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Você tem uma família grande?
In Unit 3A you listen to Fernanda talking about her family. You practise:
. family vocabulary, word stress, weak forms and linking
. use and pronunciation of the letter S, and
. talking about your family with have and have got
 1 Complete the pairs of family words. Listen and repeat them quickly. Complete os pares de palavras familiares. Escute e repita rapidamente. 1. Mother and father 2. Brother and ________ 3. Uncle and _________ 4. Son and ________ 5. Grandmother and _________ 6. Niece and _________ 7. Husband and _________ 8. Boyfriend and _________ |
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2 Pronunciation.
Pronúncia.
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Mother and father
b) What happens to the consonant sound at the end of the word before 'and'?
c) What happens to the letter D at the end of 'and'?
d) Listen and repeat them quickly again, this time in 'perfect' English.Professional Tip
All of these features are worth highlighting regularly to students and recording on the board so they can do the same in their vocabulary notebooks.
3 Who do you think the people with Fernanda are?
Quem você acha que são as pessoas que estão com a Fernanda?
4 Listen and check if you were right. Answer the questions.Escute e confira se você estava certo. Responda as perguntas.
1. What jobs do her brother, father and mother do?
2. Has she got any pets?
5 Listen again and remember at least two more pieces of information about each person in the picture.
Escute novamente e lembre-se de pelo menos mais duas informações sobre cada pessoa da foto.
6 Read Fernanda's monologue in 3B.15. Look at the letter S. What does each one signal? Number them 1 to 5.
Leia o monólogo da Fernanda no 3B.15. Olhe para a letra S. O que cada uma indica? Enumere de 1 a 5.
1. Genitive 's or possessive ´s
2. Plural
3. Verb be in the third person
4. Verb have in the third person
5. Present Simple third person (other verbs)
7 Add S where necessary to the sentences. Use contractions. Listen and check.Adicione a letra S onde for necessário na sentença. Use a forma de contração. Escute e confira.
Example: Her family's small.
1. Ricardo Fernanda younger brother.
2. Fernanda hair similar to her brother.
3. Her father fifty-eight.
4. Her mother not fat and she got long hair.
5. Fernanda look like her father.
6. Thiago hair curly and his eye are gorgeous.
8 Pronunciation. Listen and repeat. Is S pronounced the same in these sentences?Pronúncia. Escute e repita. O S é pronunciado da mesma maneira nestas sentenças?
1. He's quite tall.
2. He's got dark hair.
3. My dad's name's Eduardo.
4. Ricardo works as a taxi-driver.
5. .which he hates.
6. We don't have any pets.
Professional tip
9 Listen and repeat.Leia e repita.
works / drives
mum's / dad's
dogs / cats /
loves / hates
uncles / aunts
teachers/ students
eyes / lips
he's / it's
10 Complete the chart. Listen and check.Complete o quadro. Escute e confira.
Have and have got both mean possess:
PRESENT SIMPLE
+ I've got one brother. = I have one brother.
- He hasn't got any pets. = He ____ have any pets.
Have you got a sister? = ____ you have a sister?
PAST SIMPLE
+ They had two dogs.
- They ____ have any cats.
____ they have a hamster?
Use ____ NOT had got in the past.
+ I've got one brother. = I have one brother.
- He hasn't got any pets. = He ____ have any pets.
Have you got a sister? = ____ you have a sister?
PAST SIMPLE
+ They had two dogs.
- They ____ have any cats.
____ they have a hamster?
Use ____ NOT had got in the past.
Professional Tip:
. Use have for American English and formal British English.
. Use have got for informal British English (speaking and writing).
Which do you, your friends and your coursebooks use more?
. Use have got for informal British English (speaking and writing).
Which do you, your friends and your coursebooks use more?
11 Change these sentences to 'have got' or 'have'. Use contractions.Mude estas sentenças para 'have got' ou 'have'. Use a forma de contração.
Example: She hasn't got a big family. She doesn't have a big family.
1. She's got one brother.
2. He hasn't got a girlfriend.
3. They haven't got any pets.
4. She had two dogs.
5. My father doesn't have a lot of hair.
6. Her cousin has long blonde hair.
7. They have blue eyes.
8. You haven't got your father's nose.
12 Ask questions (positive form) and give short answers for statements 1 to 8 above. Listen and check. Faça perguntas (forma positiva) e dê respostas curtas para as afirmações de 1 a 8 acima. Escute e confira.
1. Has she got a brother? Yes, she has.
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13 Make quick notes to describe your family.
| My family members | Information |
| Grandparents | Where / born? example: My grandparents were born in Minas. |
| Parents | Age _______________________________________________________ |
| Brothers and sisters | Jobs _______________________________________________________ |
| You | Marital status ________________________________________________ |
| Pets | Number of children ___________________________________________ |
14 Update your Portfolio. Record your answers onto your Portfolio cassette.
Atualize seu Portfolio. Grave suas respostas na fita de seu Portfolio.
My grandparents are all dead now sadly. They were born .
Time for a break!
à go to Unit 3 B