Unit 1E . Test yourself
                         Teste você mesmo
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In Section E you review and revise the key language of every Unit. You practise error correction, pronunciation, prepositions, functional language and question formation. Count your correct answers after each section and give yourself a score for each exercise.

Study Tip

You can also use Section E before you start any Unit as a 'diagnostic test'.
. Do the exercises and, if you find it very easy, perhaps you can jump this Unit. But, if you do this, make sure you
- listen to Sections A, B and D so you can follow the 'story'
- at least do the pronunciation exercises
- check you can say all the words in Section C
. Don't forget that the objective of the course is to practise listening, speaking and pronunciation. So, what looks easy on paper, may be more difficult when you listen without the text or try to produce it well.

icone_listen.gif1 Errors to avoid. Tick (ü) the correct sentences. Correct the wrong ones. Listen and check.
Erros a serem evitados. Assinale (ü) as frases corretas. Corrija as frases erradas. Escute e confira.

Examples
What she do? What does she do?
He's an English teacher. ü
1. What do she like about her job?
2. She no like the salary.
3. My grandfather's name was Ricardo.
4. I have 28 years old.
5. My birthday's on the twelve of January.
6. I teach extra classes at a language school.
7. Where you work?
8. Do you like his job?
9. He is liking football.
10. He doesn't play football every day.
11. My favourite months is September.
12. I been at the school for about five years.
One mark for each: Your score __/12

Professional tip

Is this how you check and correct answers? Do you think it's effective?

icone_listen.gif2 Pronunciation. The words in italics from Unit 1 are similar in Portuguese. Can you pronounce them? Mark the stress on them. Listen and check.
Pronúncia. As palavras em itálico da Unidade 1 são parecidas em português. Você consegue pronunciá-las? Marque a sílaba tônica nelas. Escute e confira.
1. She works in a language school.            
2. He's doing an English course.
3. It's a terrible salary.            
4. They enjoy doing extra classes.
5. I'm counting the hours, minutes and seconds to the weekend.
6. September, October, November  - autumn in England, fall in the USA.

One mark for each: Your score __/6

Study tip

It's a good idea to record yourself for pronunciation exercises. Say them onto a cassette then listen and compare yourself to the CD.

icone_listen.gif 3 Test your prepositions. Complete the sentences. Listen and check.
Teste suas preposições. Complete as sentenças. Escute e confira.
Example: Nice to meet you.
1. Welcome ___ Brazil.
2. I'm ___ Pernambuco.
3. I was born ___ Recife.
4. My birthday's ___ August 15th.
5. It's hot ___ the summer.
6. I'm always ___ holiday in July.
7. I work ___ Rio.
8. I work ___ Colegio Andrews.
9. I've been there ___ two years.
10. I teach ___ the evenings.
11. I never teach ___ night.
12. Today's the fifteenth ___ May.
13. Open your book ___ page 12.
14. Look ___ the pictures.
15. What can you see ___ the picture?

One mark for each: Your score __/15

Professional tip


icone_listen.gif4 Pronunciation. Which five prepositions from exercise 3 have a strong and a weak form?
Pronúncia.Quais são as cinco preposições do exercício 3 que contêm a forma tônica e átona?

One mark for each: Your score __/5

5 Build your own Phrasebook. Translate the phrases.
Faça seu próprio caderno de expressões. Traduza as frases.

This exercise reviews the key phrases from the monologues (Section A) and the dialogues (Section D). These are the English Teacher's Portfolio 'functional syllabus'. Together with the Vocabulary Builders (Section B), these form the basis of your final face-to-face test.

Study Tip

. Translate the ones that you aren't sure of in pencil.
. Check your answers in the Key.
. Memorise them by testing yourself. Cover one column and remember the phrase in the other language.
. When you're happy you know them, erase the Portuguese here.

ENGLISH PORTUGUESE
1. My name's Fernanda.    ______________________________________________
2. Fernanda was my grandmother's name.    ______________________________________________
3. I'm Brazilian.    ______________________________________________
4. I'm from Rio de Janeiro.    ______________________________________________
5. I was born in Meier.    ______________________________________________
6. I'm twenty-eight years old.    ______________________________________________
7. I'm an English teacher.    ______________________________________________
8. I really like teaching.    ______________________________________________
9. I work at a secondary school.    ______________________________________________
10. I've been there for about five years.    ______________________________________________
11. Good morning class.    ______________________________________________
12. How are you today?    ______________________________________________
13. Fine, thanks!    ______________________________________________
14. What day is it today?    ______________________________________________
15. What's the date today?    ______________________________________________
16. Take out your books.    ______________________________________________
17. Open your books at page 39.    ______________________________________________
18. What can you see in the first picture?    ______________________________________________

One mark for each: Write your score out of __/18

icone_listen.gif6 Race the tape. Listen and translate the phrase that you hear before the next one starts.
Inicie a fita. Escute e traduza as frases que você ouvir antes de começar a próxima.

One mark for each: Your score __/15

icone_listen.gif 7 Question formation. Write the questions for the sentences in exercise 5. Listen and check.
Formação de perguntas. Escreva as perguntas para as sentenças do exercício 5. Escute e confira.

1. What's your name?
2. __________________
3. __________________
4. __________________
5.___________________
6.___________________
7. __________________
8.___________________

Two marks for each: Your score __/14

Calculate your score.
Total: __/85

Study Tip

Write your score on the Score sheet in your Portfolio.

If your score is over 60, do Unit 2. If your score is under 60, revise the exercises in Unit 1 which you had problems with.
Se sua pontuação for maior do que 60, siga para a Unidade 2. Se sua pontuação for menor do que 60, revise os exercícios onde você teve dificuldade da Unidade 1.

Well done, you've finished Unit 1!


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