Inglês da Professora Denise Mardegan

21.  The majority  normalmente é um substantivo plural. Some people are interested, but the majority  don't care . (NOT ...  but the majority doesn't care .) The majority of these people  are  very poor. (NOT  The majority of these people is very poor .) 22. Use  too much/many  antes (adjectivo +) substantivo; use  too  antes de um adjetivo sem substantivo.  There's  too much  noise. I bought  too much  red paint. Those shoes are  too expensive . (NOT  Those shoes are too much expensive .) 23. Use  that , NÃO  what , depois de  all . I've told you  all that  I know. (NOT  I've told you all what I know .) He gave her  all that  he had. 24.  Não diga  according to me  para dar tua opinião. I think  it's a good film. (NOT  According to me, it's a good film .) In my opinion , you're making a serious mistake. ...

GRAMMAR Adverbs of Frequency - Grammar Notes Point 1 : We use adverbs of frequency to show how often we do something. I  always  have coffee in the morning. I  usually  eat dinner at home. I  sometimes  eat a restaurants. I  never  drink alcohol. Point 2 : Adverbs of time and relative strength. Always (100%) Almost always Usually Often Sometimes Hardly ever / Rarely Almost never Never (0%) Point 3 : Adverbs of time can be used immediately in front of the verb. Thomas  almost always  paints in the evening. She  usually  gets to work early. We  hardly ever  rent movies. I  never  stay out late. Point 4 :  Sometimes, usually and often  can go before the subject or at the end of the verb phrase. Usually , I read before bed. I read before bed  usually . Often  I go there. I go there  often . Sometimes , I play tennis at night. I play tennis at n...

What do you do? I'm a sales manager for an insurance company. Vamos falar um pouco sobre trabalho hoje. Abaixo segue um dialogo. Michael : Hi. I’m Michael. Nice to meet you. Thom : Hi Michael. I’m Thom. It’s nice to meet you too. Michael : So Thom, what do you do? Thom : I’m an office worker. Michael : I see, but what do you do? Thom : I’m a businessman. Michael : Right, but what do you do? Thom : I’m a company employee. Michael : ??????? When you are having an English conversation, and someone asks you about your job, you should tell them exactly what your job is. Usually, this is your job title: What do you do? → I’m an English teacher What do you do? → I’m a salesman What do you do? → I’m a secretary What do you do? → I’m an accountant. Não dê respostas genêricas, como Thom fez na converdsa incial. Essas respostas soam estranho para um Americano. Sçao muito impessoais. Outrops exemplos:  I’m a businessman → São muitas as pessoas que são bu...

Word stress é a chave para entender o inglês falado. Os nativos usam o stress naturalmente. Imediatamente reconhecem um estrangeiro exatamente por não usarem esse stress. é tao natural para eles que enem reconhecem o fato de usar.  Para os não nativos, muitas vezes isso se torna um problema, pois eles tem dificuldade de entender um nativo e também em controversia, de se fazer entender.  Vamos tentar entender o básico do Word Stress.  PRIMEIRO PONTO: O QUE É SILABA? vogal ou grupo de fonemas que se pronunciam numa só emissão de voz, e que, sós ou reunidos a outros, formam palavras [Unidade fonética fundamental, acima do som. Existem palavras com uma, duas, três ou mais sílabas.  word number of syllables dog dog 1 green green 1 quite quite 1 quiet qui-et 2 orange or-ange 2 table ta-ble 2 expensive ex-pen-sive 3 interesting in-ter-est-ing 4 unrealistic un-rea-lis-tic 4 unexceptional un-ex-cep-tio-nal 5 Note que normalmente a silaba t...

EASTER VOCABULARY: http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/festivals/easter/picture-vocabulary.html THE HISTORY OF EASTER: Easter Bunny The Easter Bunny  (also called Easter Hare or Spring Bunny) is a character who brings baskets filled with colored eggs, candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children on the night before Easter. It is depicted as a rabbit sometimes with clothes. When Easter Bunny brings the gifts, it will either put the baskets in a designated place or hide them somewhere in the house or garden for the children to find when they wake up in the morning. Like Santa Claus, Easter Bunny brings gifts to children on the night before the holiday. Easter Bunny and the eggs symbolize fertility. Since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth to large litters in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth and were adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus. Source:...

Celine:  So Carlos, how is the new job treating you? Carlos: Great! I think I landed a good one this time. Celine: Oh, that´s great.  So it´s much better than your last company, huh? Carlos: Absolutely! You know how much I griped about working there. My new company really does a lot for us. They have some really good fringe benefits such as a gym memberships. Friday parties and they even will pay for graduate school. Celine: So your old company never did any of this? Carlos: Are you kidding me? It was like those Viking movies, you know,  when everyone is rowing the boat and they have the one guy whipping them and screaming "Faster, faster!" No way . This new company is much better and more organized. They seem to value us  more and I think there will be many more oportunities to movie up. Celine: Yeah, that is one thing that is really pissing me off  with the way companies are doing business now. It seems like they only care about numbers and cashin...

(sound of a car moving) Lenny: Are you almost there? Brian: Not quite Lenny: How far is it now? Brian:  It should take us another twenty minutes or so. Are you tired of sitting? Lenny: Yeah. I feel like stretching my arms and legs. Brian: OK. We can make a pit stop at the gas station. I could use a break from driving too. Lenny: That would be great. (sound of car stopping at the gas station, cars opening and closing) Brian: Oh good! Do you wanna have some coffe or something? Lenny: I think soyou at the convenience store ina a little while I have to go pee first.I'll meet Brian: OK! (a few minutes later Lenny is back  at the convenience store) Lenny: Hey Brian, look what I found here! Brian: A tourist map? Lenny: Actually is more like a detailed tourist guide with info on all the attractions of the regions. I didn´t know there was a park with a lake just a couple of miles from here. They have kayaks and boats for rent there. Brian: Soun...