11th Class

Central america,
and the beaches
1. DIALOGUE - Costa beaches.

Erik: Hey, where are you from, Nina?

Nina: I'm from San José, Costa Rica.
Erik: Wow... I heard it's a very nice city.
Nina: Yeah, it is. The weather is great, and there are
some amazing beaches around.
Erik: Is it expensive there?
Nina: No, it is not so expensive!
Erik: Is the city big?
Nina: It's a fairly big city. It's not too big, though.
Erik: It sounds great to me. Maybe I should plan
a trip there very soon.

2. EXERCISE - Match the opposite words.

Boring Noisy Beautiful Quiet

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Crowded Polluted
______ Cheap Relaxing
_____ ______
Dangerous Stressful Clean
____ Safe
_______ ______ ____
Expensive Ugly Interesting Spacious
_______ ____ ________
 3. STRUCTURE VIEW

Adverbs

Extremely Fairly San Jose is a very nice city.

Very Somewhat It's fairly big.
Really Too It's not too expensive.
Pretty Entirely

4. EXERCISE - Match the sentences.

A.Did you go to São Paulo?
B.What's the weather like in Dublin?
C.What's Sydney like?
D.Do you like your hometown?
E.What's Tokyo like?
CIt's crowded with people on the streets.
DNot really. It's too small. Tha's why I moved out.
E It's beautiful and very clean.
B It's rainy and too cold for me in the winter.
A Yes, I did. It has amazing shopping malls
and people.

5. Structure View - Conjunctions

It's a big city, and the weather is nice. It's a big city. It's not that big, though.
It's a big city, but it's not that big. It's a big city. it's not that big, however.
 6. EXERCISE
Choose the correct conjunction and rewrite the sentences.

Reminder: 'and' conecta duas ideias no meio da frase; 'but' contrapõe duas ideias no
meio da frase; 'however' contrapõe duas ideias no início de uma nova sentença, no
meio ou no final da frase após vírgula; 'Though' contrapõe duas ideias no final da
frase após vírgula'

A. Paris is very nice. Everyone is extremely friendly. (and / but)

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Paris is very nice and everyone is extremaly friendly.
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B. The streets are crowded. It's easy to walk around. (though / and)
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The streets are crowded. It's easy to walk around, though.
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C. The weather is nice. Winters get pretty cold. (and / but)

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The weather is nice, but the wibter get pretty cold.
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D. Shoppings are great. You have to bargain in markets. (and / however)

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Shoppings are great, however you have to bargain in markets.
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E. It's an amazing city. I love going there. (and / however)

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It's an amazing city and I love going there.
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7. WRITING
Tell us about a city you would like to visit. Follow the given questions for help.

A. Where do you want to visit? C. Why do you want to visit this place?
B. When do you plan to go there? D. What activities can we do there?

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I want to visit Tokyo ,and the plan to go there it's not ready. I want visit this place, because i grew up
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watching animes and loving japonese language. I don't have money, though. We can eat some tra-
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dicional food, go to temples, take picturies and go to markets.
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 8. READING

THE CITY WHERE I LIVE

My name is Clark, and I will tell you about my city.

In my city, there is a post office where people mail letters. On Monday, I go to work. I work at the
post office. Everyone shops for food at the grocery store. They also eat at the restaurant.
The restaurant serves pizza and ice cream.

My friends and I go to the park. We like to play soccer at the park. On Fridays, we go to the
cinema to see a movie. Children don't go to school on the weekend. Each day, people go to the
hospital when they are sick. The doctors and nurses take care of them. The police keep everyone
safe. I am happy to live in my city.

9. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Where does Clark work?
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He works at the post office.
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B. Where do people buy food?

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At the grocery store.
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C. When does Clark go to the cinema?

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On Fridays.
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D. Who keeps everyone safe?

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The police.
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E. How does Clark feel about his city?

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He is happy to live in his city.
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