English Exercises about present perfect – December 2nd, 2022 – teacher Jaisoniel

BEATLES 4 EVER!

On the 5th of October, 1962, the record market announced a new rock'n'roll compact for sale. The band
was unknown. It was formed by four simple boys from Liverpool, an industrial city in England.
Loud, irreverent and exciting, the group seemed to offer a world of inspiring new possibilities to young
people. They were very charismatic.
In 1963, only one year after their first recording (Love me do), the Beatles were preparing to go to
other countries in Europe and North America.
The Beatles have definitely been a landmark for a freer generation of Young people and, directly or
indirectly, they have influenced nowadays culture. It was, for example, after the Beatles that the great
barrier between the sexes started to be broken. Men started to wear more expressive clothes, like
flowered shirts, bell-bottom trousers and long hair.
The Beatles have never accepted prescribed directions and they have ultimately helped people to "find
themselves" as individuais. Throughout their career they remained non-conformists, different from
one another and from anyone else - their sound, their appearance and their free attitude towards life
show it.
Do you realize that the Beatles have also influenced you?

Vocabulary
freer: mais livre landmark: ponto de referência, marco
between: entre (duas coisas ou pessoas) seem: parecer
to wear: vestir, usar young: jovem
bell-bottom: boca-de-sino nowadays: nos dias de hoje
ultimately: no final, finalmente, great barrier: grande barreira
fundamentalmente remain: permanecer, continuar sendo, ficar
one another: um ao outro
throughout: por todo, durante todo (ao longo de)

1. Match the words.

a) record ( ) anunciar
b) market ( ) venda
c) to announce ( ) desconhecido
d) new ( ) disco
e) sale ( ) banda
f) band ( ) cidade
g) unknown ( ) mercado
h) city ( ) novo

2. Answer in Portuguese.
a) Os Beatles influenciaram a cultura atual? De que maneira?
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b) Como eram os Beatles em relação às normas sociais?
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3. Answer in English.
a) When did the record market announce a new rock'n'roll compact for a sale? ______________________
b) Where were the Beatles from? ________________________________________________________________
c) What kind of clothes did men start to wear after the Beatles phenomenon?
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d) What happened to the sex barrier? ____________________________________________________________
e) How did they remain throughout their carrier? _________________________________________________

4. Change to negative form.

a) I have finished my lessons. ___________________________________________________________________
b) She has lied to you. __________________________________________________________________________
c) They have bought a new car. _________________________________________________________________
d) She has made a mistake. ____________________________________________________________________
e) You have done the housework. _______________________________________________________________
5. Change to interrogative form.
a) You have seen him lately. __________________________________________________
b) She has never set the table properly. ________________________________________
c) I have helped people find themselves. ________________________________________
d) The Beatles have broken many rules. ________________________________________

6. Give short answers.

a) Have you been to school? _____________________________________________
b) Have the Beatles ever come to Brazil? _________________________________
c) Have you ever seen a blue elephant? ___________________________________
d) Has Neymar been known outside Brazil? ______________________________

7. Complete with the present perfect.

a) They_____________a barrier between them. (to break)
b) She______________more expressive clothes. (to wear)
c) We___________finally__________how charismatic he has been. (to realize)
d) He____________finally___________himself as an individual. (to find)
e) The group_______________a world of inspiring new possibilities to the young. (To offer)
f) She__________________ to him again. (to speak/negative)
g) I______________a letter to my pen pal from Japan. (to write)
h) ____________you___________ him recently? (to meet/interrogative)
i) We_______________many good books lately. (to read)
j) _________the secretary___________all the invitations? (tosend/interrogative)

8. Retire do texto Beatles 4 ever 5 frases no present perfect.

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