Revista Inglês Brasil #RIB

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The Big Bang Theory - Prepositions

Hey guys

In this class I bring to you 2 segments of 2 different episodes from The Big Bang Theory to work prepositions and their differences.

Prepositions can be a confusing study to many students from many different native languages and it is important to always observe how they are used.

1 – Watch the video segment composed by two small independent videos of The Big Bang Theory sitcom.



a- What´s the difference between “drive to work” and “drive from work” said by Sheldon? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- What´s the difference between “work with me” and “work for me” said by Sheldon and Raj? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- What´s the context of the preposition “to” in the sentences “I´m ready to go home” and “You can come to work for me” said by Sheldon? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- In the sentence “I can´t drive you for the next few weeks” what is the context of the preposition “for”? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
e- Sheldon says “I got some extra money from the head department”. What´s the context of the preposition “from”? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2- Leonard says he only has access to the lasers “at night”. “Night” is considered a period of the day related to time. Match the prepositions of time with their contexts:
On At In In the
( ) Hours ( ) Dates ( ) Holidays
( ) Month ( ) Seasons ( ) Periods of the day
( ) Weekend ( ) Year ( ) Night

3- Expressions:
a- What does “perfect timing” means? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


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ANSWER KEY
1-
a- "Drive to work" - Preposition "to" in this sentence indicates destination.
"Drive from work" - Preposition "from" indicates origin

b- "Work with me" means that Raj and Sheldon are co-workers, they have the same position
"Work for me" means that Sheldon has a higher position than Raj, he would be his superior.

c- In these sentences the preposition "to" is a connection of purpose. The sentence after the preposition is the purpose of the first sentence.

d- "For" is to indicate a duration of time

e- "From" indicates origin meaning that the department is the origin of the money

2-
IN - Months, Years
IN THE - Periods of the day, Seasons
ON - Dates, Holidays, Weekends
AT - Night, Hours

3-
Perfect timing means that they syncronized actions or just had luck on it.

Jeremy - Pearl Jam - Suffix and Prefix

1- Suffixes and Prefixes are a useful element for who reads a lot and needs to study text comprehension. Listen to the song and fill the blanks with the words and their correct suffix or prefix. Use the words below

Draw - Wick - Rule
Attent - Leash - Clear
Gnash - Pick - Hurt
Drop - Harm - Affect




At home
________________ pictures
Of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a v
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below

Daddy didn't give _____________
To the fact
That mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the _______________
______________ his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

________________ I remember
_____________ on the boy
Seemed a _______________ little fuck
But we _______________ a lion
________________ his teeth and
Bit the recess ladies breast
How could I forget?
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left ________________
________________ wide open
Just like the day
Like the day I heard

Daddy didn't give _______________
And the boy was something
That mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the ____________________
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today (3 times)

Try to forget this
Try to erase this
From the black board

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in spoke in


2- Studying the suffix and prefix from the song, let´s define their functions.
a- Tion: _______________________________________________________________
b- Ed: _________________________________________________________________
c- Ing:_________________________________________________________________
d- Un:_________________________________________________________________
e- Less:________________________________________________________________
f- Ly:__________________________________________________________________

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The Ugly Truth - Simple Present and Present Continuous

Hey guys
After a long time I prepared another video class. Sorry I´ve been away. The year of 2014 has been pretty busier than last year and I´m not having much time to prepare new video classes for the blog.

Today, I bring to you a video class using a segment from the movie The Ugly Truth.


1- Watch the video segment and check the characteristics described by the woman:



( ) tall ( ) short ( ) smart
( ) intelligent ( ) handsome ( ) ugly
( ) successful ( ) athletic ( ) chubby

2- Describe the perfect guy in the woman´s opinion:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3- In the sentences “You´re not even dating this guy?” and “You don´t even know him” there is a mistake in each of them. What is it? Rewrite the sentences correctly.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4- The sentences: “Whoa..”, “Hey,…”, “I mean…”, “Well,…” are used in what contexts:
( ) Get time to organize ideas ( ) Start a formal sentence
( ) Procedures ( ) Get time to think
5- Vocabulary and expressions:
a- What does “bucks” mean? ___________________________________________
b- What does “dog” mean? ____________________________________________
c- What does “schumck” mean? ________________________________________

6- Give a description of a perfect man or woman in your type: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY
1-
Smart
Successful

2-
He is smart, sucessful in a job that means something.
He likes classical music and never gets up before you on a sunday.
He likes dogs, but prefer cats.

3-
Sentence order according the structure.
Aren´t you dating this guy?
Don´t you know him

4-
Get time to orgnize ideas
Get time to think

5-
a- bucks means dollars, relating money
b- dog in this case is a vulgar woman
c- schumck means stupid or imbecile

6-
Personal answer

You´ve got mail - If-clauses

Hi guys

There has been a while since my last post, latey I must confess that my creativity has been low... Hopefully this is over and I´ll be posting many classes.
Today, I bring to you a scene from the movie You´ve got mail, featuring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

1 – Watch the video segment and number the sentences spoken by the characters:



If I ever get out of here:
( ) I should marry Orit
( ) I´m gonna start speaking to my mama
( ) I´m having my eyes lasered

2 – Some situations make people think about the future or the past. Debate the following questions among your classmates practicing if-clauses:
a- If you had won a millionaire prize on the lottery,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
b- If you had the opportunity of changing your body,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
c- If you could time travel,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
d- If you could live again any moment of your life,… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Answer key
1-
2
1
3
2-
Students debate