ENGLISH LESSONS

With Teacher Evelyn

STUDY ENGLISH
Conjugating and
auxiliary verbs
Do you study English? Yes, I do.
(Você estuda inglês?) No, I don’t.
PRESENTE

Did you study English? Yes, I did.

(Você estudou inglês?) No, I didn’t.
PASSADO

Will you study English? Yes, I will.

(Você estudará inglês?) No, I won’t.
FUTURO – terminação rá

Would you study English?

Yes, I would.
(Você estudaria inglês?)
No, I wouldn’t.
CONDICIONAL – terminação ia
Do you study English? Yes, I do.
No, I don’t.

Yes, I study English on Thursdays.

No, I don’t study English on Thursdays.

Yes, I study with a private teacher. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

No, I prefer Spanish. Today
Days of the week
Usually
EXAMPLE OF USE:
I live in Brazil where I work as a culture analyst.
Does she study English?
Yes, she does. 3rd person
No, she doesn’t. He
Yes, she studies English on Thursdays. She
It
No, she doesn’t study English on Thursdays.

Yes, she studies with a private teacher.

No, she prefers Spanish.

EXAMPLE OF USE:
She lives in Brazil where she works as a
culture analyst.
Did you work yesterday?

Yes, I worked from 9am to 5pm. Yes, I did.

No, I didn’t work. It was my day off. No, I didn’t.

EXAMPLE OF USE:
I began my professional carrer during college
when I had my first experience in a internship. USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Yesterday
Base form Simple past The day before yesterday
Begin Began Last week
Have Had 2 days ago
Writing and speaking in the past.

So Evelyn, where are you from? What’s your story?

BASE FORM PAST FORM

Well, I was born in Petropolis, a small mountain city Be born was/were born
Be raised was/were raised
in Brazil. I was raised with two brothers and took Take took
dance classes when I was little. I studied in both Study studied
Go went
public and private schools then I went to college To major majored (in)
where I majored in business or managing.
Will you study English? Yes, I will.
Yes, I will begin in February. No, I won’t.

No, I won’t (will not) study because I don’t have the time.

EXAMPLE OF USE:
I’m very excited because I’ll travel to Europe in August.
I’ll also visit friends in Portugal.
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Tomorrow
Next week
In three months
Possibilities
Would you study English?
Yes, I would study because I think it’s very important for my career.
No, I wouldn’t study because I don’t like it.

EXAMPLE OF USE:
I would never vote for a candidate that works against Human Rights.
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

Yes, I would. Someday

No, I wouldn’t. CONTRACTIONS
Eventually I’d = I would
In a few years
Ability
Can you drive?
Yes, I can drive. I learned how to drive when I was 18 years old. Yes, I can.
No, I can’t drive, because I didn’t have anybody to teach me. No, I can’t.

EXAMPLE OF USE:
I can drive you to your hotel if you want.
We can meet at 3pm then.

Requests
Past
I could swim when I was five. Could you lend me some money?
WH questions

What is your name?

Where do you live? Which ice cream flavour do you prefer?

When is your birthday? Why didn’t you go to the party?

Because I was tired.
Who is your best friend?
How do you go to work?
Whose bag is this?
How old are you?
Existence
Posession
Is there any bread in the fridge?
I have a cat.
There is some bread in the fridge.
She has a house in the countryside.
There isn’t any bread in the fridge.

Are there any restaurants around?

There are some restaurants in the next street.

There aren’t any restaurants around, but there are some 3 blocks down.
DATES

I was born on February 7th, 1990.

I was born on February 7th.
I was born in February.
She was born in 1990.

Today is Monday, February 18th 2019.

Would you like anything to eat? Do you wanna go anywhere?

Yes, I would like something to eat. There’s a restaurant somewhere in this street .
No, I don’t anything, thank you. There isn’t a bank anywhere nearby.
Nothing for me, thanks. She is nowhere to be found.

Is there anybody here? Can we meet anytime?

There’s somebody here. It will take her sometime to finish the job .
There isn’t anybody in the room. We can go there anytime you want.
There is nobody at the party. I have no time this week to do that.