Mock test - answer these 10 questions and bring the answers for the next class. It is worth 1.0 point!

Reading Test

1. (FAAP 1997) Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna da frase a seguir:

In my school __________ many foreign students.

a) has
b) there are
c) there is
d) have
e) there have


2. (UEL 1996) Samuel Ryder __________ a friendly game between some British professionals and the American players.

Assinale a letra correspondente à alternativa que preenche corretamente a lacuna da frase apresentada:

a) is watching
b) watches
c) will watch
d) was watching
e) has watched



This cartoon is related to the question 3. (Published in Mail & Guardian on 28 Jan 2010)


Text in the cartoon:
The Roman Empire
The British Empire
Genghis Khan's Empire
Amateurs,
2010
Global media restrictions
Product control
bowing and scraping protocol

3. (AFA 2011) According to the cartoon, FIFA:

a. pretends to improve the world.
b. has more ambitious purposes than the others.
c. wants to have control over the Roman, Genghis Kan’s and English Empires.
d. mustn’t be considered an empire.
e. None of the alternatives.

4. PUCPR 1999 (0,3)
Choose the alternative with the right sentences:
I. Why don't you cut the orange yourself?
II. You must learn how to speak English well.
III. He is just likes my father.
IV. I do not know like to sing this song.
V. They cut each other with a knife.
a) I, II, IV
b) II, III, V
c) II, III, IV


d) I, II, V
e) I, IV, V

5. PUCPR 2006 (0,3)
When Carlos has a headache, he _________some tea.

a) is drinking
b) drank
c) used to drink
d) drinks
e) would drink

6. UNESP 1994 (0,3)
He _________________to return to his home.

a) not wanted
b) wanted
c) did wanted
d) does wanted
e) to want

7. PUCPR 2000 (0,3)
Choose the option to complete the text correctly:
CLAUDE MONET ______ in Paris on 14 November 1840 and ______ on 6 December 1926. He ______ a leading member of the French Impressionist painters, especially concerned with the effect of outdoor light and shade. He ______ especially noted for his quick, spontaneous style, developed to catch the fleeting moment. Although now acclaimed as a great French painter, Monet himself, like most artists, never ______ that he had achieved the perfect conclusion of the ideas that were in his mind.
(Adapted from the book "The life and the works of Monet", by Edmund Swinglehurst)

a) is born – died – was – was – fell
b) borns – dies – is – is – fells
c) borned – died – was – was – felled
d) had born – had died – had been – had been – had felt
e) was born – died – was – is – felt

(UFG – UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS)

Read the cartoon:


Disponível em: <http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/m/make_small_talk.asp>. Acesso em: 22 set. 2010.


8. The doctor wants to see his secretary in his office because she:

a) establishes a quite intimate relationship with his patients.
b) keeps his patients waiting too much time in the waiting room.
c) talks about everything and forgets requesting basic information.
d) spends all the time on blah blah blah and does not work.
e) maintains friendly contact with his patients and charges for it.



The following text refers to questions 9 and 10.

EVERYTHING IS “O.K.”

One of the stories about the origin of “O.K.” is about an old Indian chief with a very strange name. The Americans were not able to say it, but it was something similar to “O.K.”. This Indian was very friendly and accepted everything the American colonists said. So, every time they wanted to say everything was correct, they said it was “O.K”.
But experts who study old Greek texts have another theory. Hundreds of years ago, every Greek teacher wrote “Ola” (everything) “Kala” (good) or simply “O.K”. at the end of any school paper which didn’t have any mistakes. It came from ancient Greece to America and from there to the rest of the world.
At least the world agrees on something: two little letters!
(Adapted from an article by Karen Kreibohm, in BBC Modern English)


9. According to the text, one of the stories about the origin of “O.K.” is about:

a. a strange name
b. a strange word
c. an old Indian chief
d. an American
e. colonists

10. According to the text, the old Indian chief was:

a. a strange person
b. a friendly person
c. a young person
d. a bad person
e. none of the alternatives

Revisão - Introducing yourself

Hello, dear students!

Acessem o link http://www.calameo.com/read/004406310367d349508d3 para ver a revisão que preparei para vocês.

Fica também uma música para o fim de semana!

Como se apresentar em Inglês? (Introducing yourself)

Não é nada fácil falar em Inglês pela primeira vez quando não se tem segurança da língua. Por isso, sugerimos a você alguns modelos de frase pra fazer bonito quando encontrar um gringo pela Curitiba europeia. 

1) Diga seu nome e a cidade de onde está falando. Piiii....

• Há várias maneira de se iniciar uma conversa, mas quanso se está inseguro o melhor a se dizer é: "HELLO". Também dá pra variar entre "Hi", "What's up?" (super informal) e etc.
• "My name's Fulano de Tal." Essa funciona bem e não tem erro. Também dá pra usar "I'm Fulano de Tal". Não esqueça de caprichar na pronúncia!
• "I'm from Curitiba, Brazil"/"I'm Brazilian" e etc. para dizer de onde você é. "I live in Curitiba" também é bacana.

2) Diga o que faz da vida:
Sempre é legal saber o que as pessoas fazem da vida. Por isso, você pode dizer "I'm" (eu sou) e, em seguida, colocar a profissão. Só que no inglês precisamos colocar um artigo. Exemplo:

"I'm a student"
"I'm a hairdresser"
"I'm an engineer"

As regrinhas gramaticais ficam pra outra postagem. Pra fixar o que aprendeu e ver outros detalhes, take a look at the video below!

Oxford University


 Recomendamos este site para as leituras de livros da coleção Wormbook. Neste site, é possível encontrar exemplos gratuitos de capítulos de livros em .PDF.

Improve your Listening

Hi, students! Here's a nice video for those of you who want to improve your LISTENING skills! Take a look:

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