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Primeiro Trabalho de Campo da Disciplina de Inglês

Curso de Administração Pública, 1° Ano, Turma U e V

Topics: Greetings and verb to be, numbers and date, verb to have and family, verb to do, present
simple, telling the time, present continuous, plurals, prepositions, comparatives and superla-
tives, the past simple, the past continuous.

Do all the exercises about the topics above and submit your completed exercises for assessment.

Note: Use the English handbook (Units 1 – 12) and the other sources provided on the platform
for further Reading on the topics.

Critérios organizacionais

a) O trabalho de campo deve ser realizado individualmente. Não será aceite, em hipótese
alguma, trabalho em grupo ou plágio.
b) Casos de plágio da internet e entre os colegas, receberão nota zero.
c) A nota do trabalho vária de 0 (zero) a 20 (vinte) valores. Cada unidade varia de 2 a 2.5
valores d) O trabalho deve ser submetido até o dia (Verificar na plataforma).
d) Utilizar fonte Time New Roman, tamanho 12, espaçamento 1,5, texto justificado com
margens superior e esquerda 3cm e margens inferior e directo 2 cm.
e) Na elaboração de todo trabalho deve seguir as Normas APA, 6ª edição, onde o mesmo
deve conter uma introdução, desenvolvimento, conclusão bem como as referências
bibliográficas.

UNIT 1 – Greetings and verb to be: Fill in the blank spaces with appropriate form of
the verb

1. My name (be) _______ (1) John. I (be) ________ (2) fifteen years old. I live on a farm.
It (be) ________ (3) in the country. It is quiet in the country. It (be, not) ____ ____ (4)

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 loud in the country. I wake up early. Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises. Some-
times, it (be) _______ (5) still dark when I wake up. But I don’t mind. I like waking up
that early. I like the way the country looks in the morning. The first thing I do after I
wake up is milk the cow. After I (be) ________ (6) finished milking the cow, I bring
the milk to my mom. I think she uses it to make breakfast. She makes a delicious break-
fast. My mom (be) ________ (7) a really good cook. Next, I feed the pigs. One time, I
asked my mom how come my little sister doesn’t feed them. She said it is because my
sister (be, not) ____ ____ (8) strong enough. But I still don’t understand. She is almost
as strong as me! I guess my mom doesn’t want my sister to get hurt. After all, the pigs
can (be) ________ (9) pretty rough, especially when they (be) __________ (10) hungry.

UNIT 2 – Numbers and dates: Write the dates of the dates below:

1. 12/02/2007 _________________________________________________________
2. 02/22/1896 _________________________________________________________
3. 02/13/2004 _________________________________________________________
4. 05/01/1098 _________________________________________________________
5. 12/02/2010 _________________________________________________________
6. 15/01/1576 _________________________________________________________
7. 12/03/2023 _________________________________________________________
8. 30/05/1992 _________________________________________________________
9. 12/12/2022 _________________________________________________________
10. 10/12/1989 _________________________________________________________

Unit 3 – Verb to have and family: Complete the blank spaces

1. Your mum and dad are also called your _________________________________

2. Your mum or dad's father is your
3. Your mum or dad’s sister is your
4. Your brother or sister’s son is your
5. Your mum or dad’s mother is your
6. Your mum or dad’s brother is your
7. Your brother or sister’s daughter is your
8. Your aunt and uncle’s childrnen are your
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________

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 Unit 4 – Verb to do: Complete the blank spaces with verb to be

1. ______ what every sensible man ____?
2. But where _______ you think I saw her?
3. ___________ it ever come to your lips?
4. She ____ exactly what she likes with us.
5. What ________ your sister say about it?
6. _______ it apply to action or condition?
7. What _________ it mean, good Greek?
8. What _________ you want I should do?
9. __________ he ever play to the gallery?
10. But what _____ he care for my distress?
11. But what _____ he care for my distress?
12. ____________ she know that I am here?
13. ____________ you want me to tell you?
14. How _______ he indicate this division?
15. ________ you know what they'll think?
16. If he ___ this, he can do something else.
17. I want to think as you ______________.
18. Yes, I'm sure he _________ a good job.
19. Let me see, how ___________ it begin?
20. __________ it open its eyes to the sun?

Unit 5 – Present simple – Fill in the spaces with the correct form of the verb in simple
present

1. I (be) ______________ sixteen years old.
2. Tommy (live) ________ at 107 Pine Lane.
3. Juana (cook) _____ dinner for her family.
4. They (eat) _____________ lunch at 12:00.
5. Nina (take) ___ medicine when she is sick.
6. I (like) ____________ chocolate so much.
7. He (drive) ___________ a really nice car.
8. We (want) ______ to see a movie tonight.
9. Mr. Anderson (teach) _______ chemistry.
10. They (study) ________ English at school.
11. I (want) _____________ to go home now.
12. Bill and Calicia (drive) ________ planes.
13. We (eat) ___________ pasta once a week.
14. It (snow) ___________ here in December.

Unit 6 – Telling the time: Write the following times using words instead of numbers.
Next, use numbers instead of letters.

1. 10:45 a.m. _________________________________________________________

2. 1:52 a.m. _________________________________________________________
3. 11:05 p.m. _________________________________________________________
4. 12:00 p.m. _________________________________________________________
5. 12:00 a.m. _________________________________________________________
6. It’s quarter to eight ___________________________________________________
7. It’s twenty past seven ___________________________________________________
8. It’s five to eight ___________________________________________________
9. It’s quarter past seven ___________________________________________________
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 Unit 7 – Present continuous: Fill in the gaps with appropriate forms of the verb in the
present continuous

1. I’m really busy. I___ (study) for the exam.
2. Right now, we __________ (ride) camels!
3. They said that they___ (have) a great time.
4. Daisy___________(download) an album.
5. What _________ (you do) at the moment?
6. They _________(wait) for me in the café.
7. _________________ (Oliver work) hard?
8. I ________ (watch) a reality show on TV.
9. My favourite team _____________ (win).
10. Someone ___________ (swim) in the sea.
11. Two people__(cook) dinner on the beach.
12. I _____________ (not do) my homework.
13. Mum _____________ (read) a magazine.
14. My brother _____ (not listen) to the radio.
15. Dad _______________ (not cook) dinner.
16. Tara ________________ (talk) by phone.
17. Joe ___________ (play) on the computer.
18. Who ___________________(watch) TV?
19. Tina __________ (do) grammar exercises.
20. I ______________________ (eat) a pizza.
21. We _____________ (sit) in the classroom.
22. I ________________ (not write) an email.

Unit 8 – Plurals: Use appropriate plural nouns to fill in the gaps

1. I can clearly see two (fish) ____________________________________ in the fish tank.

2. How many (child) ____________________ are there in the school yard at the moment?
3. We still need three more forks and (knife) ___________________ for our dinner guests.
4. Many trees lose their (leaf) _________________ in the fall. I’ve seen that for long time.
5. Many (deer) _____________________ live in that forest because they are wild animals.
6. Sharks can grow thousands of (tooth) _____________________________ in a lifetime.
7. What is the population of Mexico? How many (person) _________________ live there?
8. Cats like to catch (mouse) _______________________. They are enemies for long time.
9. I really want to sit down. My (foot) _____________________________ are killing me!
10. (Octopus) _________________________________ have eight arms and live in the sea.
11. There are lots of ducks and (goose) ________________________________ in this park.
12. The policeman followed the three (man) _________________________ out of the bank.
13. Many husbands and (wife) __________________ eat at restaurants on Valentine’s Day.
14. (Wolf) ______________________________________ look very much like large dogs.
15. Farmer Brown has lots of (sheep) _____________________________ in his farm yard.
16. How many (woman) ____________________________________ work in your office?
17. How many________________________________ (teaspoon) do you need in a coffee?

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 Unit 9 – Prepositions in/on/at: Use preposition in/on/at to fill in the gaps

1. Farmers pick cherries _______ summer. a) in b) on c) at

2. Mollie's birthday is _______ Tuesday. a) in b) on c) at
3. _______ Father's Day I will give a nice present. a) in b) on c) at
4. The football match is _______ 8 o'clock. a) in b) on c) at
5. I get up early _______ the morning every day. a) in b) on c) at
6. The bell rings _______ noon for the break. a) in b) on c) at
7. Sarah wants a nice pink dress _______ Monday. a) in b) on c) at
8. My father sometimes comes_______ night. a) in b) on c) at
9. I will graduate from high school _______ 2023. a) in b) on c) at
10. They celebrate Children's Day _______ the April. a) in b) on c) at

Unit 10 – Comparatives and superlatives: Find right adjectives to go in the blank

spaces

1. You look _____________________ than the last time I saw you. Have you lost weight?
2. I couldn’t get a seat in the restaurant. It was __________________________ than usual.
3. As I’m concerned, the USA are ______________________ than the Republic of China.
4. He got a very good mark on his exam. The exam was _________ than he had expected.
5. You should go to the doctor. Your cold is _______________ than it was a few days ago.
6. There is a lot of crime in the big cities. They are _____than the small town where I live.
7. I don’t understand this lesson. It is ______________________ than the last one we did.
8. I can’t study in this room. It’s too noisy. I’m going to find a _________________ place.
9. Our apartment is far from everything. We want to move to a ______________ location.
10. Orange juice is _______________________________ than Coke. It tastes more natural.
11. The store had a great sale today. Most televisions are 25%___ than they were yesterday.
12. The doctor told me that I can go back to work if I feel ___________________ tomorrow.

Unit 11 – Past simple: Write the past simple form of these regular and irregular verbs.
Then, write questions with the past simple.

1. cry _________________ 5. stop _________________

2. travel _________________ 6. break _________________
3. send _________________ 7. fall _________________
4. enjoy _________________ 8. chat _________________

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 9. happen _________________ 12. try ______________________
10. say _________________ 13. cut ______________________
11. know _________________ 14. turn ______________________

15. How much / your new computer / cost / ? _________________________________

16. What / you / do / after school yesterday / ? _________________________________
17. Why / you / not / call me last night / ? _________________________________
18. Where / Dad / save / the photos / on the computer / ? _____________________
19. Which files / you / delete / ? _________________________________
20. How many copies / Gary / print / yesterday / ? ___________________________
21. Which company / Steve Jobs / help to start / _________________________________

Unit 12 – Past continuous: Fill in the blanks below to complete the sentences. Use the
words in the above boxes.

1. A: ___________________ they watching TV at midnight? B: No, they _____________.

2. We ______________________ eating lunch in the cafeteria at noon whenever possible.
3. A: ______________ you talking on the phone a few minutes ago? B: No, I __________.
4. I __________________________________ walking home when I saw the car accident.
5. My classmate and I ____________________________ studying together at the library.
6. While he ________________________ cleaning the house, we ____________ cooking.
7. A: What ________________ you doing at one o’clock? B: I ______________ sleeping.
8. The car engine ________________________ working, so I had to fix it in order to work.
9. A: _________________________ you listening to the teacher? B: Yes, I ___________.
10. At seven o’clock, Mr. Smith __________________ robbing the bank and he was caught.
11. Steven ___________ doing his homework, he was playing with his friends in the yard.
12. It ____________________ raining last night, so I took my umbrella to avoid being wet.

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