Inglês da Professora Denise Mardegan

Confusing words Read the task below and click on a link which you think is the correct answer. Factory FACTORY  => um lugar onde se fabricam coisas em grande quantidade Examples: Most modern  factories  have large warehouses. The new  factory  will provide employment for over 2500 people. Industrial robots on the  factory  floor were introduced in the late 1970s. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FABRIC  = tecido  CLOTH = pano Fabric Examples: Man-made  fabrics  have come in and out of fashion in different eras. As palavras "fabric" e "cloth" são usadas em corte e costura como sinônimos de têxtil. A factory of fabric Agora vá para este link e pratique o que aprendeu: Do the exercise

Quando você quer falar sobre comportamento ou características de comportamento, você pode usar   will . A baby bird will leave its nest when it is able to fly. A dog will wag its tail when it is happy. A car will not stop as well in the rain as it will on a sunny day. Ice will melt if the temperature rises. Quando você quer falar sobre comportamento ou características de comportamento no passado, você pode usar  would . Before the invention of television, people would listen to radio dramas for entertainment. My grandfather would always tell us stories of his life as a boy in Italy. No matter what the occasion, my grandmother would never drink alcohol. When ever I needed help with my math homework, my mother would help me.

Embora os verbos irregulares se constituam numa pequena minoria em relação a todos os verbos existentes na língua, a frequência com que ocorrem é muito alta, o que lhes dá uma importância significativa. São todos de origem anglo-saxônica e se referem predominantemente a ações comuns. Os verbos irregulares do inglês são aqueles verbos que não seguem a regra geral de formação do Passado e do Particípio Passado. A formação do  Past  e do  Past Participle,  de acordo com a regra geral, que se aplica a todos os demais verbos, se dá através do sufixo  - ed . Portanto, todo verbo que não seguir este padrão, será classificado de irregular. Abaixo vai uma lista de Verbos Irregulares e depois exercicios e  games para treinar: Exercícios on line: http://www.web-esl.com/Grammar/irregpast1.htm http://www.web-esl.com/Grammar/irregpast2.htm http://www.web-esl.com/Grammar/irregpast3.htm http://www.web-esl.com/Grammar/irregpast4.htm http://www.web-esl.com/Grammar/irregpast5.htm http://ww

Family and Relationships Here are some expressions commonly used in discussing Family and Relationships matters aunt - the sister of someone´s father or mother, or the wife of someone´s uncle - tia cousin - a child of a person´s aunt or uncle - primo, prima daughter - your female child - filha daughter-in-law - your son´s wife - enteada ex-husband - a man who was formerly a certain woman´s husband - ex-marido ex-wife - a woman who was formerly a particular man´s wife - ex-esposa father - a male parent - pai father-in-law - the father of the person you are married to - sogro first cousin - the child of one's aunt or uncle filho unico da sua tia ou tio first cousin once removed - your mother's first cousin; the words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one generation - é o sobrinho também. A expressão once removed significa a diferença de uma geração foster parent - a person who acts as parent and guardian for a child in place of the

Reading Comprehension Worksheet Read the passage. Then answer each question. A story of love that will touch your heart and bring a tear to your eye. I was walking around in a store. I saw a cashier hand this little boy his money back saying "I'm sorry, but you don't have enough money to buy this doll." Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ''Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?'' The old lady replied: ''You know that you don't have enough money to buy this doll, my dear.'' Then she asked him to stay there for 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly. The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand. Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to. "It's the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her." I replied to him that m

cancel  someone's  Christmas  Sl.   to   kill   someone;   to   destroy   someone.   (Underworld   or   jocular;   the   idea   is   that   the   dead   person   will   not   live   until   Christmas.)   If   he keeps   bugging   me,   I'm   gonna   cancel   his   Christmas.   Willie   threatened   to   cancel   Richard's   Christmas   if   Richard   didn't   pay   up. See   also:   cancel Christmas comes but once a year. Prov.   Since   Christmas   only   happens   once   a   year,   we   should   treat   it   as   a   special   time   by   being   good   to   others   or   by   indulging   children. Christmas   comes   but   once   a   year,   so   we   urge   you   to   give   to   those   less   fortunate   through   this   Christmas   charity   campaign. See   also:   but ,  come ,  once ,  year like turkeys voting for (an early) Christmas   ( British   &   Australian   humorous ) if   people   are   like   turkeys   voting   for   Christma

Stop + gerundio (stop doing)  &  stop + an infinitivo (stop to do)  tem uso e sentidos totalmente diferentes.  Exemplos:  Stop seguido por gerúndio (verb -ing): I stopped smoking when I was in my mid-twenties. (Eu parei de fumar quando eu tinha meus vinte e poucos anos) My doctor recently told me I should stop drinking coffee. ( Meu médico disse-me recentemente que eu deveria parar de beber café.) I stopped working at 8pm last night. (Eu parei de trabalhar às 8h na noite passada.) Joe stopped playing X-BOX after 10 hours! (Joe parou de jogat X-Box depois de 10 horas.) Stop seguido por infinitivo (to + verb): She stopped to smoke. (Ela parou para fumar) This morning in the office, I stopped to call my sister. (Esta manha no serviço, Eu parei para telefonat para minha irmã.) I often stop to have a coffee during the day. (Eu sempre para para tomar um café durante o dia.) During the drive to Boston, I stopped to have lunch. (Durante a viagem de carro para Boston, Eu

Hoje é um dia após o dia de Ação de Graças (Thanksgiving). O dia é conhecido nos Estados Unidos como "Black Friday", e há uma série de mitos sobre a origem do nome. Os varejistas querem que você acredite que o dia que eles vendem tudo abaixo do preço de compra, mas a verdade é que suas  verdadeiras origens vêm de policiais de trânsito cansados em Filadélfia, no início da década de 1960. Mas no início de 1960, "Black Friday" passou a ser usado na Filadélfia para descrever a corrida às compras pós-Ação de Graças. Taylor-Blake descobriu um artigo em um boletim de relações públicas a partir de 1961, que usa "Black Friday" no seu significado atual. Abaixo segue o artigo original. Logo após eu explico em português.  Santa has brought Philadelphia stores a present in the form of "one of the biggest shopping weekends in recent history." At the same time, it has again been proven that there is a direct relationship between sales and public re

VOCABULÁRIO THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving   ou  Dia de Ação de Graças  é o feriado de um dia que originalmente foi criado para agradecer aos “Native Americans”(Indíos nativos americanos) no fim do período de colheita. Nos Estados Unidos é celebrado na quarta Quinta-Feira de Novembro  e a maior parte das pessoas emenda na Sexta-Feira. No Canadá, o Thanksgiving é comemorado na segunda Segunda-feira de Outubro. Eles tem algumas comidas tradicionais neste dia. O peru é prato indispensável.  Em muitos locais, este feriado é mais importante do que o Natal. As famílias se reunem e isto causa um tremendo vai e vem nos aeroportos do pais. Não existe a obrigação de dar brinquedos, apenas o prazer de estarem juntos para passar o dia.  Na manhã do Thanksgiving, acontece a famosa “ Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ” em Midtwon Manhattan, Nova York. O desfile é transmitido pro país inteiro e o ponto alto são os balões com personagens. A cada ano eles tentam inserir novos balões, mas tem os tradici

I went to the school, then I went shopping. Algumas vezes a preposição TO é usada logo após alguns verbos, tais como  go, come, walk, etc.(ex: go to the park ). Outras vezes não se usa nada (ex: go home). Exemplos: Use “to” quando se tratar de um local físico especifico: I went to the grocery store. She came to school late today. I usually walk to the park. Não usee “to” com um local físico não especifico: I came home after class. I want to go somewhere fun this weekend. I walked downstairs when I heard the doorbell. Não use “to” com uma atividade terminada por  “ing”: Let’s go skiing this weekend. Can you come fishing with me this summer? When are we going shopping?

Telephoning Expressões e vocabulários para se falar ao telefone answering machine (UK also answerphone)  - asecretária eletronica call back  - ligar de volta cordless telephone  -  telefone sem fio dial  - discar dialling code, (US area code)  - DDD ou DDI dialling tone, (US dial tone)  - som de discagem direct line, extension  - extensão, ramal engaged  - ocupado headset  - telefones com microfone, usados normalmente por telefonistas hold the line  - segurar a linha home phone number  - telefone residencial hot line  - linha direta de comunicação local call  - chamada local long-distance call  - chamada de longa distância - DDD ou DDI mobile phone  - celular pay phone  - telefone de ficha, telefone pago phone call  - conecção telefonica phone card  - cartão de telefone phone number  - numero de telefone put through  - conectado pelo telefone speakerphone  - Telefone que você fala sem precisar segurar na mão switchboard  - telefone central que controla os

Read the task below and click on a link which you think is the correct answer. (a) little + substantivo incontável (a) few + substantivo contável no plural Examples: There's  little  water left in the bottle. I've put  a little  sugar into your coffee. Yesterday I wrote  a few  letters. He has  a few  pounds left. Are there any companies in this town? – Yes,  a few . I met  a few  people on holiday. There were  few  people in the cinema. It was nearly empty. A few  friends visited me. Anna’s English is very correct. She makes very  few  mistakes. Our friends have  a little  money, so they are not poor. Where is Mike? – He left  a few  minutes ago. I have  little  money saved. We must hurry. We have got very  little  time.  Do the exercise

"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."- Denis Waitley " Aprenda com o passado, defina metas detalhadas para o futuro, e viva no único momento de tempo durante o qual você tem qualquer controle : agora ." “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”   ― C.S. Lewis Ser cristão significa perdoar o imperdoável porque Deus perdoou o teu imperdoavel.  “One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.”    ― Rita Mae Brown   Uma das chaves para a felicidade é uma memoria ruim.  “Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.”   ― Martin Luther King Jr. Perdão não é um ato ocasional, é uma atitude constante. "Almost anything is easier to get into than out of". ~ Agnes Allen "Quase tudo é bem mais fácl entrar do que sair." "There are two things to

It’s potato time! Eu amo estudar os "idioms" em inglês e hoje vou passar 5 deles com  "potato", que em português quer dizer batata. Couch potato: (pessoa que fica o tempo todo a frente da TV) My friend Jack is such a couch potato. He even watches dinner in front of the TV. Are you a couch potato? Mouse potato: (pessoa que fica o tempo todo a frente de um computador e não tem vida social) She´s really a mouse potato!!!!  Hot potatoes: (situação delicada de díficil solução) For Jane, the topic of her ex-boyfriend is a hot potato. Not getting the contract signed is a hot potato. Small potatoes: (coisa pequena e sem importância) Jack thinks the contract with ABC company is just small potatoes. A lot of big banks won’t give alone to a small business owner because they think the deal with the small business owner is just small potatoes. Meat and potatoes: (coisa básica, essencial, semelhante ao nosso "feijão com arroz") In a bu

Agita: That pizza gave me agita. I can’t eat fried food because it gives me agita. I can’t stand hanging out with Johnny. Just being near him gives me agita. I have a few problems in my office with a customer. It’s really giving me agita. Boss: What do you need, boss? How can I help you, boss? I guess by calling the customer boss, the clerk is letting the person know that they are important. That’s nice, right? Buck: I can’t believe he charged me a buck and a half ($1.50) for a cup of ice. The DVD’s are five bucks ($5) each. Gavone: Look at that gavone, shoving pizza in his mouth. He is eating like a pig. Those kids are a bunch of gavones. They left such a mess on this table and they didn’t throw away their garbage. Fuhgedaboudit: Are you thinking of eating pizza there? Fuhgedaboudit! (no way) You want me to walk all the way from Central Park to Chinatown? Fuhgedaboudit! I’m taking the subway. (no way) Do you think New York is the best city in the world?

Babies need many special things made just for them. Everything is made special, from  baby clothes  that are their small size to  baby shampoo  to wash their delicate hair. A special type of underwear for a baby is called a  diaper  or a  nappy.  It holds all of the baby's body wastes until they learn to go to the toilet by themselves. There are two types of them, the disposal ones where you throw them away each time you change the baby, but there are also cloth diapers that you wash after every use. The ones that you throw away have adhesive, but the cloth nappies are closed with a  safety pin . A safety pin is a small needle that goes through the fabric and then closes, so that it never hurts the baby. A  changing table  is where the mum or dad changes the diapers of the baby and makes him/her clean.  Baby lotion  is rubbed on the baby's skin to keep it soft. Baby powder  is a white powder that is rubbed on the baby's skin to keep the baby dry and many times

Word part of speech Meaning Example sentence adjoining rooms noun dois quartos com um banheiro no centro If you want we can book your parents in an  adjoining room . amenities noun facilidades tais como lojas We are located downtown, so we are close to all of the  amenities . attractions noun atrações The zoo is our city's most popular  attraction  for kids. baggage noun bagagem If you need help with your baggage  we have a cart you can use. Bed and Breakfast noun uma casa que oferece local para dormir e comer - pousada I can book you into a beautiful Bed and Breakfast  on the lake. bellboy noun funcionário que ajuda a levar as malas The  bellboy  will take your bags to your room for you. book verb agendar I can  book  your family in for the weekend of the seventh. booked adj sem vagas I'm afraid the hotel is  booked tonight. brochures noun brochuras Feel free to take some brochures  to your room to look at. check-in verb ir para a recepção receber as ch