Universidade Católica de Moçambique

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Topic: ENGLISH BASIC ASPECTOS: numbers, telling the time and dates.

Nome do Estudante: Gildo Buananmade; Código: 708211708

Curso: Licenciatura em Ensino de Biologia

Disciplina: English

Ano de frequência: 1º

Nampula, Maio, 2022

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Índice
Introdução..........................................................................................................................4

NUMBERS AND DATES................................................................................................5

TELLING THE TIME.......................................................................................................6

O'clock...............................................................................................................................6

VERBS TO BE..................................................................................................................8

VERB TO DO...................................................................................................................9

VERB TO HAVE AND FAMILY....................................................................................9

FAMILY RELATIONSHIP............................................................................................10

PRESENT CONTINUOUS.............................................................................................10

PLURALS.......................................................................................................................11

PREPOSITIONS.............................................................................................................12

Conclusion.......................................................................................................................14

Bibliography....................................................................................................................15
Introdução
The work is used in the English course. It is an evaluation work that constitutes one of
the requirements for obtaining the degree of Public Administration. And it has the
purpose of aborting the following topic in question: English basic aspectos: numbers,
telling the time and dates. And it has as objectives: talk about greetings, numbers,
telling the time and dates; verbs to be, verbs to have have and family; presente simple,
presente continuous, pluras and prepositios

For the elaboration of this work, in order to achieve the objectives outlined above,
bibliographic research was used, which will include thorough readings, taking notes on
the most relevant information and culminating in its final compilation.

Regarding its structure, it should be noted that in addition to the introduction in

question, the work is made up of main parts which are: Introduction, development, final
considerations and bibliographic references.

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NUMBERS AND DATES
There are two different kinds of numbers in English. We have numbers we use to count
things (I have two brothers. I have ten CDs.). The other kind of numbers is called
Ordinal Numbers. We use them to say dates.

0 1 2 3 4

Zero one two three four

6 7 8 9 10

six seven eight nive ten

11 12 13 14 15

eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen

16 17 18 19 20

sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty

Numbers Ordinals

1 1th (first) 12 12th (twelfth)

2 2th (second) 15 15th (fifteenth)

3 3th (third) 20 20th (twentieth)

4 4th (fourth) 21 21th (twenty-first)

5 5th (fifth) 22 22th (twenty second)

6 6th (sixth) 25 25th (twenty fifth)

7 7th (seventh) 30 30th (thirtieth)

8 8th (eighth) 31 31th (thirty first)

9 9th (ninth)

10 10th (tenth)

TELLING THE TIME

There are two common ways of telling the time.

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1. Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour + Minutes)

 6:25 - It's six twenty-five

 8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the letter O)
 9:11 - It's nine eleven
 2:34 - It's two thirty-four
2. Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes + PAST / TO + Hour)

For minutes 1-30 we use PAST after the minutes.

For minutes 31-59 we use TO after the minutes.

 2:35 - It's twenty-five to three

 11:20 - It's twenty past eleven
 4:18 - It's eighteen past four
 8:51 - It's nine to nine
 2:59 - It's one to three
When it is 15 minutes past the hour we normally say: (a) quarter past

 7:15 - It's (a) quarter past seven

When it is 15 minutes before the hour we normally say: a quarter to

 12:45 - It's (a) quarter to one

When it is 30 minutes past the hour we normally say: half past

 3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say three-thirty)

O'clock
We use o'clock when there are NO minutes.

 10:00 - It's ten o'clock

 5:00 - It's five o'clock
 1:00 - It's one o'clock
Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock (the number + o'clock)

12:00

For 12:00 there are four expressions in English.

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  twelve o'clock
 midday = noon
 midnight
Asking for the Time

The common question forms we use to ask for the time right now are:

 What time is it?

 What is the time?
A more polite way to ask for the time, especially from a stranger is:

 Could you tell me the time please?

The common question forms we use to ask at what time a specific event will happen
are:

What time...?

When...?

 What time does the flight to New York leave?

 When does the bus arrive from London?
 When does the concert begin?
Giving the Time

We use It is or It's to respond to the questions that ask for the time right now.

 It is half past five (5:30).

 It's ten to twelve (11:50)
We use the structure AT + time when giving the time of a specific event.

 The bus arrives at midday (12:00).

 The flight leaves at a quarter to two (1:45).
 The concert begins at ten o'clock. (10:00)
We can also use subject pronouns in these responses.

 It arrives at midday (12:00).

 It leaves at a quarter to two (1:45).
 It begins at ten o'clock. (10:00)
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AM vs. PM

We don't normally use the 24-hour clock in English.

We use a.m. (am) for the morning and p.m. (pm) for the afternoon and night.

3am = Three o'clock in the morning.

3pm = Three o'clock in the afternoon.

The simple structure of the verb to be consisting of three forms of the Present Tense:
Affirmative, Negative and Interrogative. 

VERBS TO BE
To Be – Present Tense

PRESENT SHORT NEGATIVE QUESTION

I am I ‘m I ‘m not Am I?

You are You ‘re You ‘re not Are You?

He/She/It is He’s/She’s/It ‘s He’s/She’s/It ‘s not Is He/She/It?

We are We ‘re We ‘re not Are We?

You are You ‘re You ‘re not Are You?

They are They ‘re They ‘re not Are They?

VERB TO DO
To do – Present Tense

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 PRESENT NEGATIVE PAST

I do I don‘t I didn’t

You do You don’t You didn’t

He/She/It does He/She/It doens’t Is He/She/It didn’t

We do We don‘t We didn’t

You do You don‘t You didn’t

They do They don‘t They didn’t

VERB TO HAVE AND FAMILY

To HAVE – Present Tense

PRESENT SHORT NEGATIVE QUESTION QUESTION

WITH ‘DO’

I have I ‘ve I don’t have have I Do I have

You have You ‘ve You don’t have have You Do you have

He/She/It has He/She/It ‘s He/She/It doedn’t Has He/She/It Does he/She/It has
have

We have We ‘ve We don’t have have we Do we have

You have You ‘ve You don’t have have you Do you have

They have They ‘ve They don’t have have they Do They have

We use the verb TO HAVE to talk about possession.

Example: I have two pens. She has three sisters. John has long hair.

Speakers of Portuguese often mistake the verb TO BE (SER/ESTAR) and

the verb TO HAVE (TER).

Example: Tenho fome = I am hungry. Ten 32 anos = He is 32 years old.

Example: I don’t like chicken. John doesn’t play tennis. (negatives)

Do you like chicken? Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. (question)

Does Maria study English? Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t. (question)

What kind of food do you like? I like fruit. (question)

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What kind of music does she like? She likes rap. (question).

FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
Masculine Feminine

Grandfather Grandmother

Father Mother

Husband Wife

Uncle Aunt

Son Daughter

Brother Sister

Cousin Cousin

Nephew Niece

Grandson Granddaughter

Brother in law Sister in law

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
The "present continuous" is used: to describe an action taking place at this time.

As with all English verb tenses, the speaker's attitude is just as important as the timing
of the action or event. Who uses the "present continuous" is referring to something
unfinished or incomplete.

 We always make the Present Continuous using the verb TO BE + GERUND. The
gerund is the –ing form of the verb (eating, drinking, etc);
 To describe a trend or action that is currently happening;
 To describe a future action or event that is planned or prepared;
 To describe a temporary event or situation.

To do – Present Tense

PRESENT NEGATIVE PAST

I do I don’t I didn’t

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You do You don’t You didn’t

He/She/It does He/She/It doesn’t He/She/It didn’t

We do We don’t We didn’t

You do You don’t You didn’t

They do They don’t They didn’t

PLURALS
According to Paschoalin (1997) states that, the plural is a grammatical inflection of
number (like the singular and dual) of the word that refers to more than one thing.

There are various ways of spelling plurals in English.

(a) Most words can be changed to plural simply by adding –s (book → books, etc).

(b) Words that end with –s, –z, –x, –sh, –ch, are changed to plural by

adding –es (bus → buses, buzz → buzzes, box → boxes, dish → dishes, watch →
watches).

(c)Words that end with consonant-y lose the –y and add –ies (body → bodies)

(d) When a word ends with –f or –fe, we lose the –f or –fe and change it to –ves (knife
→ knives, leaf → leaves, life → lives).

(e) There are some Irregular words in English. These do not change to plural the same
way as (a, b, c, and d). The table below shows some of the most common.

(f) Words that end with –o change to plural by adding –es, the same as

(1) above. However, words that have come to English from other languages are
changed to plural simply by adding –s, the same as (2), (piano → pianos).

(g) Some words do not normally have plurals. Names of some animals such as sheep,
and fish are some examples.

(h) Some words are always plural. Some examples are words for something that has two
parts (trousers, scissors, glasses).

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PREPOSITIONS
To Bean (1996) a preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other
words within a sentence. They act to connect the people, objects, time and locations of a
sentence. Prepositions are usually short words, and they are normally placed directly in
front of nouns. In some cases, you’ll find prepositions in front of gerund verbs.

A nice way to think about prepositions is as the words that help glue a sentence
together. They do this by expressing position and movement, possession, time and how
an action is completed.

Indeed, several of the most frequently used words in all of English, such as of, to, for,
with, on and at, are prepositions. Explaining prepositions can seem complicated, but
they are a common part of language and most of us use them naturally without even
thinking about it.

We use to when there is movement, and we use at or in to indicate place or position

Without movement.

Example:

I want to go to Italy.

We walked from the house to the city centre.

What time do you go to bed?

Piccadilly Circus is in London.

My brother lives in Italy.

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The best shops are in the city.

I like reading in bed.

In or At?

You can be in:

a country, a town, a village, a square, a street, a room, a forest, a wood, a

field, a desert or any place which has boundaries or is enclosed.

You can be at:

Home, work, the office, school, university, an address, a certain point

such as the bridge, the crossroads, the bus-stop.

Conclusion
Arrived at the end of the elaboration of this work concludes that, There are two different
kinds of numbers in English. We have numbers we use to count things (I have two
brothers. I have ten CDs.). The other kind of numbers is called Ordinal Numbers. We
use them to say dates.

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The "present continuous" is used: to describe an action taking place at this time.

As with all English verb tenses, the speaker's attitude is just as important as the timing
of the action or event. Who uses the "present continuous" is referring to something
unfinished or incomplete.

the plural is a grammatical inflection of number (like the singular and dual) of the word
that refers to more than one thing.

In the end, a preposition is a word used to link nouns, pronouns, or phrases to other
words within a sentence. They act to connect the people, objects, time and locations of a
sentence. Prepositions are usually short words, and they are normally placed directly in
front of nouns. In some cases, you’ll find prepositions in front of gerund verbs.

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Bean, John (1996) Dealing with Issues of Grammar and Correctness. Engaging Ideas:
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Paschoalin, M. A. (1997). Minigramática. São Paulo: Editora FTD S.A.; CDD.

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