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Parts of speech – Verbs

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Your turn
1. a) T b) F c) T

2. Resposta pessoal.

Your turn
1. a) “Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice,
that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife
understand his character.”
b) “The first objects that assume a distinct presence before me, as I look far back, into
the blank of my infancy, are my mother with her pretty hair and youthful shape, and
Peggotty, with no shape at all, and eyes so dark that they seemed to darken their whole
neighbourhood in her face, and cheeks and arms so hard and red that I wondered the
birds didn’t peck her in preference to apples.”
c) “It seemed to be the middle of the night when I was awakened by Lawrence
Cavendish. He had a candle in his hand, and the agitation of his face told me at once
that something was seriously wrong.”
d) “Alice had sat on the bank by her sister till she was tired. Once or twice she had looked
at the book her sister held in her hand, but there were no pictures in it, ‘and what is the
use of a book‘, thought Alice, ‘without pictures?’ She asked herself as well as she could,
for the hot day made her feel quite dull, if it would be worthwhile to get up and pick
some daisies to make a chain. Just then a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.”
2. a) have discovered e) set – describes – learned
b) exceeded f ) underwent – swam
c) is retiring g) is recalling
d) can reduce – has found
3. 5 – 1 – 3 – 6 – 2 – 4 – 7 – 8

Fun time
Resposta pessoal.

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Parts of speech – Nouns and pronouns
60

Your turn
1. 4 – 1– 6 – 3 – 2 – 5

2. Resposta pessoal.

Your turn
1. a) The ladies were afraid of the mice.
b) These knives belong to those men.
c) They were cleaning the furniture when they found those boxes.
d) The children picked cherries from the trees.
e) Good bosses are hard to find.

2. a) We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
b) Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
c) Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
d) Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today’s events.
e) God may be subtle, but He isn’t plain mean.
f ) Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

3. a) Ninguém pode lhe trazer paz além de você mesmo.

b) O sucesso geralmente vem àqueles que estão muito ocupados para estarem procuran-
do por ele.
c) Uma mulher é a única coisa de que tenho medo que eu sei que não vai me machucar.
d) Aqueles que negam a liberdade aos outros não merecem tê-la para si mesmos.
e) Um amigo é alguém que lhe dá total liberdade para ser você mesmo.
f ) Você não escolhe sua família. Eles são o presente de Deus para você, assim como você
é para eles.
g) Todos os nossos sonhos podem se realizar se tivermos a coragem de persegui-los.

Fun time
Across Down
2. grandfather 1. parent
4. cousin 3. aunt
7. nephew 5. spouse
8. sibling 6. child

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Parts of speech – Adjectives
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Your turn
1. She sent her a postcard.

2. She thinks Paris is a lovely city.

3. Resposta pessoal.

Your turn
1.
Adjectives that describe people Adjectives that describe places

beautiful – boring – interesting – beautiful – boring – interesting –

charming – selfish – famous – charming – famous – cosmopolitan –

modern – noisy – peaceful – big – polluted – modern – crowded –

calm – clumsy – responsible – noisy – peaceful – big –

funny – lazy – shy calm – funny

2. Respostas pessoais.

3. Respostas pessoais. Exemplos:

Men are more competitive than women.
Women are less social than men.
Men are stronger than women.

Cultural spot
Resposta pessoal.

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Parts of speech – Adverbs
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Your turn
1. They were written for an ad for a chewing gum company in 1911.

2. b – e – a – c – d

Your turn
1. a) completely – never
b) slow – slowly
c) simply – well
d) absolute – absolutely
e) Hard – hard
2. a) 2 b) 2 c) 1 d) 3 e) 2
3. a) P b) T c) P d) M
Fun time
g–b–a–d–c–f–h–e

K R H L J V W P E N T E T W U
B G F N E A I J M X I G N F P
C Z U A O G T L O Q K N U R Z
J Y R B C V Z N U C N G V U U
O R C X P R Z R T M E Y P S I
C K O F M P L O H P E I B W N
Z J O Z B B B B C N A K B E E
F V Q O D Y A I A H A I R A C
E L H W B H I C P L T R J E K
O Y W G C O D X A I N X R I S
Z R E G R E D T N V U G A M O
D D D S Y D U T P W Z E R Y D
X C W R O T Q U A R M S G Q E
Q M Y L N B U K O L K M N D U
F W N O S E P E D C D D X I G

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63 conjunctions

Your turn
1. His English teacher did.

2. It will be published once a month and it will have six to eight articles.

3. Resposta pessoal.
Exemplos: sports (basketball team, soccer team), chess club, newspaper, choir, drama
club, science club, etc.

Your turn
1. a) Despite
b) Although
c) because of
d) because
e) like
f ) As

2. a) and
b) or
c) but
d) and
e) but
f ) or

3. a) on
b) on
c) next to
d) in
e) next to
f ) between
g) in front of

Cultural spot
1. Resposta pessoal.

2. Resposta pessoal.

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Parts of speech – Interjections
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Your turn
1. The FDA says a certain amount of contamination is unavoidable in commercial food.

2. 100 grams of chocolate can contain up to 60 insect parts.

Your turn
1. e – a – d – b – c

2. Respostas pessoais.
a) Grr
b) Yum
c) Ouch
d) Tsk-tsk
e) Brr

Fun time
1. He offered the dog five bones. He wanted the dog to kill or hurt Nermal.

2. The dog loved Nermal.

3. Hey – used to attract attention.

Awwww – used to express fondness.

Cultural spot
1. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation
and supervision of food, tobacco products, dietary supplements, medications, vaccines,
medical devices, cosmetics and veterinary products.

2. Yes, there is. The National Health Surveillance Agency (in Portuguese, Agência Nacional
de Vigilância Sanitária, Anvisa).

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