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My name is Bruno, I´m a Brazilian English teacher specialized in Applied Linguistics. Currently I work for a language institute teaching adults and in a regular school teaching elementary and high school. I believe knowledge is something to be shared and that´s why I post my classes to everybody who wants to study/learn English. In the last years I counted and have been counting on many partners who are always there: Adriana Pin, Bhyanka Itaborahy, Claudio Azevedo (Movie Segments), Diego Cassionato (Inglês com Rock) and Dani Bertocchi... You guys are also "guilty" for it. THANK YOU.

@TeacherBrunoGon

segunda-feira, 16 de dezembro de 2013

To talk about learning - Stress

Hi guys

Today I bring to you the second video of "To talk about learning" in which I tell you about Stress in sentences.
See how stress can make a huge difference in your speech.

segunda-feira, 9 de dezembro de 2013

Text and Reading


Nov 30 (Reuters) - Actor Paul Walker, best known for his roles in the "Fast and the Furious" action movies, died on Saturday in a car crash in Southern California, his publicist said.

Walker, 40, who has been in five of the six films about illegal street racing and heists, was a passenger in a friend's car and was attending a charity event, according to a message linked to his Twitter account.

"Sadly, I must confirm that Paul did pass away this afternoon in a car accident," Ame Van Iden, Walker's publicist, said in an email.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement that two people had been killed in a car accident in Valencia, a community in the city of Santa Clarita, at about 3:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. ET).

Deputies arriving at the scene found the vehicle engulfed in flames. The victims were pronounced dead at the scene, the statement said. The office did not provide the identities of the dead, and said the cause was under investigation.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/05/usa-paulwalker-idUSL2N0JG05220131205

1 - What happened to Paul Walker?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 - A movie made him world wide famous. Which? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 - How Many movies of the series was Paul Walker part of?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 - How old was Paul Walker? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 - Based on the study of Past Perfect and Simple Past, which of these actions happened first?
"The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement that two people had been killed in a car accident in Valencia"
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 - List below the works with suffix and prefix in the text:
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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quinta-feira, 28 de novembro de 2013

300 - Will

Hey guys

Today we will work the contexts worked by "will" sentences with a great movie, 300.


1 – Watch the segment and check the sentences using “Will”.



a- We will use our superior fighting skills ( )
b- We will march north to the coast ( )
c- The full moon will approach ( )
d- Sparta won´t go to war ( )
e- Sparta will burn! ( )
f- Her men will die at arms and her women and children will be slaves or worse. ( )
g- We will block the Persian coastal assault ( )
h- We will funnel them into the mountain pass we call the Hot Gates ( )
i- …their numbers will count for nothing. ( )
j- Wave after wave of Persian attack will smash against Spartan shields. ( )
k- Xerxes' losses will be so great he will have no choice but to abandon his campaign ( )
l- Will you trust the gods ( )
m- We will consult the oracle. ( )

2- According to the video check the contexts.

Plan/ Intention
________________________________________________________________________________
Future Fact
________________________________________________________________________________
Expectation
________________________________________________________________________________
Based on evidence
________________________________________________________________________________


3 – Vocabulary
a- “… our superior fighting skills…” The word “skill” has the same meaning of:
( ) habitat ( ) abilities ( ) performance

b- “…where I will make sure…” The sentence “make sure” has the same meaning of:
( ) be certain ( ) be well ( ) be lost

c- “The full moon approaches” The word “approaches” has the same meaning of:
( ) leaves ( ) delays ( ) comes

d- “your blasphemies has cost us quite enough already” the word “enough” has the same meaning of:
( ) sufficient ( ) a little ( ) several

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Answer Key

1 -
a-b-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-m

2 -
Plan/ Intention
a-b-g
Future Fact
m
Expectation
e-j-k
Based on evidence
h-i

3 -
a- abilities
b- be certain
c- comes
d- sufficient


segunda-feira, 18 de novembro de 2013

Rock Star - Conjunctions

Rock Star - Conjunctions

A class by @TeacherBrunoGon

1 – Watch the video segment and check the information using the conjunctions below:

Therefore - In addition

In spite of - However

So - Because



a- Izzy came by bike screaming, _____________ people would get out of the way
b- His wife ran off with another man, ____________ he is really angry
c- _____________ the danger, somebody threw a TV out of the window
d- The valet parking boy would open the door, ___________ the door doesn´t
open
e- _____________ to people entering the room, there are more coming up the
elevator
f- The woman will be thrilled if she gets to be with Izzy, _______________ it will
make a lasting impression
g- She should dance at Chubbies, ______________ she has a killer body

2 – Taboo language

Out of my bloody way

What´s the context of the word bloody?
_______________________________________________________________________
Do you know similars to it?
_______________________________________________________________________

You have a killer body

What´s the context of the word bloody?_______________________________________________________________________
Do you know similars to it?
_______________________________________________________________________

3 – Collocations

Watch out
Do you know similar ones?
_______________________________________________________________________
Can you provide other contexts?
_______________________________________________________________________

Ran off

Do you know similar ones?
_______________________________________________________________________
Can you provide other contexts?
_______________________________________________________________________


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ANSWER KEY

1
a- so; therefore
b- so; therefore
c- In spite of
d- however
e- In addition
f- So; therefore
g- because

2-
It´s to emphazise a situation
fuck, damn

3-
Also to emphazise something in a good context
Great, amazing, perfect

4-
Look out, be careful
Traffic, crossing streets...

Leave, abandon, break up with, escape
Robbery, a marriage, love affairs


sexta-feira, 8 de novembro de 2013

To talk about learning - Listening

Hey guys
As I posted on the fan page I was thinking about videos with tips on learning skills and different ways of developing the language. Today I´ll post the first one today about Listening. I´m calling the program "To talk about learning", which is exactly the goal.
Now, I´ll let you with the first video of the program.

I´ll keep posting the video, comic, song activities normally, I´m just adding somethin else for you.



Look forward to hearing your feedbacks

segunda-feira, 28 de outubro de 2013

The Big Bang Theory - Wh Questions and Simple Present

Hi guys, here is one more video class with The Big Bang Theory to work Simple Present and Wh-Questions.

Here we see an episode which Penny sleeps in Leonard and Sheldon´s apartment. Observe their conversation to answer the following activity.



1- Answer the questions based on the video.
a- Who is sleeping on the couch? _________________________________________________________________
b- What time does Sheldon wake up on Saturday? _________________________________________________________________
c- How often does Sheldon watch Doctor Who? _________________________________________________________________
d- What´s Leonard´s suggestion? __________________________________________________________________
e- Who has a tv in his room? __________________________________________________________________
f- Why doesn´t Sheldon take it? __________________________________________________________________
g- Who arrives in the apartment? __________________________________________________________________
h- Whose robe Howard is wearing? __________________________________________________________________
i- Where is Christy?
__________________________________________________________________

2- What about you? Use your personal information to answer.
a- What time do you wake up on the weekend? __________________________________________________________________
b- What´s your favorite tv show? __________________________________________________________________

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segunda-feira, 21 de outubro de 2013

The Rock Show - Pronouns

Hey guys

Today I bring to you a punk rock song to study Pronouns. Let´s have a lot of fun with this great song.

1 – Listen to the song and complete the lyrics with the pronouns below




Hanging out behind the club on the weekend
Acting stupid, getting drunk with _________ best friends
_________ couldn't wait for the summer and the Warped Tour
I remember was the first time that _________ saw her there

_________'s getting kicked out of school cause she's failing
I'm kinda nervous, cause I think all ________ friends hate ________
She's the one, _________'ll always be there
She took my hand and I made it _______ swear

'cause I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
________ said "what?" and I told her that _______ didn't know
She's so cool, gonna sneak in through her window
Everything's better when she's around
I can't wait til _________ parents go out of town
I fell in love with the girl at the rock show

When _______ said we were gonna move to Vegas
I remember the look her mother gave _______
17 without a purpose or direction
We don't owe anyone a fuckin explanation

'cause I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
________ said "what?" and I told her that _______ didn't know
She's so cool, gonna sneak in through her window
Everything's better when she's around
I can't wait til _________ parents go out of town
I fell in love with the girl at the rock show

Black and white picture of _______ on my wall
I waited for ________ call, she always kept _______ waiting
And if I ever got another chance I'd still ask _______ to dance
Because she kept ________ waiting

'cause I fell in love with the girl at the rock show
________ said "what?" and I told her that _______ didn't know
She's so cool, gonna sneak in through her window
Everything's better when she's around
I can't wait til _________ parents go out of town
I fell in love with the girl at the rock show

I'll never forget the night

With the girl at the rock show

2 – The Pronouns used in the song refer to who or what?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Classify them:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Collocations
Hang out means:
( ) Go out and have fun
( ) Playing a game
( ) Hanging objects above the ground
Kick out means
( ) Quit
( ) Expelled
( ) Drop

5 – Informal language
a- Identify the informal written language in the lyrics: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- Can you write them in a formal way? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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segunda-feira, 14 de outubro de 2013

The Big Bang Theory - Simple Past and Collocations

Hey guys

After some time without video classes I bring to you a Simple Past and Collocation class.
Let´s have fun with.


1 – Observe the dialogue below where Mary Cooper narrates a story which happened to Sheldon. Watch the video and try to fill in the verbs below in the correct forms:




Leonard: Sheldon, your mom ____________ dinner.
Sheldon: I'm not hungry!
Mary Cooper: I tell you, I love the boy to death, but he has been difficult since
he _______________ out of me at the K-Mart.
Mary Cooper: I ________________ chicken.
Mary Cooper: You know, we have an Indian gentleman at our church, Dr. Patel--
It's a beautiful story. The Lord ____________ to him and ______________ him
to give us all 20% off on Lasik— You know, those that ________________ it.
Mary Cooper: He once _______________ to fight a bobcat for some licorice.
Penny: Has Shelly ever freaked out like this before?
Mary Cooper: I remember one summer when he _______________ 13, he _________________ a small nuclear reactor in the shed and ________________ everybody he was gonna provide free electricity for the whole town.
Well, the only problem was, he ______________ no what you call "fissionable" materials.
Anyway, when he ______________ on the Internets to get some, a man from the government
_______________ by and _______________ him down real gentle, and __________________ him it's against the law
Penny: What _________________?
Mary Cooper: Well, poor boy ______________ a fit. ________________ himself in his room
and _________________ a sonic death ray.
Leonard: A death ray?
Mary Cooper: That's what he ___________________ it.
_______________ even _____________ down the neighbor kids (negative). It ___________________ our dog off to no end.
Mary Cooper: __________ I pluck a nerve there? (interrogative)
Howard: Oh, yeah.

2- Text Comprehension
What did Sheldon do when he was 13?
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Who came to talk to him? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Why? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What did he build? Did it work? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – What do the expressions below mean?
a- Piss off
( ) get late ( ) get angry ( ) get anxious
b- To the death
( ) never ( ) once ( ) forever
c- Slow down
( ) stop ( ) fast ( ) speed up
d- Freak out
( ) lose temper ( ) get patience ( ) get lost

4 – Do you have any fun story to share? Narrate it below and share with your class. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY SOON

terça-feira, 8 de outubro de 2013

Text and Reading

Hey Guys

Today I´m adding a new type of classes on the blog which will work with text interpretation and reading. Calm down, I´m not stopping the videos or the songs, just increasing the number of different opportunities to study. In order to make it more attractive I´ll work with news and current topics.
Today I´ll start with something which recently happened in the US.


Twelve people killed at Washington Navy Yard

At least 12 people have been killed and at least four injured in a shooting at a naval installation in Washington DC.
A gunman was killed at the scene. Police were initially searching for two additional "potential" gunman but one has since been ruled out.
Shots were reported at 08:20 local time (12:20 GMT), and authorities have sealed off a swathe of south-east Washington DC.
President Barack Obama said he mourned "yet another mass shooting".
Police responded to reports of two additional suspects in the shooting at Washington Navy Yard, but have since cleared one of them, a white male in a tan short-sleeve military-style outfit.
A black male, 40-50 years of age and wearing olive kit and seen carrying a long gun, was still being sought.
Reuters

1- How many people were killed? How many injured?
________________________________________________________________________________

2- How many suspects are still being looked for?
________________________________________________________________________________

3- What are their descrption?
________________________________________________________________________________

4- The word Gunman is formed by the union of two words? Which ones?
________________________________________________________________________________

5- What does it mean?
________________________________________________________________________________

6- List below the words which use suffix?
________________________________________________________________________________

7- The sentence At least 12 people have been killed is in the Present Perfect. How can you explain its use? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY
1- 12 people killed and 4 injured

2- 1 suspect

3- A black man, 40-50 years old, wearing military-style clothes with a big gun

4- Gun and Man

5- A shooter, a person who is shooting a people with a fire weapon

6- Shooting - Potential - Instalation - Additional

7- It´s because the event consequences are still in progress and the information has the chance of changing




segunda-feira, 30 de setembro de 2013

We are the champions - Present Perfect

1 – Listen to the song and complete the song with the verbs below in the Present Perfect




I __________________ my dues
Time after time
I __________________ my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I __________________ a few
I __________________ my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I ________________ through

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

I____________________ my bows
And my curtain calls
You ____________________ me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it____________________ no bed of roses
No pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before
The whole human race
And I ain't gonna lose

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fighting
Till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are champions of the world

2 – Confusing verbs
“To Share” is a verb that is confusing for Portuguese speakers, it´s easily confused with the verb “To Divide”.
Can you tell the difference between them? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Collocations
What does “Keep on” mean?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Can you give more collocations with the verb “to keep”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Informal language
What´s the formal writing form of “Cos´ “? __________________________________________
What´s the formal writing form of “ain´t”? __________________________________________

5 – Time Expressions
The sentence “… and I´d ever lose.” brings the time expression “ever” and it´s very much used in the Present Perfect. Can you tell the other by the mnemonic JEANY SF?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Link with their use.
( ) experience ( ) activities recently finished
( ) actions finished before expected
( ) actions finished after expected or not finished
( ) actions which never happened
( ) quantity of time ( ) from past to present action


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Answer key
LYRICS
I´ve paid
I´ve done
I´ve made
I´ve had
I´ve taken
You´ve brought
It´s been

2-
To Share is two or more people use an object together or separated, but no ownership
To Divide is when an object is fisically split among people or between two people.

3-
Keep on = Continue
Keep up; Keep yourself together;

4-
Cos´= Because
Ain´t = Any negative

5-
Just - Ever - Already - Never - Yet - Since - For
( E ) experience ( J ) activities recently finished
( A ) actions finished before expected
( Y ) actions finished after expected or not finished
( N ) actions which never happened
( F ) quantity of time ( S ) from past to present action




terça-feira, 24 de setembro de 2013

Turner and Hooch - Can for Permissions

Hey

Today I bring to you a second class using this classic.

1 – Watch the video segment and check which things are mentioned by Turner.



( ) Run around the house - ( ) Slobbe
( ) Bark - ( ) Chew
( ) Growing - ( ) Wear a flea colar
( ) Sleep in the bed - ( ) Eat on the floor
( ) Lift the leg to things - ( ) Beg for food
( ) Pee in the house - ( ) Snif into crotches
( ) Go under the bed - ( ) Drink from toilet
( ) Touch his things

2 – Write a list of things Hooch has no permission to do:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Do you have pets? What can/ can´t it do?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 – Vocabulary:
Come to an understanding
What collocations are possible to make with “understanding”? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Get along
What does it mean?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Is there any other way to express the same idea? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you know other collocations using “get”? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Answer key

1-
Growing
Lift the leg to anything
Slobbe
Chew
Wear a flea colar
Beg for food
Snif into crotches
Drink from toilet

2-
Hooch can´t grow
Hooch canpt lift his/its leg to anything in the house
Hooch can´t slobbe
Hooch can´t chew
Hooch can´t beg for food
Hooch can´t snif into crotches
Hooch can´t drink from Turner´s toilet

3-
Student´s personal answers

4-
Reach an understanding - Come to an understanding - Have an understanding
Get along is to have a good relationship. To cope with.
Get over yourself, get lost, get up, get away with, get on, get in, get yourself together.

segunda-feira, 16 de setembro de 2013

The Big Bang Theory - Slangs, Fillers, Collocations and Idioms

Hey guys
I bring to you another segment from The Big Bang Theory. I can´t help it, it´s my favorite sitcom.
Well, I got more language elements regarding everyday life communication. Let´s take a look.

Sheldon is a guy who is extremely intelligent and never uses slangs and idioms, however in this video we´ll see how he tries to cope formal and informal language.

Watch the segment below and answer the following questions.



A. Slangs
How does he classify “what´s shaking?”
_____________________________________________________________________________
Penny uses another one. Which one?
_____________________________________________________________________________
Do you know others similar to this one? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Based on the video what is “Peace out”?
( ) greeting/ conversation opener ( ) farewell/ conversation closer
Do you know others? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Collocations
Penny uses the collocation “freaking me out”. Do you any similar? _____________________________________________________________________________
Sheldon uses the collocation “striking up”. Do you know what it means? Any synonym? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Taboo Language
What does “chit chat” mean? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What does “hook up” mean? Is there any other similar one? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Fillers
In the video there are many fillers used. List them below. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What´s the function of “fillers”?
( ) get time to think
( ) encode formal messages
( ) change topics during the conversation
( ) prepare the listener for new topics
( ) use in instructions

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ANSWER KEY
A
- Conversation opener
- Hey, S´Up
- Good morning, How is it hanging?, How is everthing?, Hi, How are things?, Good evening, Good afternoon
- Farewell/ Conversation closer
- Bye, See you later, So long, Later, Take care

B
- Scaring me, Scaring the crap out of me, Make me feel afraid
- It means "start". Initianing, begining

C
- Talk without any specific goal or any specific topic.
- To date someone. Make out, Night stand

D
- Oh, Well, Uh, See...,
- Get time to think, Prepare the listener for new topics, change topics during the conversation

segunda-feira, 9 de setembro de 2013

The Hangover - Wh-Questions

Hi guys

Today I bring to you a segment of a success. The Hangover, let´s work the Wh-Questions.

1 – Do you know the characters of the movie “The Hangover”? Match their names with the pictures.

Allan - Phil - Doug - Stuart


2 – Watch the video and answer the questions.



a- Where are they? ______________________________________________________
b- When is this event? ____________________________________________________
c- Who wakes up first? ___________________________________________________
d- When do they wake up? ________________________________________________
e- Where do they wake up? _______________________________________________
f- Where does Allan go? __________________________________________________
g- What does Allan see in there? ___________________________________________
h- Who does Allan fall over? _______________________________________________
i- Why does Allan run away from the bathroom? ______________________________
j- How is Stuart? ________________________________________________________
k- What is Stuart missing? _________________________________________________
l- Who goes wake Doug up? _______________________________________________
m- Where is Doug? _______________________________________________________
n- Whose phone rings? ___________________________________________________


3 – It is possible to see the verb “to look” being used some times in different meanings.

Phil: Look at this place
Stuart: I look like a nerdy hillbilly
Stuart: Look around you

a- What are the differences among these sentences? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- Is there any other context to use “to look”? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY

1-
Allan - Stuart - Doug - Phil

2-
a- In Nevada; In Las Vegas
b- At night
c- Stuart wakes up first
d- In the morning
e- They wake up in the hotel room
f- Allan goes to the bathroom
g- Allan sees a tiger
h- Allan falls over Phil
i- Because of the tiger
j- He feels a lot of headache
k- He is missing a tooth
l- He goes wake up Doug
m- He is probably at the pool
n- Doug´s phone rings

3-
a-
Look at referes to direct eye contact
Look around refers to the movement of the place which surrounds them
Look like referes similarity

b-
"Look for" is used in the same context of "search"
"Look" can be used to relate appereance
"Look up to" is used when you admire someone as a hero or a role model





quinta-feira, 29 de agosto de 2013

The Big Bang Theory - If-Clauses

A Class by @TeacherBrunoGon and Teacher Dani Bertocchi

1 – Watch the first part of the segment (at night) and match the parts of the sentences and their images.



a- Do you realize that If Penny wakes up
b- If you want to avoid waking her
c- If you have time to lean
( ) speak in a lower register
( )you have time to clean
( ) there is no reasonable explanation as why we are here.


2 – Complete the sentences according to what happens in the videos and classify the sentences into If-clauses I, II or III.
If you speak loud, you _______________ her up (wake) ( )
If Penny cleaned her apartment, I ____________________ (come) here ( )
If it´s not his house, He __________________________ it (clean) ( )
If this situation disturbs Sheldon, he ______________________ (talk) to Penny ( )
If they don´t leave, Penny _____________________ (wake up) and see them ( )
If Sheldon hadn´t cleaned Penny´s apartment, he _______________________ (sleep) so well ( )
If Sheldon doesn´t understand sarcasm, Leonard _______________________ (tell) him that it is. ( )
If Leonard had Penny´s key, they _______________ (be) the responsible for the cleaning ( )
If they hadn´t gone into Penny´s apartment, she ________________ (be) so mad at them ( )
If what they did was wrong, they _______________________ (apologize) for their actions. ( )

3 – Answer the questions according to your personal opinions and justify:
If you did something wrong expecting something good, would you apologize for it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you try to help a friend or relative If he/she doesn´t want?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Would you try to correct a bad mistake if you had the chance? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4 – Vocabulary:
Do you know synonyms for the vocabulary/ expressions below?
Insane: _____________________________________________________________
Give back: __________________________________________________________
Remove: _____________________________________________________________
Discussion:__________________________________________________________
Full: _______________________________________________________________
Get out: ____________________________________________________________

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http://www.4shared.com/video/S2AHv4zm/big_bang_theory_-_if-clauses_1.html?
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http://www.4shared.com/office/H0Cw3nnN/the_big_bang_theory_-_if_claus.html?




ANSWER KEY
1-
c
b
a

2- will/ may/ can wake
wouldn´t come
shouldn´t/ don´t have to clean
should talk
may/ can wake up
wouldn´t have slept
has to/ must tell
must be
wouldn´t have been
should/ have to/ must apologise

3-
Personal answers

4-
Crazy, Nuts, Lost mind, Mad
Return
Take off, eliminate
Argument, debate, fight, conversation
Entire, whole, complete
Leave, get lost, get away



sexta-feira, 23 de agosto de 2013

The Pacifier - Sequence words

Hey guys

This is a segment I´ve used before, but now I´m focusing a different part of the language.
Have fun with this amazing movie.

1- Work with your students the vocabulary relating sequence words.
First – Second – Right after/ before – Afterwards – Next – To finish – Then – When



2- Watch the video and complete the paragraphs

Driving part:
____________ he fastens the seat belt and ______________ he says “go” and ____________ she starts driving the car around the parking lot. ______________ she stops the car he tells her to go backwards and ______________ she does it.

Girls in the garden:
_____________ he teaches the girls the basic movements, _______________ one of the girls punches him to practice. __________________ he shows 3 girls how to fight to 3 girls and _________________ all the girls are practicing and he´s watching. ______________ he says “go” all the girls started crawling. ________________ one of the girls kick his arm strongly

Play Rehearsal:
_____________ the couple is dancing and the director is observing, _____________ he is advising that they have to do to improve their performance. ________________ the cast is crawling on the floor. ___________________ he shows in a miniature stage how the actors are supposed to work and ___________________ he observes the final moves of 2 actors on stage.

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http://www.4shared.com/office/79po9Ur5/The_Pacifier_2_-_Sequence_word.html?
Download the video
http://www.4shared.com/video/Ag7heGrl/the_pacifier.html?



ANSWER KEY SOON

quarta-feira, 14 de agosto de 2013

Race to Witch Mountain - Modals and Collocations

Seth and Sarah are two aliens who are on Earth for a mission. Although they don´t intend to do anything harmful they are being chased by government agents. Seth and Sarah count on a taxi driver named Jack Bruno to help them.

1 – Watch the video segment and check St for Seth and Sr for Sarah according to their abilities and write the sentences.



( ) Fly - ______________________________________________________________________________
( ) Read peoples´ mind - _______________________________________________________________
( ) Manipulate fire - __________________________________________________________________
( ) Resist great impacts - _____________________________________________________________
( ) Pass through solid objects - _______________________________________________________
( ) Control peoples´ actions - _________________________________________________________
( ) Move objects using his/her mind - __________________________________________________

2 – The modal verb “can” can be replaced by:
( ) Be supposed to ( ) Be able to ( ) Recommend to ( ) be possible to

3 – In the sentence “They will overtake our vehicle…” there is the modal verb “will”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Possibility ( ) Advice ( ) Inevitability

4 – In the sentences “It would appear we have not….” There is the modal verb “would”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Inevitability

5 – The sentence “We should just keep moving” There is the modal verb “Should”. Its context is:
( ) Hypothesis ( ) Suggestion ( ) Ability ( ) Inevitability

“Should” can be replaced by:
( ) possible to ( ) recommend to ( ) suggest to ( ) be able to

6 – The sentence “We cannot trust him”. There is the modal verb “Can” in the negative. Its context is:
( ) Possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Necessity ( ) Advice

“Cannot” can be replaced by:
( ) advice to ( ) suggest to ( ) impossible to ( ) possible to

7 – The sentence “We must”. There is the modal verb “Must”. Its context is:
( ) Obligation ( ) Possibility ( ) Hypothesis ( ) Suggestion

“Must” can be replaced by:
( ) Have to ( ) Advice to ( ) be able to ( ) recommend to

8 –The sentence “What could go wrong?” there is the modal verb “could”. Its context is:
( ) Remote possibility ( ) Obligation ( ) Necessity ( ) Inevitability

Vocabulary:
9 – The agent shouts “look out” during the scene. Do you synonyms of this phrasal verb? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10 – Do you know other phrasal verbs using the verb “to look”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11 – What does Jack Bruno mean when he says “get down”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
12 – Do you know other phrasal verbs using the verb “to get”? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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http://www.4shared.com/office/_pABWxJd/Race_to_witch_mountain_-_Can.html?


Answer key
1- Read people´s mind - Sr - Sarah can read people´s mind
Resist great impacts - St - Seth can resist great impacts
Pass through solid objects - St - Seth can pass through solid objects
Move objects using his/her mind - sr - Sarah can move objects using her mind
2- be able to
3-Inevitability
4-Hypothesis
5-Suggestion
Recommend to
6-Possibility
Impossible to
7-Obligation
Have to
8-Remote possibility
9-Watch out, Be careful
10-Look up, look for, look at, look around, look like, look beautiful...
11-He wants Seth and Sarah to protect themselves.
12-Get over, get lost, get yourself together, get real, get up, get in, get on, get out, get away...



terça-feira, 6 de agosto de 2013

Trust - Internet Language


A class by @TeacherBrunoGon and Teacher Dani Bertocchi

Internet and social networks are part of our lives today and Annie is not different of anybody else, as most of teenagers she likes to chat with friends online and use internet language.

1 – Do you have pen pals? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 – What do you usually talk about? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 – Do you talk with them every day? How often? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4 – Do you trust them? How do you know they can be trusted? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Watch the video for activities 5 and 6



5 – Check the internet words or sentences below and write their meaning.
( ) 2moro -( ) PWOMS - ( ) TTYL - ( ) AFK - ( ) BBL
( ) M2 - ( ) Brb - ( ) TY - ( ) B4 - ( ) btw
( ) LOL - ( ) ur - ( ) idk -( ) LMAO - ( ) OMG
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6 – Now, create a dialogue on a chat page using internet language studied above. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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http://www.4shared.com/video/RaQW1L4K/Trust_-_Internet_Language.html?
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http://www.4shared.com/office/OdYW1R4e/Trust_-_Internet_Language.html?


ANSWER KEY

1 to 4
Personal answers

5
Appeared on the video:
PWOMS - Parent watching over my shoulder
TTYL - Talk to you later
M2 - Me too
TY - Thank you
LOL - Laughing out loud
ur - You are / Your (depends on context)
LMAO - Laughing my ass off

Others:
2moro - Tomorrow
AFK - Away from keyboard
BBL - Be back later
BRB - Be right back
B4 - Before
Btw - By the way
Idk - I don´t know
OMG - Oh my God

6
Personal answers

terça-feira, 30 de julho de 2013

12:01 - Simple Present - 3rd Person - Adverbs of Frequency

Hi guys
Today I bring to you a movie based on a Short Story by Richard Lupoff.

1 – Watch the movie segment and check what he usually does in the morning after he wakes up.



( ) check the mail - ( ) take a shower - ( ) water the plants - ( ) do the dishes
( ) feed his fish - ( ) get dressed - ( ) have breakfast - ( ) get the paper
( ) watch TV - ( ) do the laundry - ( )talk on the phone - ( ) drive to work

2 – Write the sentences using the information you checked.
Ex: He wakes up at 7:35 am
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3 – Get in pairs and ask your friend how often he or she does the following:

Ex: How often do you _____ ?
I ____________ “activity”


4 – Now, you will write down the information from your friend in sentences or paragraph.
Ex: My friend usually goes to the movies.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/GlEtYo10/12_01_-_Simple_Present_-_Adver.html?
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http://www.4shared.com/video/9txGcD4y/12_01_-_Simple_Present_-_Routi.html?


Answer key soon

terça-feira, 23 de julho de 2013

Back to the Future 2 - Will

Hello

I bring to you today a true classic. Back to the Future II.

Marty Mcfly is a youngster from the year 1985 and here there is a scene in the future, more precisely, in the year 2015 when he has the chance to see how the world is like.


1 – What technological developments do you believe it will occur in the future?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now, watch the video and do activity number 2



2 – Check if these developments happen.
( ) People don´t walk anymore around the streets
( ) Gas station works only by machines
( ) Cars and skateboards can fly
( ) People wear exactly the same type of clothes as today
( ) It´s not possible to find old things in the future
( ) Clothes are automatic in the future

3 – Now, write the sentences from activity 2 using “Will” or “Will not” according to your notes.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/IgaP4Ai2/Back_to_the_future_-_Will.html?
Video segment
"http://www.4shared.com/video/SVzfUUXZ/back_to_the_future_-_will.html?"


ANSWER KEY
1 - Personal answers

2 -
F
T
T
F
F
T

3 -
People will walk on the streets
Gas stations will work without people / Gas stations won´t work using personel
Cars and Skateboards will fly in the future
People won´t wear the same type of clothes as today / People will wear different clothes
It will be possible to find old stuff
Clothes will be automatic in the future

quarta-feira, 17 de julho de 2013

Wanna be - If-Clauses and Collocations

Hey guys
Today I bring you a song class using one of Spice Girls famous songs: Wanna be
At this class we will work with If-clauses and Collocations.

This class was made with my great partner Teacher Dani Bertocchi. Thank you so much Dani, you rock...

1 - Listen to the song and complete using the verbs below in the appropriated structure:




Yo I'll say you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ha.
If you want my future ____________ my past,
If you wanna ____________ with me better ___________ it fast,
Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Get your act together we could be just fine.
I'll tell you what I want, ….
If you wanna ________ my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you __________ got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is.
What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for real,
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try,
If you really ___________ me then I'll __________ goodbye.
Yo I'll say you what I want, …..
Chorus
So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me
you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
We got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady,
and as for me, ha you'll see,
Slam your body down and wind it's all around,
Slam your body down and wind it's all around.
Chorus

2 - Answer the questions below:
a- If I want a solid relationship, __________________________________________
b- If I want to have good friends, __________________________________________
c- If you make me waste my time, ____________________________________________

3 - The verb "to waste" is similar to the verbs "to spend" and "to pass". Check "w", "s" and "p" to each word below creating collocations:
( ) Time ( ) Money ( ) Oportunity ( ) Energy
( ) the night ( ) my life ( ) hours ( ) vacation
( ) rocks ( ) food ( ) water ( ) freedom

4 - After studying the collocations how can we differ them:
Waste: __________________________________________________________________________
Spend: __________________________________________________________________________
Pass: ___________________________________________________________________________

Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/sUQjgu9j/Wanna_Be.html?

Answer key
1 -
Forget - Get - Make - Be - Have - Bug - Say

2 -
Personal answers

3 -
S/W - S/W - S/W - S/W
S/W - S/P/W - S/W - S
S/W - S/W - S/W - S/W

4 -
Waste: To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly (the free dictionary)
Spend: To use, consume or expend in a careful and thoughtful way.
Pass: To move on or ahead; proceed. (the free dictionary)

quinta-feira, 11 de julho de 2013

Spoken Elements - Friends

Friends
Spoken elements

1- Watch the segment below and check S for Spoken and W for Written on the elements observed.



( ) Corrected structured questions ( ) Repetition of words
( ) Pauses ( ) Careful selected vocabulary
( ) Interruption ( ) Use of fillers

2- The extracts of the sentences below have a function in spoken conversations. What function is that?
You know - Uh - It´s just… - Like, like, like
_____________________________________________________________________________

3- Phoebe says “I just don´t buy it”. The verb “to buy” in the sentence has the meaning of:
( ) to think ( ) to have ( ) to believe ( ) to accept

4- Select one of the topics below or one of your preference and write an informal conversation between 2 friends.
Syria protests
Brazilian World Cup
Global Economic Crisis
Man on the moon
Global Warming
Brazil protests

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/Lg22Ad3_/friends_-_spoken_elements.html?
Download the video
http://www.4shared.com/video/Ts1-DuNq/friends_-_spoken_elements.html?


ANSWER KEY

1 -
Pauses
Interruption
Repetition of words
Use of fillers

2 -
Usually used to get some time to think or to call the listener´s attention

3 -
To believe
To accept

4 -
Personal answers


terça-feira, 2 de julho de 2013

Harry Potter - Description

Hey Guys

I bring to you today a Harry Potter segment.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer´s Stone
Introduction and Description


1 - Do you know the characters´ name? Write them under the picture.
Watch the video segment to check your answers.



2 – Give their description:
Ex: Mr. Filch has long brown hair and his eyes are black.
a- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
e- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
f- ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


3 – Now, write your classmate´s description.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Download the video
http://www.4shared.com/video/Dd5tjpt8/Harry_Potter_-_Descriptions.html?
Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/get/K95rDPsH/Harry_Potter_-_Descriptions.html


ANSWER KEY

1-
Harry Potter - Hermione Granger - Ronald Weasley
Draco Malfoy - Professor Dumbledore - Susan Bones

2 -
Harry Potter has black hair and brown eyes
Herminoe Granger is blond and has dark brown eyes
Ronald Weasley has red hair and green eyes
Draco Malfoy has blond hair and blue eyes
Professor Dumbledore has white long hair and a beard
Susan Bones has red hair and dark brown eyes.

3 - Personal answers

quarta-feira, 26 de junho de 2013

Turner & Hooch - Relative Pronouns

Hello guys

I bring to you a class about Relative Pronouns with a classic. Turner and Hooch. It´s a very funny movie from 1989 featuring Tom Hanks.

Relative pronouns are words used to link two or more sentences through a common point, usually people, places, dates and time, situations…

1 – Watch the segment and pay attention to Turner´s talk and the actions taken and rewrite the sentences using Relative Pronouns.

Follow the model:
This movie is old. This movie is very funny
This movie, which is old, is very funny.



a- Turner is preparing a meal. The meal is for Hooch ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- The biggest search in central coast since World War II. The search is happening because of Hooch. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- The search will be in central coast. Turner and Hooch live in central coast ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- Turner is taking part at the search. Turner wants a job security in the future. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
e- Hooch is not eating. Hooch looks sad about something. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
f- Hooch ID´d Zack Gregory. Zack Gregory may have killed Amos. Amos might have been Hooch´s former owner. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
g- Turner and Hooch had a bad start. Today they have a better relation. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Download the Worksheet
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http://www.4shared.com/video/vzD50dwg/tuner_and_hooch_-_relative_pro.html?





ANSWER KEY

a- Turner is preparing a meal, which is for Hooch
b- The Search, which is the biggest in the central coast since World War II, is happening because of Hooch
c- Turner and Hooch live in the central coast, where will be the search
d- Turner, who wants a job security in the future, is taking part at the search
e- Hooch, which looks sad because of something, is not eating
f- Hooch Id´d Zack Gregory, who may have killed Amos, who is Hooch´s former owner
g- Turner and Hooch, who had a bad start, have a better relationship today


quinta-feira, 20 de junho de 2013

That I would be good - If Clauses

Hi guys

Here is a new class, this time a song class with an amazing song. I´d like to thank my partner Dani Bertocchi for being always there. Thank you Dani.

That I Would Be Good
Alanis Morisete
A class by @TeacherBrunoGon and Teacher Dani Bertocchi


1- Listen to the song and fill the blanks with the verbs below, pay attention that the verbs must change into past, present or future:




That I would be good even if I _______________ nothing
That I would be good even if I _______________ the thumbs down
That I would be good if I ______________ and stayed sick
That I would be good even if I ______________ ten pounds

That I would be fine even if I _______________ bankrupt
That I would be good if I _______________ my hair and my youth
That I would be great if I _______________ no longer queen
That I would be grand if I ______________ not all knowing

That I would be loved even when I ________________ myself
That I would be good even when I ________________ overwhelmed
That I would be loved even when I _______________ fuming
That I would be good even if I ______________ clinging

That I would be good even if I ____________ sanity
That I would be good whether with or without you

2- Complete these sentences using your personal opinion:
a- I would get happy if ________________________________________________________________________________
b- I will be approved at school if _____________________________________________________________________
c- I would be sad if ___________________________________________________________________________________
d- I would be succeeded in life if _____________________________________________________________________

3- By using the complete structure of If Clauses, answer the questions below:
a- If you could change anything in your life, what would you change? __________________________________________________________________________________________
b- If you could time travel, would you go to the past or to the future? __________________________________________________________________________________________
c- If you have a million dollars, what would you do? __________________________________________________________________________________________
d- If you could move to another country now, which one would you go? __________________________________________________________________________________________
e- If you decided your profession, what it will be? __________________________________________________________________________________________
f- If you could anything now, what would you do? __________________________________________________________________________________________


Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/3FJCJfbI/That_I_would_be_good.html?

Answer key

did
got
got
gained
went lost
was
was
numb
am
was
was
lost

As all the answers are personal, you must pay attention to which structure is being used.

quinta-feira, 13 de junho de 2013

PS I Love You - Modal Verbs

PS I Love you
Modal verbs
Advise, Suggestions, Necessity, Logical deduction


A class by @TeacherBrunoGon

1 – Watch the segment and pay attention to Gerry´s letter. Using the modals bellow complete the sentences accordingly:

Should – (not) Have to – Must – Could



a- Dear Holly, I don't have much time. I don't mean literally, I mean, you're out buying ice cream and you'll be home soon...
He _________ finish the letter fast otherwise she´ll see it.

b- I have a feeling this is the last letter
It __________ be the end of his help to her.

c- It isn't to go down memory lane or make you buy a lamp.
He ________________ protect her, she can handle it.

d- It's to tell you how much you move me. How you changed me. You made me a man by loving me, Holly...
He ______________ love very much

e- You made my life, Holly, but I'm just one chapter in yours.
She _______________ have more experiences.

f- Don't be afraid to fall in love again.
She ______________ continue her life and she ___________ fall in love again.


Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/Uc6zuIbV/Ps_I_love_you_-_Modals.html?
Download the video
http://www.4shared.com/video/ejI8jnAC/PS_I_Love_you_-_Modals.html?

Answer Key
a- Must/ Has to
b- Could/ Should
c- Must/ Has to
d- Must/ Should
e- Must
f- Has to/ Must - Could/ Should

sábado, 8 de junho de 2013

Garfield - Simple Past

Read this Garfield comic strip and answer the questions below:




1 – In this comic we can see a regular situation when having pets. Which situation is this?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 – What did Garfield do with John´s things?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 – List below the verbs in the Simple Past.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4 – Their context is:
( ) A present event
( ) A past event
( ) A future event
5 – What is the reason for both, Garfield and John´s frustrations?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6 – What´s the conclusion that John makes?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7 – “Those things” said by John makes reference to what? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8 – The expression “I can´t help it” means what?
( ) I can´t help your wishes
( ) It´s not possible to do what you want
( ) I can´t avoid doing this
9 – The question “What happened?” doesn´t use the auxiliary “did”. Why?
( ) Because it´s wrong
( ) In spoken conversations you can omit it
( ) Because the subject/ noun is “what”

Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/gPq68oT4/Garfield_-_Simple_Past.html?

Answer Key
1- Pets like to eat, scratch things they see.
2- He scratched the record and ate the food.
3- Scratched, Ate, Happened, Fixed, Didn´t do
4- A past event
5- Humans don´t understand cats and cats don´t understand humans
6- Although Garfied destroys everything he see, John loves him.
7- The things Garfield does, also the ones he did in the comic.
8- I can´t avoid doing this
9- Because the subject/ noun is "what"

segunda-feira, 3 de junho de 2013

Last Samurai - Adverbs

The Last Samurai
Adverbs
A class by @TeacherBrunoGon


1 – Watch the movie segment and complete the sentences using the adverbs accordingly:
Use these adverbs:
Constantly – Skillfully – Quietly – Gently – Curiously – Badly – Calmly



a- Katsumoto is ________________ meditating.
b- Katsumoto and Augren are walking and talking ________________.
c- Augren is _________________ observing the boy who is meditating.
d- Augren is __________________ trying to learn Japanese as the kids teach them.
e- Augren ________________ writes in his diary about the samurai lifestyle.
f- Augren continues observing the people and he _____________ walks around.
g- Although he´s not _________ treated, he is _________________ observed.
h- Hygen watches _______________ Augren´s finger trick and his mother interrupts _______________.
i- The man ___________________ lays down the wood spoon while the boy ______________ sees it.
j- Samurais ___________________ train to achieve perfection.
l- The people in the village _______________ see him because he is different.
k- One man ___________________ defeats 4 men during training.


Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/c2d3iZM6/The_Last_Samurai_-_Adverbs.html?
Download the video
http://www.4shared.com/video/pUOtm7p9/The_Last_Samurai_-_Adverbs.html?

Answer Key
a- Calmly/ Quietly
b- Calmly
c- Quietly/ Curiously
d- Calmly
e- Constantly
f- Quietly/ Calmly
g- Badly - Constantly
h- Curiously - Badly
i- Gently
j- Constantly
l- Curiously
k- Skillfully

segunda-feira, 27 de maio de 2013

The Big Bang Theory - Imperatives




A class by @TeacherBrunoGon and Teacher Dani Bertocchi

Imperatives are used to express orders or commands. Very much used in the classroom and at work.



1 - Watch the video segment and complete the dialogues with what you listen, use the verbs bellow:
PS: You may repeat some verbs:



Woman on the counter: _________ this to the testing area, _________ your name at the top, _______ at the bottom, _________ the questions, __________ it back. Next
Howard: _________ it to her.
Woman on the counter: __________ at that sign there.
Sheldon: Just __________.
Woman on the counter: ___________ at the sign.
Penny: Sheldon, it's "c." just _______ down "c."
Woman on the counter: _____________ to that little girl, honey. _____________ "c." next!
Sheldon: No, ____________ ! No ,hang on. _______________ at this next question.
Woman on the counter: Here's your learner's permit. _________ away.
Woman on the counter: Don't ________ me climb over this counter.
Penny and Howard: ____________ on. Let's go. _____________ on.

2 – Now, match the Imperatives below with their contexts:
You might have more than one possibility.

Do your homework
Pay attention
Don´t talk to strangers
Turn off the lights
Have a seat
Watch this video
Don´t open suspicious e-mails
Answer the phone
Open your books
Take care of your sister
Give it to me
Clean your room
Come in
Brush your teeth
Don´t do it
Post it
Get the door
Listen to me

(a) At school (b) Talking to parents (c) Doctor´s office
(d) Talking to friends (e) Internet use


Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/kX0-Q6L0/Big_Bang_Theory_-_Imperatives.html?
Download the segment
http://www.4shared.com/video/mFjk0Vih/big_bang_theory_-_imperatives.html?

Answer Key
1-
Take - Put - Sign - Answer - Bring
Give
Look
Put
Listen
Put
Wait - Look
Go
Make
Come - Come

2-
b
a-b-d
a-b
b-e
b-d
a-b-c
d-e
e
b
a
b
a-b-c-d
b
a-b-c
b
All 5
e
b-d
a-b-d

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