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Count your correct answers after each section and give yourself a score for each exercise.
1 Errors to avoid.Tick (ü) the correct sentences. Correct the wrong ones. Listen and check.
Examples
Open your books, please. ü
Please listen the CD. X Please listen to the CD.
1. Every day I have a lunch at the same restaurant.
2. You pay according to how much your food weigh.
3. I usually only have a salad for lunch.
4. Then its back to work at another school.
5. Thiago has to football training twice a week.
6. We hardly ever go out during the week.
7. I can't sleep if I go to the bed too early.
8. They're moving me to a new room.
9. I thought it was bit boring really.
10. Lunch is on me today.
11.You got a good ear for language.
12. How many breads do you have for breakfast?
One mark for each: Your score___/12
2 Pronunciation.These words from Unit 8 are similar in Portuguese. Can you pronounce them? Mark the stress. Listen and check.
1. I go football training once a week.
2. We often eat in a self-service restaurant.
3. I normally have a salad for lunch.
4. My favourite student has moved to another school.
5. On Sundays we relax and watch TV.
6. During the day we try to do some exercise.
7. I'll meet you at the cinema at 7.30pm.
8. My students have problems with expressions of frequency.
9. I eat far too much chocolate.
10. The sofa is so comfortable.
One mark for each: Your score ___/10
3 Test your prepositions. Complete the sentences. Listen and check.
1. She's ______ the kitchen.
2. Ricardo goes _______ the gym once a week.
3. He phoned me _____ 6.30.
4. _______ dinner I just relax _____ the sofa.
5. They often listen _____ the radio ____ the car.
6. I'm so tired. I must go _____ bed.
7. I can hear her singing ____ the bathroom.
8. It's time _____ a break.
9. Are you paying? Yes, it's _____ me today.
10. He washed the dishes _____ the meal.
One mark for each: Your score ___/10
4 Build your own Phrasebook. Translate these phrases:
| ENGLISH | PORTUGUESE |
| 1. I usually only have salad. | __________________________________ |
| 2. I can't eat two big meals a day. | __________________________________ |
| 3. I'm careful about what I eat. | __________________________________ |
| 4. Then it's back to work. | __________________________________ |
| 5. I usually teach eight or nine classes a week. | __________________________________ |
| 6. I get home at about 7.00. | __________________________________ |
| 7. I have to watch the soaps. | __________________________________ |
| 8. We eat later on Tuesdays and Thursdays. | __________________________________ |
| 9. If we have meat, Thiago cooks. | __________________________________ |
| 10. After dinner we just relax. | __________________________________ |
| 11. I really couldn't sleep last night. | __________________________________ |
| 12. What was the problem? | __________________________________ |
| 13. I'm sorry if they disturbed you. | __________________________________ |
| 14. Can I move to another room? | __________________________________ |
| 15. Don't worry. | __________________________________ |
| 16. Oh dear! | __________________________________ |
| 17. Not much. | __________________________________ |
| 18. I thought it was a bit boring really. | __________________________________ |
| 19. Me too. | __________________________________ |
| 20. Yes, I agree. | __________________________________ |
| 21. It's time for lunch . | __________________________________ |
| 22. It's on me today. | __________________________________ |
| 23. In Portuguese we say.. | __________________________________ |
| 24. You've got a good ear for languages. | __________________________________ |
One mark for each: Your score ___/24
5 Race the tape. Listen and translate the phrase that you hear before the next one starts. One mark for each: Your score __/24
6 Question formation.Write the questions for the statements in exercise 5 above. Listen and check.
5. _______________________
6. _______________________
8. _______________________
10. _______________________
18. _______________________
One mark for each: Your score ___/5
Calculate your score
Total: ___/85
Calculate your score
Total: ___/85
Write your score on the Score sheet in your Portfolio.
7 Now record the questions for #6 on your Portfolio cassette.
If your score is over 60, do Unit 9.
If your score is under 60, revise the exercises in Unit 8 which you had problems with.
Well done, you've finished Unit 8!
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