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Você é solteiro(a), casado(a) ou divorciado(a)?
In Unit 2A you hear Fernanda introduce her partner and their lives together. You practise:
. predicting then listening and working with tapescripts
. prepositions
. spelling and pronouncing Present Simple 3rd person forms
. question formation
| 1 Tick (ü) or cross (X) the statements. What do you think? Guess before you listen. Assinale (ü) ou risque (X) as afirmações. O que você acha? Dê um palpite antes de ouvi-las. 1. Fernanda's single. 2. She lives alone. 3. She lives in an apartment. 4. Her partner's a teacher. 5. She likes Tai Chi. 6. Her partner's learning English. 7. She has two children. 
2 Listen once and check. How many of your guesses were right?Escute uma vez e confira. Quantos de seus palpites estavam corretos? |
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Use this technique regularly before you do listening in class. Asking students to guess first:
. helps them to imagine and be ready for what they're going to hear
. makes them want to listen
. adds an element of fun/competition too
. helps them to imagine and be ready for what they're going to hear
. makes them want to listen
. adds an element of fun/competition too
3 For statements 1 to 7, can you remember exactly what she said? Listen again to check.Para as afirmações de 1 a 7, você recorda exatamente o que ela disse? Escute novamente e confira.
| 1. Fernanda's single. X | "I'm married. I got married to Thiago last year." |
| 2. She lives alone. X | |
| 3. She lives in an apartment. X | |
| 4. Her partner's a teacher. ü | |
| 5. She likes Tai Chi. X | |
| 6. Her partner's learning English. ü | |
| 7. She has two children. X |
4 Read and underline any words or phrases you didn't understand from the first listening. Now you can read them, do you know why you didn't understand them?
Leia e sublinhe qualquer palavra ou frase que você não entendeu no primeiro listening. Agora você pode ler. Você sabe por que não as entendeu?
Professional Tip
Use this technique regularly if you have the tapescripts in your coursebook.
5 Complete the text from memory. Check your answers in the Key.
Complete os textos de memória. Confira suas respostas nas Respostas-Chave.
I'm happily married. I got married ___ Thiago last year. We're renting a small house ___ the North Zone ___ Rio. Thiago's 30 and he's a teacher ___. I met him ___ university and we've been together ___ about eight years. It was love ___ first sight! He ________ PE - Physical Education, ___ a school near our house. He's very physical and he's always doing a lot ___ different sports. He ________ running and ________ doing Tai Chi in the mornings. I'm not ___ Tai Chi but we sometimes _____ together ___ weekends. He's trying ___ learn English ___ the moment but he isn't making much progress. I'm teaching him some words but he ________ like learning ___ me. He ________ I'm bossy! We don't have any children but we're planning ___ have some. I don't know when because our lives are ________ busy.
6 Complete the table. Check the Key for spelling rules.
Complete a tabela. Confira as Respostas-Chave para as regras de ortografia.
Present simple - third person singular (he/she/it)
| add | do | go | have | help | make | play | |
| I/you/we/they | add | do | go | have | help | make | play |
| he/she/it | adds | ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ |
| say | study | teach | think | watch | work | |
| I/you/we/they | say | study | teach | think | watch | work |
| he/she/it | ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ | ____ |
7 
#6 into the correct column. Listen and check.
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| lives | stops | mixes |
| _______ | _______ | _______ |
| _______ | _______ | |
| _______ | _______ | |
| _______ | ||
| _______ |
8 Which spelling patterns produce the /s/ pronunciation?
Qual o modelo ortográfico que produz a pronúncia do /s/?
Professional Tip
. Spelling rules are very helpful. Which spelling rules do you teach?
. Some phonetic symbols are easy for students to recognize, e.g. /s/ and /z/. Do you use any in class?
. Which sound-spelling pronunciation rules do you teach?
. Some phonetic symbols are easy for students to recognize, e.g. /s/ and /z/. Do you use any in class?
. Which sound-spelling pronunciation rules do you teach?
9 Complete Thiago's story with verbs in the Present Simple. Use a different verb for each gap.
Listen and check.
Complete a estória de Thiago com verbos no Presente Simples. Use diferentes verbos para cada lacuna. Escute e confira.
Thiago got married to Fernanda a year ago. He's a teacher but he _____teach English. He _____Physical Education. He _____at a secondary school in Rio where he _____ in a small house with his wife. He _____ all kinds of sports. He _____ running and _____ doing Tai Chi and he sometimes _____ with Fernanda at weekends. He _______ English once a week and he also _____ with his wife sometimes. But he _____ like studying with her because he _____ she's bossy! He _____ to have children but he _____ know when because their lives _____ so busy.
10 Question formation. Complete the questions. Listen and check. Formação de perguntas. Complete as questões. Escute e confira.
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Marriage Are (or Were) you married? ____ you have any plans to get (re-)married? When? Home Where ____ you live? ____ you live alone? If not, who ____ you live with? Your partner/best friend What ____ he or she do? Where? Hobbies What ____ he or she like doing? What activities ____ you do together? |
11 Update your Portfolio cassette. Record your answers to the questions in #10.
Atualize a fita de seu Portfolio. Grave suas respostas das questões do exercício #10.
Study Tip
Pretend to be interviewing yourself to practise asking the questions too. Use a different voice for the interviewer and for yourself.
Time for a break!
à go to Unit 2 B