Unit 5C . Vocabulary Builder
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This picture dictionary page introduces common verb phrases. You also:
. revise both present and past tenses
. practise vowel sounds in irregular past tense forms


"Free Time" verb phrases (1)

A B C
D E F
G H I
J K L
M N O
P Q R
S T
1 Match the 'Free time' verb phrases and pictures. Write a letter (A to T) next to the verbs. Mark those that are irregular in the Past Tense (I).
Relacione as figuras às sentenças. Marque com uma letra de A a T para os verbos de acordo com as figuras. Marque aqueles que são irregulares no Passado com (I).
Example: (C) buy (a newspaper) (I)

C buy (a newspaper) ___ call (a taxi) ___ cook (a meal)
___ dance (salsa) ___ do housework ___ drink (some water)
___ eat (a banana) ___ find (some money) ___ give someone (a present)
___ have (a sandwich) for lunch ___ hear (a noise) ___ look for (your keys)
___ meet (a friend) ___ paint (a picture) ___ ride (a bike)
___ run (a race) ___ see (a film) ___ smoke (a cigarette)
___ swim (a hundred metres) ___ take (a photo)  

2 Race the tape. Listen and check. You will hear the letter. Say the verb phrase in the Past Tense before you hear it.
Rode a gravação. Escute e confira. Você ouvirá a letra. Fale a oração no passado antes de ouvi-la.
Example: C - bought a newspaper

"Work/Study"verb phrases

C F A
H B J
G D I
E
icone_listen.gif - 1470 Bytes3 Match the verb phrases and pictures A to J. Listen and check.
Relacione as sentenças e as fotos, de A a J. Escute e confira.
Example: C drive (to work/home) (I)

A drive (to work/home) ___ get a degree (in computing) ___ go to (school/university/work)
___ pass/fail an exam ___ study (economics) at university ___ travel to work (by bus)
___ use (a computer) ___ wait for (a bus) ___ walk (home/to work)
___ work in (an office)    

4 Say which of pictures A to J you did or didn't you do yesterday?
Fale qual das fotos de A a J você fez ou não fez ontem.
Example: I didn't drive to work. I didn't drive home.

icone_listen.gif - 1470 Bytes5 Pronunciation. Cross out the Past Tense form with a different vowel sound.
Pronúncia. Risque a forma de passado com som vocálico diferente.


icone_listen.gif - 1470 Bytes6 Test yourself. Say what all the people in pictures 1 to 20 and A to J are doing in the Present Continuous.
Teste você mesmo. Fale o que todas as pessoas das fotos 1 a 20 e A a J estão fazendo no Presente Contínuo.
Examples: He's buying a newspaper, She's calling a taxi.

After you have tried it yourself, listen and check.
Depois de ter tentado, escute e confira.

7 Practise questions, short answers and making statements. Ask yourself questions and give answers plus extra true information about yesterday using these verb phrases.
Pratique perguntas, respostas curtas e faça afirmações. Faça perguntas para você mesmo, dê respostas e dê mais informações verdadeiras sobre ontem usando estas orações.
Example:
Did I go to work yesterday?
Yes I did. I taught for 8 hours.
Or
No, I didn't. It was Sunday, thank God!

Study Tip

This may sound a bit crazy but talking to yourself like this is a great way to practise a language. For example, a friend of ours who speaks several languages practises each of them in turn by walking down the street describing what he can see to an imaginary Martian, e.g.
Friend: That's a lamp post.
Martian: What's a lamp post?
Friend: It's a tall object which illuminates a street at night.
Martian: What's the night?
Friend: It's ...

8 Once you've got the idea, record yourself doing #8 onto your Portfolio cassette.
Uma vez que você tenha entendido, grave você mesmo fazendo o #8 na fita de seu Portfolio.

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