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Conditional

Conditional  Auxiliary: Would We use Conditional to express an action that may be a possibility or alternative. Negative form: Wouldn't - She would like to study German. Interrogative Form: Would you like to dance? Take a look at this examples: Would you like to drink a beer? No, I wouldn't. I would like to drink an orange juice.  What would you like to do this weekend? I would like to go out with my girlfriend. Would you like to buy this book or that one? I would like that one. Fill in the blanks: What would you like to _____ (drinks - drink - drank)? I would __________ (like - likes - don't like) an apple juice. Would she go to my house ________? (last weekend - tonight - last week) He would like to __________ (dances - dance - dancing)

Exercises - let's learn!

This is a good list of exercises for you! Pay attention to all explanations and if you have any question just let me know - my email is: ricardo.teacher@terra.com.br Regards

Fill in the blanks

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Fill in the blanks using the correct words in brackets: a) The ________ person in my family is my father. (taller -tall - tallest) b) He lives _____ Boston. (in -at - on) c) Paul works ____ an engineer. (to - as - in) d) Michael is _______ at this moment. (work - works - working) e) John is playing soccer _______ (now - last week - last Monday) f) Karen worked in London __________ (last year - next year - now) g) The __________ city in Brazil is São Paulo (big - bigger - biggest) h) The ______________ person for me is my mother. (more important - most important - important) Fill in the blanks using the correct verb tense a) She _________ travel to New York next year. (will - do - did) b) They __________ go to Disney last weekend. (didn't - doesn't - don't) c) Michael __________ English last weekend. (studies - study - studied) d) My mother ____________ in New York. (work - words - works) e) She __________ cooking last weekend. (was - were - is) f) Paul ___...

Slangs

Let's learn some slangs!

Listen to this song and pay attention to the lyrics

https://www.vagalume.com.br/phil-collins/do-you-remember.html Songs are great to improve your vocabulary so enjoy this song by Phil Collins and have fun! Take notes of the vocabulary and make sentences and create a family word.  That is a good idea to improve your vocabulary: What is a Family word?  Suppose you learned the word hotel. Near to the word hotel write everything you may find in a hotel. For example: bed, shower, bathtube, telephone, bed sheet, pillow, blanket, cleaner, keys, TV, fan, air conditioning, safe, closet, curtain, windown, etc. Have fun!!    

Reading Comprehension

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Arthur's life in Canada   Arthur is a Canadian boy, 11 years old and he lives in Toronto. He has two brothers and one sister. His brothers are Michael, 20 years old and Peter, 17 years old. His sister is Karen, she is 14 years old. Arthur's hobbies are swimming, playing basketball and reading comics. Karen loves dancing ballet and she also has a great talent to be a singer. Her dream is to be an artist. Peter is good at Math and intends to be an engineer. Michael who is 20 years old is studying Medicine in New York, USA. Their father Stephen passed away last year due to cardiological diseases and their mother Mary is a journalist working for a famous Canadian TV network. She has a new boyfriend and his name is Mark who is a pediatrician in Toronto. Mark gets along well with  Mary's children and they plan to adopt a new child soon. Arthur's favorite subjects are Math, English, and Geography and he has plans to be a History teacher in the future. He loves tec...

Video - comparative form

Let's study comparative form! This is an important grammar to be learned! Pay attention to the explanations and have fun!
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Fill in the blank using the correct verb tense: She _________ (will / do) go to the movies tonight. They ________ (travels / traveled) to the USA. Peter and Paul always _________ (play / plays) volleyball on the weekends. Mike__________ (speaks / speak) four languages. Paul ________ to Italy last year. (went / gone) John _________ in Portugal before. (has was / has been) Transform these sentences into Simple Present. The first one is an example: She is working at Microsoft now. She works at Microsoft now. We are studying English now. _________________________ They are playing the guitar at this moment. _________________________ She is traveling to Italy now. _________________________ Write C for correct and I for incorrect in the following sentences: (   ) Paul intend to travel to Portugal next year. (   ) Mike plays the guitar on the weekends in a pub in London. (   ) Peter traveled to Brazil last year. (   ) I have we...

You will be in my heart - Phil Collins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=git6DCXSqjE Pay attention to this wonderful song by Phil Collins and have fun! If you have any question, just let me know!!

Video - Expressions

Expressions are great to learn! I hope you enjoy this list of expressions! Have fun!

Reading Comprehension exercises

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The importance of losing weight Choose the correct alternative in the article below: It is essential to avoid obesity because it brings lots of problems and diseases such as cardiovascular and even stroke. The best way to lose some weight is (having - had) physical activities. Another good hint is having a well-balanced (dietetic - diet) . Do not forget to visit regularly your doctor then you will have checkups and exams in order to evaluate your heart and your overall health.  If you really want to lose weight it is necessary to start today and never give up. You need to consume some kind of food such as: Vegetables Fruits Eggs Fish Grilled meat Yoghurt Fiber Vitamins and nutrients All these features will (make - made) lose some weight then be prepared to have some attitudes such as:  Wake up early to have physical activities is a good idea because you will have much energy during the day and your performance will be much better at school and in you...

Reading Comprehension

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The importance of technology in our lives We know that the importance of technology in our lives is huge so we are totally dependent on it. We have mobile phones, notebooks, Smart TVs, video games, Google glasses, and many other ones. We work a lot using these technologies and we can mention that in our studies we have lots of benefits too. There are several apps and software to make our lives easier.  The advantages of technology Technology makes our lives much easier so let's enjoy all moments we have new technologies and innovations. Let's talk about studies. If you study at school or university there are lots of apps useful for you. You will be able to have online classes and you will find some platforms which your teacher can interact with you and your colleagues transforming the classes much more modern and easier to deal with. Technology in all fields All fields are benefited by technology so we need to take into consideration health care system...

Auxiliary Verbs

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This is a review on Auxiliary Verbs - do and does and did. We usually auxiliary verbs in interrogative and negative sentences. Let's see the auxiliary verbs.  Present Simple Auxiliary Verbs Do and Does We use do and does to express a routine or habits. Simple Past  Auxiliary Verbs Did We use did to express an action that finished in the past in a specific time in the past. Let's compare: Do you work on weekends?  Yes, I work on weekends. No, I don't work on weekends. Did you work last weekends? Yes, I worked on weekends. No, I didn't work on weekends. In the first sentence you talk about  your routine. In the second sentence you talk about an action that finished in the past in a specific time in the past. Exercises: Fill in the blanks using do, does or did ________ travel to Europe last year? ________ he work on Sundays? ________ she play the guitar last weekend? ________ you play the piano? ________ she travel to Miami last we...

Improve your reading

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Improve your reading The best way to improve your reading is visiting some websites and books then you will learn lots of good articles, e-books and so on. I believe you have everything, all levels. Start reading texts for beginners, after doing some exercises, try a little bit more advanced articles or texts. The best way to improve your reading is adding more words to your vocabulary. Surely you know that vocabulary is essential for your conversation and at the moment you learn new words or expressions, take notes and make sentences using those ones. Let's see an article about soccer. Improve your reading - Soccer Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and especially in Brazil, soccer looks like a religion. Definitely, Brazilian people are fond of soccer then this topic is mandatory in many conversations no matter where you are. If you are in a pub, restaurant, theater, university, job, you listen to a lot of people talking about soccer.  There are...