Monday, 17 October 2011

Veja os assuntos top 10 do Inglês no Vestibular.

 

     Opção preferida da maior parte dos vestibulandos, o Inglês não tem mistérios. Veja abaixo os 10 conteúdos que os vestibulares do país mais cobram. Confira:

1. Conjunctions
As conjunções são aquelas palavras que ligam duas orações, ou termos semelhantes, dentro de uma mesma oração. Lembrando que em inglês existem três tipos: Coordinating conjunctions, Correlative conjunctions e Subordinating conjunctions. Atenção para todas elas. 

2. Verb Tenses
É importante ressaltar que não existe frase sem verbo e sem sujeito. Portanto, dominar os verb tenses é essencial para se ter sucesso nas provas de língua inglesa. São eles: Simple Present, Present Contínuos, Present Perfect, Simple Past, Past Contínuos, Past Perfect, Simple Future, Future Continuous e Future Perfect. 

3. Personal Pronouns
Lembre-se: os pronomes pessoais "he" e "she" só podem ser usados quando se referirem a pessoas. Já o pronome "it" só faz referência a coisas e animais. O "they" pode ser usado tanto para pessoas, quanto para coisas e animais. 

4. Possessive Adjectives
São os pronomes possessivos adjetivos como: my, your, his, her, their... Atenção para quatro questões: os possessive adjectives nunca tem s no plural, sempre devem vir antepostos a um substantivo, nunca se usa o artigo the antes deles e concordam com o possuidor, não com o possuído. 

5. Possessive Pronouns
Os pronomes possessivos são utilizados para não repetir um substantivo já citado na frase em questão, ou que está subentendido. São eles: Mine (I), yours (you), his (he), hers (she), its (it), ours (we), ours (we), yours (you) e theirs (they). 

6. Relative Pronouns
Usados para identificar alguém ou para se obter maiores informações sobre algo: Who (que), Whom (quem), Which (que), Whose (cujo) e Where (onde). 

7. Modal Verbs
Os verbos modais são uma classe de verbos que possuem características distintas dos outros. São eles: may, might, should, can, could, must, should, ought to, used to, to be used to. Existem ainda aqueles que podem ser modais ou comuns, como é o caso do need e do dare. 

8. Conditional Sentences
A oração condicional expressa uma condição e sempre aparece ligada a uma oração principal. O If é a conjunção subordinativa que introduz as conditional sentences. 

9. The Passive Voice
A Voz Passiva é utilizada para contar o que ocorre com os objetos da ação. O passive voice pode ser utilizado em quase todos os tempos verbais do inglês, exceto o "future progressive" e os "perfect progressive"

10. Reported Speech
É o discurso indireto, que serve para deixar as frases de um narrador na terceira pessoa.

(Adaptado de: http://noticias.terra.com.br/educacao/vestibular/noticias/0,,OI4896268-EI12889,00-Veja+quais+os+assuntos+top+de+Ingles+no+vestibular.html)

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

2nd Year - High School - 4th Term - Review


Comparison

1) Use either as … as or not as … as in the sentecnes below.

Example: Ben Nevis is __________ as Mont Blanc (not/high).
Answer: Ben Nevis is not as high as Mont Blanc.

1) The blue car is __________ the red car. (fast)
2) Peter is __________ Fred. (not/tall)
3) The violin is __________ the cello. (not/low)
4) This copy is __________ the other one. (bad)
5) Oliver is __________ Peter. (optimistic)
6) Today it's __________ yesterday. (not/windy)
7) The tomato soup was __________ the mushroom soup. (delicious)
8) Grapefruit juice is __________ lemonade. (not/sweet)
9) Nick is __________ Kevin. (brave)
10) Silver is __________ gold. (not/heavy)


2) Put in the adjective in bold from the first sentence into the second sentence in its correct form (comparative or superlative).

Example: I have a fast car, but my friend has a __________ car.
Answer: I have a fast car, but my friend has a faster car.

1) This is a nice cat. It's much ________________ than my friend's cat.
2) Here is Emily. She's six years old. Her brother is nine, so he is ________________.
3) This is a difficult exercise. But the exercise with an asterisk (*) is the ________________ exercise on the worksheet.
4) He has an interesting hobby, but my sister has the ________________ hobby in the world.
5) In the last holidays I read a good book, but father gave me an even ________________ one last weekend.
6) School is boring, but homework is ________________ than school.
7) Skateboarding is a dangerous hobby. Bungee jumping is ________________ than skateboarding.
8) This magazine is cheap, but that one is ________________.
9) We live in a small house, but my grandparents' house is even ________________ than ours.
10) Yesterday John told me a funny joke. This joke was the ________________ joke I've ever heard.

1st Year - High School - 4th Term - Review

Personal Pronouns / Possessive Adjectives / Possessive Pronouns

1 )  Supply the correct Personal Pronoun (Subjective Case):
1. Alan is my friend. _______ is from the United States.
2. This is Mariana. _______ is my sister.
3. Peter and Paul live in England, but _______ are from Australia.
4. You and I are not from Portugal, _______ are from Brazil.
5. You and your father can speak English because _______ are from England.

2)  Supply the correct Personal Pronoun (Objective Case):
1. My sister Jane loves books This novel is for _______.
2. My children like Disney films. This video is for _______.
3. My brother Mark collects picture postcards. These postcards are for _______.
4. I like watches. This watch is for _______.
5. Our dog likes dog food. This bag of dog food is for _______.

3) Supply the correct Possessive Adjective:
1. That boy likes _______ school.
2. Mary sees _______ mother every day.
3. The cat eats _______ food quickly.
4. The men always bring _______ wives to the party.
5. You and I aways bring _______ pencils to class.

4) Supply the correct Possessive Pronoun:
1. This book belongs to you. Took is _______.
2. The blue car belongs to my brother and me. The blue car is _______.
3. The luggage belongs to Adam. The luggage is _______.
4. The nest belongs to the bird. The nest is _______.
5. That house belongs to you and your family. The house is _______.

Odd Facts

  • The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
  • On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag.
  • All of the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on 4:20.
  • No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
  • "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
  • All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
  • Almonds are members of the peach family.
  • Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
  • Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
  • There are only four words in the English language which end in"-dous" tremendous,horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
  • The longest place-name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoro nukupokaiwenuakit, a natahu, a New Zealand hill... ... What a great scrabble score - huh?...
  • Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."
  • A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
  • An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.
  • Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
  • In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
  • Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
  • The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
  • The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life".
  • A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
  • On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
  • It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
  • The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.
  • The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, FrankBaum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
  • The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
  • Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.
  • John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.
  • The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
  • To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.