world?
5. _______ water is there in the Pacific ocean?
6. _______ bread do they make every day?
7. _______ bones are there in the human body?
8. _______ sand is there in the Atacama desert?
9. _______ information is there on the Internet?
10. _______ money is there in your bank account?

Pronunciation

Examples
mouth	fowl
now	couch
clown	loud
found	down
town	mouse

Vocabulary

The Kitchen II

• Pot
• Skillet
• Spatula
• Tea kettle
• Muffin pan
• Knife
• Cutting board
• Whisk
• Rolling pin
• Dough
• Flour
• Grater
• Colander
• Strainer
• Measuring cup
• Measuring spoons
• Apron
• Stain
• Pantry

Kitchen 2

Review

1. Qual artigo indefinido deve ser colocado antes das palavras a seguir a ou an. Escolha o artigo correto e depois escreva uma frase usando o artigo e a palavra:

• dog
• famous actress
• English tea
• end
• younger brother
• older sister
• actor
• aunt
• old bike
• invitation

2. Coloque o verbo to be na forma correta nos espaços abaixo.

Charlie _____ from Chicago, but Paul and John _____ from New York. Chicago and New York _____ cities in the US. Sandra _____ their friend and she _____ at school today. They _____ in the same class. Paul and John _____ brothers. They _____ in class because they _____ on a trip to Europe to visit their cousin Anne. She _____ a nice girl.

3. Passe as palavras abaixo para o plural. Escolha três delas e faça perguntas:

• product
• lady
• lion
• prize
• tree
• house
• lamp
• Eskimo
• story
• shelf

4. Use o pronome correto para as frases abaixo, veja o exemplo:

__She___ has a brother. (Diana)

1. _____ is dreaming. (George)
2. _____ is green. (the blackboard)
3. _____ are on the wall. (the posters)
4. _____ is running. (the dog)
5. _____ are watching TV. (my mother and I)
6. _____ are in the garden. (the flowers)
7. _____ is riding his bike. (Tom)
8. _____ is from Bristol. (Victoria)

5. Coloque o possessivo ' ou 's ou of nos exemplos abaixo:

1. (a glass) milk
2. (my friend) bike
3. (the window) room
4. (Mr Smith) car
5. (Jack) computer
6. (the headteacher) office
7. (the number) house
8. (two days) work
9. (the waiter) shoes
10. (Britain) economy

6. Faça perguntas usando a frase e as palavras em parênteses:

1. to school? (you/walk)
2. a banana in the morning? (Ronda/eat)
3. parrots? (your father/like)
4. a room with her sister? (Wendy/share)
5. a lot in England? (it/rain)
6. sports after school? (your friends/practice)
7. camping in the summer? (Susan and Jack/go)
8. their friends to the parties? (they/invite)
9. at the bus stop? (we/wait)
10. in the morning? (he/exercise)

7. Coloque some ou any:

1. Can I have ____ of these kiwis?
2. We saw ____ dolphins in the sea.
3. They went to town without ____ money.
4. Buy ____ apples if you find ____ at the market.
5. Would you like ____ more tea?
6. Come see me ____ time you want.
7. He never does ____ work.
8. You can take ____ bus to the city center.
9. Peter never gives his mother ____ help.
10. There's hardly ____ coffee left.

Conversation

1. Are you going to be very busy this weekend?
2. What are you going to do next week (list 3 things)?
3. Are you going to see some friends this weekend? Are you going to get dressed up?
4. Are you going on a vacation soon?
5. Where are you going to go on your next vacation?
6. Are you going to drive, take an airplane, or take the train?
7. Are you going to camp or stay in a hotel?
8. Are you going to take lots of pictures?

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