quinta-feira, 28 de fevereiro de 2008

Wednesday, 27th February 2008

Lesson number forty
Summary
Homework correction

Tuesday, 26th February 2008

Lesson number thirty nine
Summary
Correction of the grammar test
The superlative

Wednesday, 20th February 2008

lesson number tirthy eigth
Summary

Preposition of movement:

  • to
  • from
  • into
  • out of
  • though

The comparative- regular and irregular adjectives

Tuesday, 19th February 2008

Lesson number thirty seven
Sumary
Grammar test

wednesday, 13th January 2008

lesson number thirty six
Summary
Passive vorie with the simple present and the simple past
Tom eats an aplle everyday lactive
subject verb d. object time
Ana apple is eaten by Tom everyday
Rules
  • Auxiliar verb in the passive- to be. It comes in the same verb tense of the active verbs
  • The active verb comes in the past participle in the passive
  • The subject of the active comes to the agent in the passive
  • The object of the active comes as subject in the passive

Tuesday 12th February 2008

Lesson number thirty five
Summary
Correction of the evolution test


Correction of the test

B
1- True
2- False- Children in need are at the centre of Unicef´s working and aims.
3- False- Unicef does on effort to inform everyone about children in need.
4- True
5- False- all the children in the world need to have good nutrition.
6- False- not all the water in the world is drinkable.
C
1- Unicef is popular all over the world became it deals with children’s rights and needs.
2- Unicef was created on December 11th 1946.
3- Unicef was established et first to help the children in post-war Europe and China.
4- In the UK, Unicef works with pertness in local organisations schools, hospitals and businesses and raining to support Unicef´s programmes internationally.
A
1- Do
2- Make/do
3- Make
4- Do
5- Make
6- Make
7- Do
8- Make
9- Make
B
1- She hasn’t played the piano since 2001.
2- He has been waiting to see the doctor since four o’clock.
3- Mary hasn’t lived in London for ten years.
4- We have been studying French for a long time.
5- He has had a pet for a year.
C
1- How long have you studied here?
2- How long has she had this shirt?
3- How long have you known him?
4- How long has she seen at this school?
E
a) 1
b) 4
c) 3
d) 2
e) 5
F
  1. moved
  2. started
  3. met
  4. bougth
  5. spoke

quinta-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2008

Present prefect vs. Simple past

  • Present perfect - the actions are unfinished or they have just finished at the moment.

- time adverbs often used: for; since; just; yet; never; ever.

  • Simple past- the actions are finished and completed.

- time adverbs often used : yesterday; last ; ago; ...

Present prefect continuous

Manuel has been teasing Cristiana since the last 3o minutes.

Form: have/has (not) + been + -ing (of the main verb)

Use: reforçar a ideia de uma acção que tenha começado no passado e que ainda esteja a decorrer no momento presente.