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Letras: Portugus / Ingls

Lngua Inglesa 2:

Sintaxe e Compreenso Oral

Exerccios

Seleo e adaptao de

Basic English Grammar(Betty Azar)

Organizadoras:

Prof. Ms. Mrlei A. M. Valenzi

Prof. Ms. Neide A. Silva

Fevereiro/maro - 2005


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THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

EXERCISE 1: What are the animals in the following pictures doing?

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SPELLING OF -ING

**Exception to Rule 2: Do not double W,X, and Y.

snow -snowing fix -fixing say -saying

EXERCISE 2: Write the -ingforms for the following words:

1. stand - standing 11. ride - ____________________

2. smile - ____________________ 12. cut - _____________________

3. run - ____________________ 13. dance - ___________________

4. rain - ____________________ 14. put - _____________________

5. sleep - ____________________ 15. sneeze - __________________

6. stop - ____________________ 16. plan - ____________________

7. write - ____________________ 17. snow- ____________________

8. eat - ____________________ 18. fix - ______________________

9. count - ____________________ 19. say - _____________________

10. wear - ____________________ 20. cry - _____________________

EXERCISE 3: Write the -ingforms for the following words:

1. dream - ____________________ 6. hit - ______________________

2. come - ____________________ 7. hurt- _____________________

3. look - ____________________ 8. clap - _____________________

4. take - ____________________ 9. keep - ____________________

5. bite - ____________________ 10. camp - ___________________

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11. shine - ____________________ 16. pay - ____________________

12. win - ____________________ 17. study - ___________________

13. join - ____________________ 18. get - _____________________

14. sign - ____________________ 19. wait - ____________________

15. fly - ____________________ 20. write - ___________________

THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS QUESTIONS

EXERCISE 4: Make questions. Give short answers to yes/no questions.

1. A: What are you writing?

B: A letter. (I'm writing a letter.)

2. A: Is Ali reading a book?

B: No, he isn't/he's not. (Ali isn't reading a book.)

3. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: Yes, ___________________________. (Anna is eating lunch.)

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4. A: Where _______________________________________________________________?

B: At the Red Bird Cafe. (She's eating lunch at the Red Bird Cafe.)

5. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: No, ___________________________. (Mike isn't drinking a cup of coffee.)

6. A: What _______________________________________________________________?

B: A cup of tea. (He's drinking a cup of tea.)

7. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: No, ___________________________. (The girls aren't playing in the street.)

8. A: Where _______________________________________________________________?

B: In the park. (They're playing in the park.)

9. A: Why ________________________________________________________________?

B: Because they don't have school today. (They're playing in the park because they don't have

school today.)

10. A: Hi, kids. _____________________________________________________________?

B: No, ___________________________. (We aren't drawing pictures with our crayons.)

A: Oh? Then what _______________________________________________________?

B: Maps to our secret place in the woods. (We're drawing maps to our secret place in the woods.)

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A: Why ________________________________________________________________?

B: Because we have a buried treasure at our secret place in the woods. (We're drawing maps

because we have a buried treasure at our secret place in the woods.)

EXERCISE 5: Make questions with where, why, and what.

1. A: What are you writing?

B: A letter. (I'm writing a letter.)

2. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: Because I'm happy. (I'm smiling because I'm happy.)

3. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: My grammar book. (I'm reading my grammar book.)

4. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: Because we're doing an exercise. (I'm reading my grammar book because we're doing an

exercise.)

5. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: In the back of the room. (Roberto is sitting in the back of the room.)

6. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: Downtown. (I'm going downtown.)

7. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: Because I need to buy some shoes. (I'm going downtown because I need to buy some shoes.)8. A: ____________________________________________________________________?

B: Blue jeans and a sweatshirt. (Akihiko is wearing blue jeans and a sweatshirt today.)

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SIMPLE PRESENT X PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 6: Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses.1. I walk (towalk) to school every day. I don't take (totake, not) the bus.

2. I _______________ (toread) the newspaper every day. I _______________ (toread, not) my

grammar book every day.

3. A: What ______________________________ (you, toread) right now?

B: I _______________ (toread) my grammar book.

4. Robert _______________ (tocook) his own dinner every evening.

5. Right now Robert is in his kitchen. He _______________ (tocook) rice and beans for dinner.

6. Robert is a vegetarian. He _______________ (toeat, not) meat.

7. ______________________________ (you, tocook) your own dinner every day?

8. A: ______________________________ (you, to want) your coat?

B: Yes.

A: ______________________________ (tobe, this) your coat?

B: No, my coat _______________ (tohang) in the closet.

9. A: ______________________________ (Tom, tohave) a black hat?

B: Yes.

A: ______________________________ (he, towear) it every day?

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B: No.

A: ______________________________ (he, towear) it right now?

B: I _______________ (toknow, not) .Why do you care about Tom's hat?

A: I found a hat in my apartment. Someone left it there. I _______________ (tothink) that it

belongs to Tom.

10. Ahmed _______________ (totalk) to his classmates every day in class. Right now he

_______________ (totalk) to Yoko.

11. Yoko and Ahmed _______________ (tosit) next to each other in class every day, so they often

_______________ (to help) each other with their grammar exercises. Right now Yoko

_______________ (to help), Ahmed with an exercise on present verb tenses.

12. It _______________ (to rain) a lot in this city, but it _______________ (to rain, not) right now.

The sun _______________ (to shine). ______________________________ (it, to rain) a lot in yourhometown?

13. A: Hello?

B: Hello. This is Mike. Is Tony there?

A: Yes, but he can't come to the phone right now. He _______________ (to eat) dinner. Can he

call you back in about ten minutes?

B: Sure. Thanks. Bye.

A: Bye.

14. Tony's family _______________ (to eat) dinner at the same time every day. During dinner time,

Tony's mother _______________ (to let, not) the children talk on the phone.

15. A: What are you doing? ______________________________ (you, to work) on your English

paper?

B: No, I _______________ (to study, not). I _______________ (to write) a letter to my sister.

A: ______________________________ (you, to write) to her often?

B: I _______________ (to write, not) a lot of letters to anyone.

A: ______________________________ (she, to write) to you often?

B: Yes. I _______________ (to get) a letter from her about once a week. _______________

_______________ (you, to write) a lot of letters?

A: Yes. I _______________ (to like) to write letters.

16. Olga Burns is a pilot for an airline company in Alaska. She _______________ (to fly) almost

every day. Today she _______________ (to fly) from Juno to Anchorage.

17. A: Where ______________________________ (the teacher, to stand, usually) every day?

B: She usually _______________ (to stand) in the front of the room every day.

A: Where ______________________________ (she, to stand) today?

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B: She _______________ (to stand) in the middle of the room.

18. A: Excuse me. ______________________________ (you, to wait) for the downtown bus?

B: Yes, I _______________ (to be) .Can I help you?

A: Yes. What time ______________________________ (the bus, to stop) here?

B: Ten thirty-five.

(to sleep). Her eyes _______________ (to be) closed. At the same time, she _______________ (to

yip) and _______________ (to move) her head and her front legs. I _______________ (to be) sure

that she _______________ (to dream) right now. I'm sure that animals _______________ (to dream).

NON-ACTION VERBS NOT USED IN THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

EXERCISE 7: Use the words in parentheses to complete the sentences. Use the SIMPLE PRESENT

or the PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

1. Alice is in her room right now. She _______________ (to read) is reading a book. She

_______________ (to like) likes the book.

2. It _______________ (to snow) right now. It's beautiful! I _______________ (to like) this weather.

3. I _______________ (to know) Jessica Jones. She's in my class.

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____________ (animals, to dream)?

B: I don't know. I suppose so. Animals

_______________ (to be, not) very different

from human beings in lots of ways.

A: Look at my dog. She______________


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4. The teacher _______________ (to talk) to us right now. I _______________ (to understand)

everything she's saying.

5. Don is at a restaurant right now. He _______________ (to eat) dinner. He _______________ (to

like) the food. It _______________ (to taste) good.

6. (Sniff-sniff). I _______________ (to smell) gas. ______________________________ (you, to

smell) it too?

7. Jason _______________ (to tell) us a story right now. I _______________ (to believe) his story. I

_______________ (to think) that his story is true.

8. Ugh! That cigar _______________ (to smell) terrible.

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9. Look at the picture. Jane _______________ (to sit) in a chair. A

cat _______________ (to sit) on her lap. Jane _______________

(to hate) the cat.

10. Look at the picture. Mr. Allen _______________ (to hold) a

cat. He _______________ (to love) the cat. The cat

_______________ (to lick) Mr. Allen 's face.


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SEE, LOOK AT, HEAR, LISTEN TO

EXERCISE 8 - REVIEW: Complete the sentences. Use the wards in parentheses. Use theSIMPLE

PRESENTor thePRESENT CONTINUOUS.

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the baby = Bobby

the daughter = Ellen

the son = Paul

the mother = Mrs. Smith

the father = Mr. Smith

the cat = Pussycat

the bird = Tweetie

the mouse = Mickey


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The Smiths are at home. It is evening. Paul (1) _______________ (to sit) on the sofa. He (2)

_______________ (to read) a newspaper. Ellen (3) _______________ (to sit) at the desk. She (4)

_______________ (to study). While she is studying, she (5) _______________ (to listen to) music on

her radio. Paul (6) _______________ (to hear) the music, but he (7) _______________ (to listen to,

not) it right now. He (8) _______________ (to concentrate) on the weather report in the newspaper.

He (9) _______________ (to think about) the weather report.

Ellen (10)_______________ (to study) her chemistry text. She (11) _______________ (to

like) chemistry. She (12) _______________ (to think) that chemistry is easy. She (13)

_______________ (to think about) chemical formulas. She (14) _______________ (to understand)

the formulas. She (15) _______________ (to like) her chemistry course, but she (16)

_______________ (to like, not) her history course.

Mrs. Smith is in the kitchen. She (17) _______________ (to cook) dinner. She (18)_______________ (to cut) up vegetables for a salad. Steam (19) _______________ ( to rise) from the

pot on the stove. Mrs. Smith (20) _______________ (to like, not) to cook, but she (21)

_______________ (to know) that her family has to eat good food. While she (22) _______________

(to make) dinner, Mrs. Smith (23)_______________ (to think about) a vacation on the beach.

Sometimes Mrs. Smith (24) _______________ (to get) tired of cooking all the time, but she (25)

_______________ (to love) her family very much and (26) _______________ (to want) to take care

of their health. Her husband (27) _______________ (to know, not) how to cook.

Mr. Smith (28) _______________ (to stand) near the front door. He (29) _______________

(to take off) his coat. Under his coat, he (30) _______________ (to wear) a suit. Mr. Smith is happy

to be home. He (31) _______________ (to think about) dinner. After dinner, he (32)

_______________ (to want) to watch television. He (33)_______________ (to need) to go to bed

early tonight because he has a busy day at work tomorrow.

In the corner of the living room, a mouse (34) _______________ (to eat) a piece of cheese.

The mouse thinks that the cheese (35) _______________ (to taste) good.

Pussycat (36) _______________ (to see, not) the mouse. She (37) _______________ (to

smell, not) the mouse. Pussycat (38) _______________ (to sleep). She (39) _______________ (to

dream about) a mouse. Bobby is in the middle of the living room. He (40) _______________ ( to

play) with a toy train. He (41) _______________ (to see, not) the mouse because he (42)

_______________ (to look at) his toy train. The bird, Tweetie, (43) _______________ (to sing).

Bobby (44) _______________ (to listen to, not) the bird. Bobby is busy with his toy train. But Mrs.

Smith can hear the bird. She (45) _______________ (to like) to listen to Tweetie sing.

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THERE + BE

EXERCISE 9: Complete the sentences with is orare.

1. There is a grammar book on Ahmed's desk.

2. There are many grammar books in this room.

3. There _______________ two pens on Pierre's desk.

4. There _______________ a pen on my desk.

5. There _______________ thirty-one days in July.

6. There _______________ only one student from Singapore in our class.

7. There _______________ three students from Argentina.

8. There _______________ ten sentences in this exercise.

9. There _______________ a wonderful restaurant on 33rd Avenue.

10. There _______________ many problems in the world today.

EXERCISE 10: Make sentences with there is orthere are. Use the given phrases (groups of words)

in your sentences.

1. a book \ on my desk There is (There's) a book on my desk.

2. some books \ on Ali's desk ____________________________________________

3. a map \ on the wall ____________________________________________

4. some pictures \ on the wall ____________________________________________

5. three windows \ in this room ____________________________________________

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6. fifteen students \ in this room _______________________________________

7. some milk \ in the refrigerator _______________________________________

8. a bus stop \ on Main Street _______________________________________

9. ten provinces \ in Canada _______________________________________

10. a good program \ on television tonight _______________________________________

THERE + BE: YES / NO QUESTIONS

EXERCISE 11: Make questions about the contents of the refrigerator in the picture. Use the NOUNS

in the list in your questions. Use "Is there?" or "Are there?".

EXERCISE 12: Ask and answer questions using there + be. Use "Is there?" or "Are there?".

Example:

A: Is there a zoo in So Paulo?

B: Yes, there is.

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Example:

A: Is there any milk in the refrigerator?

B: Yes, there is.

1. bread 8. potatoes

2. onions 9. orange juice

3. cheese 10. strawberries

4. butter 11. oranges

5. eggs 12. fruit

6. flour 13. meat

7. apples 14. roses


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1. a bank near here 11. an art museum on Paulista Avenue

2. an airport near here 12. an elevator

3. an aquarium near here 13. a botanical garden in this city

4. any lakes in So Paulo 14. any swimming pools here

5. a train station near here 15. any high mountains in Chile

6. a subway near here 16. any famous landmarks near here

7. any wild monkeys in New York 17. any good restaurants here

8. any elephants in India 18. a good Chinese restaurant near here

9. any skyscrapers in So Paulo 19. a good public transportation system in this city

10. any students from France in this group 20. a bookstore here

THERE + BE: ASKING QUESTIONS WITHHOW MANY

EXERCISE 13: Make questions with how many. Then, answer them correctly.

Example: days in a week

A: How many days are there in a week?

B: There are seven days in a week.

1. pages in this book 6. countries in North America

2. desks in this room 7. continents in the world

3. letters in the English alphabet 8. windows in this room

4. states in the United States 9. floors in this bui1ding

5. doors in this room 10. students in this room

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