Revisions for the test

A. 1. Verb tenses Present Simple and Present Continuous

Uso: Usamos o Present Simple para descrever:

factos I like milk./ Maria plays football./ The sun rises every morning. rotinas I usually get up at 8 oclock. NOTA: Com o Present Simple usamos muitas vezes advrbios de frequncia (palavras que nos mostram com que frequncia fazemos alguma coisa). Always 100% - Tim always wears jeans. Usually 80% - I usually go to bed at 9:30. Often 60% - Sue often goes to the cinema.

Forma: Afirmativa No te podes esquecer de colocar um s ou es na terceira pessoa do singular (he;she;it) !! Ex: go -------------goes miss----------misses watch--------watches irregulars: to be- is / are to have has/have Negativa: Usa o auxiliar to do!! Doesnt + infinitivo he/she/it Dont + infinitivo todas as outras pessoas Ex: He walks in the street / He doesnt walk in the street I walk in the street / I dont walk in the street Interrogativa Usa o auxiliar to do!! Does + sujeito + infinitivo he/she/it Do + sujeito + infinitivo todas as outras pessoas Ex: He walks in the street / Does he walk in the street? You walk in the street / Do you walk in the street?

Em todas as outras pessoas, a conjugao fica igual ao infinitivo! Ex: I go to the cinema

Uso: Usamos o Present Continuous para falar sobre coisas que esto a acontecer neste momento. Usamos com : now e at the moment!! Forma: Afirmativa No te podes esquecer de usar SEMPRE o verbo to be + ing (no verbo principal). Ex: I am reading a book. He is dancing. They are studying. Negativa: Usa o verbo to be na negativa. Ex: I am not reading a book. He isnt dancing. They arent studying. Interrogativa Usa o verbo to be antes do sujeito. Ex: Are you reading a book. Is he dancing. Are they studying.

Exercises 1. Put the verb in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

Richard (always, get up) . before 7.00. Hurry up! The bus (wait) . for us! Mary cant talk to you at the moment. She (have) . a hot bath. Please be quiet! I (read) . a very interesting book. (like, Susan) . horror films? Ali (usually, sit) . at the front of the class. They . (watch) TV now. What .you . (do)? Give me back my book! Mike . (not/study) English at the moment.

2.

Past Simple

Uso: Usamos o Past Simple para descrever:

Acontecimentos no passado I studied English yesterday. / He went to the cinema last weekend.

Forma: Afirmativa No te podes esquecer que existem dois tipos de conjugao no Past Simple: Verbos regulares: - acrescentas ed ao infinitivo. Verbos irregulares: -estuda muito bem a lista dos verbos. Ex: to walk - I walked the dog. to be I was happy with the present. to come He came to the party. Negativa: Usa o auxiliar to do!! Didnt + infinitivo todas as pessoas Ex: He walked in the street / He didnt walk in the street I went to the supermarket. / I didnt go to the supermarket. Exercises: Interrogativa Usa o auxiliar to do!! Did + sujeito + infinitivo todas as pessoas. Ex: He walked in the street / Did he walk in the street? I went to the supermarket. / Did I go to the supermarket.

1.

Study the table. be begin break bring buy come do drink eat feel give go have was/were began broke brought bought came did drank ate felt gave went had been begun broken brought bought come done drunk eaten felt given gone had know leave make meet read say see sell send sing take think write knew left made met read said saw sold sent sang took thought wrote known left made met read said seen sold sent sung taken thought written

2.

Fill in the blanks.

Yesterday I __________________(have) a terrible day at school. I _________________(wake) up late and classes ____________________ (start) really early and _____________(be) very tired in the morning. I _________________(not/bring) the right books and I _________________(not/do) the Maths homework. At the bar I _____________(eat) a tuna sandwich and I ______________(drink) an orange juice. However, some bad guys ______________(come) and _____________ (take) me my schoolbag. I ________________(go) to the Principals office but they _________________(see) me and I _______________(be) really scared. They ___________________(know) I was going to speak about them. The Principal _____________________(write) a note in order to speak with them. Today, things ______________(be) better! The Principal _____________(speak) to the bad guys and they ______________(spend) the whole morning cleaning the school yard. I ____________________(teach) them a very good lesson! 3. The Future will and going to

The common structures to express the future are: GOING TO to talk about: definite future plans: Im going to spend my holidays in Portugal. Intentions: Were going to prepare breakfast. Inevitable future events: Look at the sky. Its going to rain. WILL to make: predictions ( generally after words/ expressions like I think / suppose / imagine / hope / expect / am afraid; perhaps, maybe, probably ) : I hope it will be sunny tomorrow. Offers: Come on in. Ill give you a lift. Promises: Ill write to you often.

1. Fill in the blanks. 1. Martha _______________________ ( spend ) next weekend at the seaside. So tomorrow she __________________ ( prepare ) everything. She hopes the weather ______________ ( be ) fine. She thinks she ________________ ( meet ) some friends there. 2. Tom Haskings _________________________ ( take ) part in the next Granada-Dakar Race on his motorbike. He knows he __________________ ( have ) a very hard time. He hopes he ___________________ ( finish ) the race. 4. Writing workshop. Use connectors! Then, / After this, / Next, / Finally,

Activities in the past you can use! I watched TV

played (football, PS3, volleyball, etc) with my friends went to the beach studied went to the shopping centre