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Você é solteiro(a), casado(a) ou divorciado(a)?
Section B continues working on Fernanda's monologue from Unit 2A. You practise:
. pronouncing S endings, final consonants, word stress and linking
. contrasting the Present Simple and Continuous
. question formation, writing and speaking
11 Shadow read the text. Read and say it at the same speed as the recording. Be
I'm happily married. I got married to Thiago last year. We're renting a small house in the North Zone of Rio. Thiago's 30 and he's a teacher too. I met him at university and we've been together for about eight years. It was love at first sight!
He teaches PE ...Physical Education, at a school near our house. He's very physical and he's always doing a lot of different sports. He loves running and enjoys doing Tai Chi in the mornings. I'm not into Tai Chi but we sometimes run together at weekends.
He's trying to learn English at the moment but he isn't making much progress. I'm teaching him some words but he doesn't like learning with me. He says I'm bossy! We don't have any children but we're planning to have some. I don't know when because our lives are so busy.
Professional tip
12 
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| too | do |
| time | dime |
| tie | die |
| ten | den |
| tent | tend |
| teacher | do |
| together | don't |
| student | doesn't |
| university | diff |
| last | divorced |
| eight | education |
| first | address |
| moment | marri |
| rent | weekend |
| met | word |
Pronunciation tips
13 Tongue twisters. Listen. Can you say these three times quickly?Trava línguas. Escute. Você consegue falar estas frases três vezes rapidamente?
1. Dust is a disc's worst enemy.
2. Two tiny tigers took two taxis to town.
3. No need to light a night light on a night like tonight.
14 How do you explain the difference between these two tenses to students to talk about present time?
Como você explica para os alunos a diferença entre estes dois tempos verbais, para falar sobre tempo presente?
Present simple: What does he do? He teaches P.E.
Present continuous: Are you teaching him English? I'm trying to.
Professional Tip
To help students with the Present Continuous Tense, tell them that it was a dying tense but then mobile phones were invented in order to save it!
15 Errors to avoid. Translate these sentences into English.
Erros a serem evitados. Traduza as seguintes sentenças para o inglês.
1. Não estou gostando disso.
2. Você está sabendo isso?
3. Estou entendendo.
16 Question formation. Fernanda's answering questions about Thiago. Write the questions. Mark the sentence stress.
Formação de perguntas. Fernanda está respondendo perguntas sobre Thiago. Escreva as perguntas. Marque os acentos tônicos da sentença.
| Be careful! Each slash (/) = missing word or words. Change the form of the (verbs in brackets). |
Interviewer: What/husband/name? What's your husband's name?
Fernanda: His name's Thiago.
Interviewer: How/he?________________________________________?
Fernanda: He's thirty.
Interviewer: What/do?________________________________________?
Fernanda: He's a teacher.
Interviewer: What/teach?________________________________________?
Fernanda: He teaches PE.
Interviewer: Is/(study) at the moment?________________________________________?
Fernanda: Yes, he's learning English.
Interviewer: Are/(teach) him?________________________________________?
Fernanda: I'm trying to, but he says I'm bossy.
Interviewer: What/like (do) in/free time?________________________________________?
Fernanda: He likes doing lots of sports.
17 Listen and check your answers. Escute e confira suas respostas.
18 Pronunciation. Link the words marked _. Listen and check. Pronúncia. Una as palavras marcadas _. Escute e confira.
1. How_old_is he?
2. What does he do?
3. Is he studying_at the moment?
4. Are you teaching him?
5. What does he like doing?
Pronunciation tip
. When one word ends with a consonant and the next word begins with a vowel it sounds like the words join together, e.g. How_old?
. Mark the links for students to do the same, using a line, as above.
. Mark the links for students to do the same, using a line, as above.
19 Answer questions 1 to 5 from #18 about a man you know.
Responda as questões de 1 a 5 do exercício #18 sobre um homem que você conheça.
20 Listen and answer the same questions about a woman you know.Escute e respondas as mesmas perguntas sobre uma mulher que você conheça.
1. How_old_is she?
2. What does she do?
3. Is she studying_at the moment?
4. Are you teaching her?
5. What does she_like doing?
21 Write a text similar to Fernanda's monologue about a person you live with. If you live alone, describe somebody you know well, e.g. a friend or family member.
Escreva um texto similar ao monólogo de Fernanda sobre uma pessoa com quem você mora. Se você mora sozinho(a), descreva alguém que você conheça bem, ex. um amigo ou membro da família.
22 Update your Portfolio. Record your text onto your Portfolio cassette.
Atualize seu Portfolio. Grave seu texto na fita de seu Portfolio.
à go to Unit 2 C