Things you'll say or do as a parent (videos)

Things you'll say or do as a parent

Funny Parenting Memes That Perfectly Describe What It's Like Having Kids

Inglês no dia a dia - Cats e as plaquinhas da vergonha!

Gatos são criaturas misteriosas. Quem pensaria que por trás daquele nariz fofo e olhos sonhadores há um ser capaz de fazer tantas estripulias? Pois são! Como uma forma de "punição" alguns donos fizeram plaquinhas da vergonha que caíram na rede. Confira!

INGLÊS BÁSICO - Exercício para desenvolver a fluência - LIKES and DISLIKES

1. Pense (em inglês) quais palavras você pode relacionar com cada tópico acima. Depois, faça uma lista. Use um dicionário, se necessário. 

2. Escreva suas preferências abaixo:

MY FAVOURITE...

weekend activities:

TV shows: 

food:

clothes: 

3. Complete as frases com informações verdadeiras sobre você. Depois, leia-as em voz alta algumas vezes. Por último, tente expressar suas preferências falando em inglês (SPEAKING), sem consultar a escrita. 

MY LIKES and DISLIKES

I can't stand_______. (type of TV show)

I often ________. (weekend activity)

I love to wear ________. (item of clothing)

I don't like _________ too much. (color)

I'm not a  _________ fan. (sport)

I hate ________. (type of food)

KEYS

Respostas possíveis

1.

TV shows: cartoon, sports, game shows, sitcoms, the news, soap operas, talk shows, documentaries.

Clothes: jacket, sweater, jeans, pants, suit, tie, dress, top, skirt, blouse, coat.

Food: fruit, bananas, pasta, salad, milk, cheese, eggs, fish, shellfish, vegetables.

Weekend activities: go to the movies, sleep late, go swimming, watch TV, listen to music, surf the net, go shopping, spend time with the family. 

2 e 3 - respostas pessoais. 

Como anda seu LISTENING em inglês? Consegue compreender essa história? (listening exercise)

Can you answer these questions?

1. What attracted Isabel to Copenhagen? (3 things)

2. What website did Isabel use to book her accommodation?

3. How long had the host lived in Copenhagen?

4. Why was there some confusion between the host and Isabel?

5. What expression did you hear meaning to relax? (hint: hair)

6. What three options were offered for breakfast?

7. Why did the host trim his moustache? (2 reasons)

8. How much does it cost to hire a bike for 1 day?

9. Why does the host recommend avoiding the centre?

10. What does ‘to go off the beaten track’ mean?

ANSWER KEYS

1. The stunning architecture, the relaxed atmosphere and the delicious pastries.

2. Airbnb.

3. 5 years.

4. Isabel thought she had booked the apartment for herself (without the host).

5. To let your hair down.

6. Scrambled eggs, poached eggs and beans on toast. 

7. To make a good impression and because it makes drinking tea easier.

8. 14 Euros.

9. Because there are hoards of tourists.

10. It means to explore less touristy areas and go where local people go. 

Fonte: Amigos Ingleses

Aprenda outras formas de dizer "obrigado" em inglês e amplie seu vocabulário

Qual é a melhor maneira de agradecer em inglês? Como dizer obrigado? Na verdade, existem várias formas de expressar sua gratidão em língua inglesa. 

Neste artigo, apresentaremos algumas das várias opções de dizer "obrigado" em inglês, e como elas diferem em várias situações.

Todo mundo quer ser reconhecido pelo o que fez, então faça isso do jeito certo. Mostre que está sendo sincero, ao invés de parecer que está dizendo “obrigado” apenas por obrigação.

Dê uma olhada nas várias opções abaixo e escolha a melhor maneira para determinada ocasião.

Frases básicas

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you very much!

That’s very kind of you.

You’re so helpful.

Thanks for your kind words!

Thank you for coming here today!

Thanks for everything!

Thanks a bunch!

Thanks a million!

Para dizer “de nada”

That’s all right!

You’re welcome.

Don’t mention it.

Not at all.

It’s nothing.

My pleasure.

It’s my pleasure.

No worries.

Anytime.

Expressões em inglês como sinônimos de VERY GOOD

1. You're on the right track now!
2. You've got it made.
3. Super!
4. That's right!
5. That's good.
6. You're really working hard today.
7. You are very good at that.
8. That's coming along nicely.
9. Good work!
10. I'm happy to see you working like that.
11. That's much, much better!
12. Exactly right.
13. I'm proud of the way you worked today.
14. You're doing that much better today.
15. You've just about got it.
16. That's the best you've ever done.
17. You're doing a good job.
18. That's it!
19. Now you've figured it out.
20. That's quite an improvement.

4 maneiras para praticar conditional sentences (exercícios)

1. Make a wish list!

Todo mundo têm sonhos e por que não sonhar em inglês? Você pode preparar sua própria lista de desejos usando a second conditional (possibility).

If I had enough money, I would retire. 

Você também pode praticar respondendo as questões abaixo. Tente fazer esse exercício oralmente para depois escrever. 💬

• What would you do if you could be invisible for a day?
• What would you do if you had a million dollars?
• What would you do if you could fly?
• What would you do if you saw a ghost?
• What would you do if you had a spaceship?
• What would you do if you saw a bear in the forest?
• Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
• What would you do if you could be as small as a bug?

Exercícios sobre first conditional com respostas

Explicação em português sobre conditional sentences and modal verbs

2. Filmes
Assista filmes com a presença das if clauses (grammar in movies).

Exercícios sobre PHRASAL VERBS com exemplos e respostas (bring)

1. They used some strong vodka to bring him _______. 

(up - round - off)

2. I'd like to bring the meeting __________ a few hours if that is alright with you. 

(forward - in -back)

3. I was brought _____ in the countryside by my aunt.

(in - back -up)

4. I need to bring these books ______ to the library this afternoon.

(back - off - out)

5. The accident was brought __________ by his careless driving.

(off - round - about)

6. I was really happy when I finally brought that new contract ______.

(off - round - back)

7. Smithers brought her latest book _____ last year.

(up - in - out)

8. The new computer expert was brought ____ to solve the problem.

(out - in - away)

9. I don't mean to bring you _____, but your favorite baseball team lost the game.

(over - under - down)

Texto básico em inglês para aprender vocabulário (iniciantes) verbos no passado simples

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Exercícios para INICIANTES

Texto e exercícios - PRESENTE SIMPLES - verbos 3º pessoa

Sites para praticar PRONÚNCIA em inglês com LEITURA e MÚSICA

Texto para iniciantes - FOUR SEASONS IN BRITAIN (exercícios)

OUR CLASS TRIP

Last week our class went on a trip.
We visited a big museum.
We went by bus.
On the bus, we sang songs.
When we got to the museum we saw lots of old cars and airplanes.
We also saw some old bikes.
We had a picnic in the park.
The wind blew my friend's new hat off. We all laughed.

VOCABULARY

GO on a trip = fazer uma viagem
WENT on a trip é o passado de GO on a trip
HAVE a picnic = fazer um piquenique
HAD a picnic é o passado de HAVE a picnic
last week = semana passada
WENT é o passado de GO = ir
VISITED é o passado de VISIT = visitar
SANG é o passado de SING = cantar
GOT é o passado de GET = neste caso significa chegar
SAW é o passado de SEE = ver
HAD é o passado de HAVE = neste caso, fazer um piquenique
BLEW é o passado de BLOW = ser levado pelo vento
LAUGHED é o passado de LAUGH = rir

Vocabulary: places in town - Exercícios para praticar inglês (there is - there are)

1. Relacione o nome dos lugares às imagens.

bank

bus station

café

cinema

hospital

library

museum 

park 

police station

post office 

shopping centre 

sports centre

town square 

train station

2. Onde podemos encontrar estas coisas? Relacione as coisas com os lugares que constam na lista acima.

a) ticket Exemplo: cinema

b) book

c) ball

d) tree

e) money

f) coffee

3. Leia as dicas e encontre os lugares na imagem.

a) It’s behind the shopping centre. Exemplo: Train station

b) It’s behind the park.

c) It’s next to the post office.

d) It’s in front of the cinema.

e) It’s next to the shopping centre.

f) It’s in front of the police station.

4. Faça uma lista com outros lugares na cidade. Exemplos: supermarket, playground.

Interpretação em inglês - story 1 (pré-intermediário)

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READING COMPREHENSION exercise for ESL students (pre-intermediate)

Exercício de LEITURA para aprender VOCABULÁRIO
TEXTO CURTO para interpretação (verdadeiro ou falso)
Interpretação de texto (fácil)
Texto para APRENDER VOCABULÁRIO (pré-intermediário)
Atividades de inglês para interpretação
Exercício de leitura (pré-intermediário) A Cultura do Afeganistão
Exercícios de inglês para iniciantes com respostas

Mr. Jones's shop sold food. Mr. Jones and a young man worked there. The young man's name was George.

A man came into the shop on Monday. He was a funny man. Mr. Jones was in the office. It was behind the shop. The funny man looked at George and said, "I want a small table, please."

George said, "We don't sell tables in this shop. We sell food."

The man smiled and answered, "A small, brown table." He took a picture out of his bag and showed it to George. It was a picture of a small, brown table.

George put his mouth near the man's ear and said, "We do not have tables in this shop! Food! Not tables!"

The man smiled and answered, "That's good. Thank you."

Then he sat down on a chair and waited.

George was not happy. He went into the office and spoke to Mr. Jones. Then he and Mr. Jones came out again.

Mr. Jones was angry. He looked at the man and said, "What do you want?"

The man smiled and answered, "I want a loaf of brown bread, please. Haven't you got any bread in your shop?"

Mr. Jones said, "Yes, we have." He looked at George, and then he went and got a loaf of brown bread from a big box and gave it to the man.

Exercise 

Read these questions and find the right answers. 

Exercícios para praticar direções em inglês (giving directions)

1. Start at the school. Go through the tunnel. Turn right. Go past the hospital. Where are you?

2. Start at the toy factory. Turn left. Cross the river. Turn left. Where are you?

3. Start at the police station. Go past the shoe store. Turn left. Go through the park. Where are you?

4. Start at the station. Go past the hospital. Turn right. Go under the bridge. Turn left. Where are you?

Agora você escreve!

Start at ...

Pratique usando também os mapas abaixo. Defina um destino e tente dar as direções escrevendo e/ou falando. 

Exercício para aprender inglês - Possessive 'S (iniciante) What colour is/are?

Singular (is)
What colour is Chloe's bike?
It's green.

Plural (are)
What colour are Katie's inline skates?
They're red.




Observe a imagem e responda às questões.

1. What colour is Emma’s bag?
2. What colour are Emma’s sunglasses?
3. What colour is Emma’s T-shirt?
4. What colour are Peter’s sunglasses?
5. What colour is Peter’s T-shirt?
6. What colour are Emma’s trousers?
7. What colour is Peter’s bag?
8. What colour are Peter’s trousers?

Respostas

1. It’s brown.
2. They’re purple.
3. It’s green.
4. They’re black.
5. It’s red.
6. They’re blue.
7. It’s grey.
8. They’re yellow

Exercícios sobre THERE IS e THERE ARE (básico)

1. Observe a imagem e responda.

a) Is there a pizza?
b) Are there four bananas?
c) Are there three sandwiches?
d) Is there a tomato?
e) Are there three oranges?
f) Is there a plate?
g) Are there four cakes?
h) Is there an egg?
i) Is there an apple?
j) Are there three glasses?

2. Sublinhe a opção correta. 

a) There is/are a kite in the sky.
b) There is/are four ants on the grass.
c) There is/are a sandwich in the bag.
d) There is/are six eggs in the basket.
e) There is/are eleven children in the class.
f) There is/are a flower on the table.
g) There is/are two birds in the tree
h) There is/are a chair behind you.

Respostas

1.
a) Yes, there is.
b) Yes, there are.
c) No, there aren’t.
d) No, there isn’t.
e) Yes, there are.
f) Yes, there is.
g) No, there aren’t.
h) No, there isn’t.
i) No, there isn’t.
j) Yes, there are

2. 
a) There is/are a kite in the sky.
b) There is/are four ants on the grass.
c) There is/are a sandwich in the bag.
d) There is/are six eggs in the basket.
e) There is/are eleven children in the class.
f) There is/are a flower on the table.
g) There is/are two birds in the tree
h) There is/are a chair behind you.

Texto em inglês para iniciantes com exercícios e respostas - Verbos na 3º pessoa do singular no presente simples

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Exercícios para INICIANTES

Texto BÁSICO para aprender VOCABULÁRIO - PASSADO SIMPLES (iniciantes)
Sites para praticar PRONÚNCIA em inglês com LEITURA e MÚSICA
Texto para iniciantes - FOUR SEASONS IN BRITAIN (exercícios)

Leia o texto com ajuda do vocabulário e/ou dicionário.

A little girl lives with her family on the tenth floor. 

Every morning she goes down to the ground floor. 

She does not walk down, she goes down in the lift. Then she goes to school. She comes back from school in the afternoon and she gets into the lift on the ground floor. She goes up in the lift but she stops at the ninth floor. She gets out and walks up to the tenth floor. 

Why does she walk from the ninth floor? 

Can you guess the answer? 

As palavras sublinhadas são verbos. Compare-as com o vocabulário abaixo e veja que no texto elas receberam a letra -S ou -ES. Isso é uma regra gramatical para as terceiras pessoas do singular (he, she, it) no tempo verbal presente simples. Recomendo que leia ou assista vídeo aulas sobre esse assunto. Clique aqui para ler sobre essa regra. 

Exercício para praticar inglês (nível básico) What am I?

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Complete o texto com as palavras abaixo.

tree (árvore)

bag (bolsa, sacola)

eyes (olhos)

fruit (fruta)

shops (lojas)

flowers (flores)

kitchen (cozinha)

children (crianças)

I am green, yellow or red. I come from a ___________. Lots of _____________ like eating me. I am a __________ but I'm not an orange or a grape! People can get me from ___________ in the street. They put me in a ____________ there. At home, you can put me in a room like the __________, for example. What am I? I am an apple. 

Vocabulário

come from: ser de (origem)

lots of: muito, muita (s) 

like: verbo "gostar"

like: preposição "como"

I am: eu sou, eu estou

I am not: eu não sou, eu não estou

put: colocar

there: aí, ali, lá

at home: em casa

can: poder

ANSWERS - RESPOSTAS

Atividade de inglês para aprender/praticar vocabulário HOUSE (intermediário)

Terraced houses - casas geminadas (dos dois lados)

VERB + HOUSE
build a house: construir uma casa
share a house: compartilhar/dividir uma casa
demolish a house: demolir uma casa
renovate a house: renovar uma casa
break into a house: entrar/invadir uma casa
move house: mudança de casa

COMMON EXPRESSIONS
live in a house: morar em uma casa
stay at someone's house: ficar na casa de alguém
pass someone's house: passar na casa de alguém
lock yourself out of the house: se trancar para o lado de fora da casa

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the above verbs.

a) My son is at university. He _______________ a house with five others students.
b) ______________ house can be very stressul for some people.
c) It looks very old. Do you know when the house was ________________?
d) Somebody ____________ into our house last night and stole the television.
e) We like buying really old houses and ____________ them.
f) The house I was born in is no longer standing. It was _____________ 10 years ago.

2. Match  (common expressions).

Get your head out of the clouds - Expressão idiomática (inglês com diálogos)

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Helen at home

Helen: Hello?

Mum: Hello? Helen? It's mum here. How are you my dear? Studying hard? You know how much your degree means to your father and me.

Helen: I was studying before you phoned me! Listen, I need your advice. I'm in love! But he doesn't even notice me. He only has eyes for Alice. What can I do?

Mum: Love? Love! There's plenty of time for that later. Get your head out of the clouds and back into your books. Do you hear me?

Helen: Yes, yes mum.

Helen: Olá?

Mãe: Olá? Helen? É a mãe. Como está você, minha querida? Estudando muito? Você sabe o quanto seu diploma significa para seu pai e para mim.

Helen: Estava estudando antes de me telefonar! Escuta, eu preciso do seu conselho. Estou apaixonada! Mas ele nem sequer me nota. Ele só tem olhos para Alice. O que eu posso fazer?

Mãe: Amor? Amor! Há muito tempo para isso depois. Tire a cabeça das nuvens e volte para seus livros. Você me ouve?

Helen: Sim, sim mãe.

Get your head out of the clouds. (Tire sua cabeça das nuvens)

Pare de sonhar acordado. Concentre-se no que realmente importa. 

(Estar com a cabeça nas nuvens. Expressão popular que significa: estar fora da realidade; longe dos fatos reais;pessoa sonhadora.)

Texto em inglês para iniciantes - The four seasons (exercícios)

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Exercícios para INICIANTES com respostas

Texto BÁSICO para aprender VOCABULÁRIO - PASSADO SIMPLES (iniciantes)
Texto e exercícios - PRESENTE SIMPLES - verbos 3º pessoa

Sites para praticar PRONÚNCIA em inglês com LEITURA e MÚSICA

FOUR SEASONS IN BRITAIN

In spring the weather changes. One day it's rainy, then it's sunny and warm. There are lots of flowers and the trees are green. 

Summer in Britain is often sunny. Put on your sun hats! It isn't hot every day, sometimes it's rainy. 

In autumn the trees are orange and brown. It's often rainy and windy. Take your umbrella!

Winter is cold. It's rainy and it's windy. Sometimes it's snowy. Put on your coat and play outside. Let's make a snowman!

COMPREHENSION

1. Write the seasons. 
Leia as frases abaixo com ajuda do vocabulário e/ou dicionário. Escreva o nome das estações do ano descritas. Veja o exemplo.

a) The trees are green. It's warm and sunny. Exemplo: It's spring. (É primavera)

b) The trees are brown and orange. It's cold and windy. ____________________

c) It's hot. Put on your sun hat. __________________________

d) It's cold. Look! It's snowing. __________________________

Exercícios sobre past perfect simple com gabarito

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O past perfect é usado para descrever uma ação que ocorreu no passado, antes de outra ação também passada.

O past perfect é usado também com o past simple para falar de duas coisas que aconteceram em momentos diferentes no passado. Nesse caso, usa-se o past perfect para a ação que aconteceu primeiro e o past simple para a ação que aconteceu depois. 

Exemplos

They had left by the time we arrived.

By the time we arrived, they had left. 

1. Complete com o past perfect.

a) When Lucy arrived at the park, Miguel __________ (leave)

b) It _________ raining, so we didn't go out. (not stop)

c) I phoned Monica at six but she ___________ out. (go)

d) I didn't know the boy's name because I __________ him before. (not meet)

e) Aunt Agatha ____________ her glasses, so she couldn't watch TV. (not bring)

f) The game ____________ by 11.30. (finish)

g) Pedro ____________ well the night before, so he was very tired. (not sleep)

h) Peter was angry because Lucy _____________ his CD. (take)

2. Sublinhe a ação que aconteceu primeiro.

a) Their train had left by the time we got to the station. 

Their train left. (exemplo)

We got to the station.

b) My sister came back after I'd gone to bed.

My sister came back.

I went to bed.

c) After we'd cleaned the house, we went for a walk in the park.

We cleaned the house.

We went for a walk in the park.

d) When I got up this morning, Miguel had already had breakfast.

I got up.

Miguel had breakfast.

e) I had met Kate's brother before he came to our school.

I met Kate's brother.

He came to our school.

f) We did the washing-up after all the guests had left.

We did the washing-up

The guests left.