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INGLÊS VII 
AULA 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prof. Michelle Cruvinel Buzani 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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INITIAL TALK 
Hello students! 
In this class we will talk a little more about technology and how to write an 
ad for a device. 
We will also focus on the pronunciation of /w/ sounds in between words 
and how this can affect our listening comprehension. 
Then we will move on to talking about places and how we can decribe our 
city to a tourist. 
Still in the context of describing cities, we will analyze the use of the articles 
“the”, “a/an” and the absence of them. 
We will finish this class by talking about public transport: a very useful 
means of transport when touring around. 
The content covered in this class is in your Evolve 3 e-book pages 18 to 
24. You can access it on the Cambrigde platform. See the image below: 
Image 1 – Cambridge Platform 
Access your e-book here: 
 
Fasten your seatbelts and let’s get started! 
THEME 1 – WHAT’S THAT SOUND - /w/ SOUNDS BETWEEN WORDS 
Do you listen to podcasts? Can you name a famous podcast and the topics 
that are discussed? Nowadays, there are lots of different podcasts that address 
a range of topics: finances, health, arts…you name it! 
Look at the image below from your e-book (p. 18): 
 
 
 
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Image 2 – E-book 
 
Crédito: Arsenii Palivoda/Shutterstock. 
What do you think they are talking about? Listen to the audio track 1.20 
from your e-book and find out. Don’t forget to check the answers at the end of 
theme 1. 
When we think about /w/ sounds we immediately think about words that 
start with the letter w or words have this letter among other letters. But the sound 
/w/ can also occur in words that are not spelled with the letter w. You might be 
asking yourself “how is that possible?” Access your e-book (p. 18) and listen to 
the podcast passages in track 1.21. Focus on how the underlined words in 
exercise 2A are pronounced. 
Image 3 – E-book 
 
You noticed that the sound we articulate to link “you” and “ever” and to link 
“to” and “own” is the sound of the letter w or the /w/ sound. Practice saying these 
sequences of words – “you ever” and “to own”. Can you realize you are marking 
the /w/ sound? 
 
 
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Do the exercise 2B of your e-book (p. 18). Listen to track 1.22 and 
underline the words where you listen to the /w/ sound. Check the answers at the 
end of theme 1. 
Repeat the sentences you hear and try to imitate the articulation of the 
sounds the same way you hear them. You will notice that, in conclusion, we make 
the /w/ when we connect a word that finishes in an /u:/ sound to a word that starts 
with a vowel sound. 
Now that you know that, repeat these sequences of words: two eggs, to 
enable, do a job. Did you notice you made the sound /w/ to connect the words? 
Look at the letters in bold - two eggs, to enable, do a job – it’s exactly when we 
pronounce these letters that the /w/ occurs. 
Box 1 – Answer Key 
E-book p. 18 (audio track 1.20) They talk about collecting race car parts. 
E-book p. 18 Ex. 2B The /w/ sound happens between these words: 
A you and 
B do everything 
A do you 
 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
Stretch your pronunciation 
Access the link: . Search for sequences 
of words where the first word finishes in an /u:/ sound – for instance you, two, to, 
do – and the second word starts with a vowel sound. Click to watch and listen to 
the pronunciation. Repeat to practice. 
THEME 2 – WRITING AN ONLINE AD 
How do you shop nowadays? Especially for something unusual or difficult 
to find near your house? A very popular way of shopping for various items today 
is online shopping: you can find from food we eat every day to very specific items 
such as things people collect. 
Look at the images below from your e-book (p. 19). 
 
 
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Image 4 – E-book 
 
Image 5 – E-book 
 
 
 
Crédito: Lamar Belina/Shutterstock; ako photography/Shutterstock. 
The images illustrate an online ad. What do you think the ad is about? 
Read the online ad on your e-book (p. 19). Check the answer at the end of theme 
2. 
Online ads share some characteristics, regardless of the reason why 
someone writes it. Analyze the content in the four paragraphs of the ad on your 
e-book (p. 19). In which paragraph do you notice the following content: reasons 
for buying, details of the product, how to contact the buyer. See the answers in 
the table below and some useful phrases for each purpose. 
Table 1 – Online Ads – structure and useful phrases 
Paragraph Content Useful Phrases 
1 Details of the product I’m interested in buying… 
(see picture for an example) 
I want one that is… 
2 Details of the product I’m also looking for … 
They can be… 
I want… 
3 Reasons for buying You’re probably wondering why I want… 
They’re for… 
4 How to contact the buyer Send an email with photos… 
Contact Emilia at… 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
 
 
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Another interesting aspect of online ads is that they should be short. Some 
platforms even have a limited number of characters we can use in a text. For that 
reason, it is a good idea to avoid repetition in those texts. Look at this sentence 
from the online ad: 
By using the word one, the speaker avoids repeating a Canadian traffic 
light. This helps not exceeding the limited number of characters in the website 
and also makes the text more fluid. 
To refer to something we mentioned before, we can use one or ones. 
When we refer to something in the singular form, we use one. If we refer to 
something in the plural form, we use ones. Look at these two other examples 
from the text: 
But seriously, I want one that’s legal and that works. 
- one refers to a Canadian traffic light 
I’m also looking for two red stop signs. […] I’ve seen some for sale, but they 
were fake, not real ones. 
- ones refers to two red stop signs 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
Another good strategy to write more objective texts and reduce the number 
of characters used is to leave out words that are not important in the title. Imagine 
this title: I want a traffic light and two stop signs. It’s not very objective – and 
interesting – because it has some words that are not really the focus such as I, 
and, a and two. Now look at the original title of the text: 
Image 6 – E-book 
 
We can see that the unimportant words were left out or transformed into a 
number figure. This way the title is much cleaner, more objective and interesting. 
I’m interested in buying a Canadian traffic light (see picture for an example). 
Do you have one like this? 
 
 
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Online ads are used for advertising a range of things we want to buy or 
sell. Even job openings are advertised online nowadays on various platforms. 
Now that you know how to structure an online ad, do the exercise 3C from 
your e-book (p. 19) as assignment. 
Stretch your writing 
Ask a colleague to read your online ad for the exercise 3C (e-book p. 19) and 
give you feedback on content, structure and accuracy. Listen to your colleague 
and make changes on the text if necessary. 
Box 2 – Answer Key 
E-book p. 19 – online ad The ad is about a person who wants to buy a 
Canadian traffic light and two stop signs for a 
party. 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
THEME 3 – DESCRIBING YOUR CITY TO A TOURIST 
There is a range of things we can do online besides shopping. The internet 
provides us with a lot of possibilities to know more about places we haven’t been 
to before. We can also find information about the place where we live: curiosities, 
unusual places to go and things to do. Read the quiz on your e-book activity 2A 
(p. 22). Why does the person ask about a hostel and a place to play music? 
Check the answer at the end of theme 3. 
Now, look at these words from the activity 1A on your e-book (p. 22): 
Image 7 – E-book 
 
Which of these words are used in the text? You are right if you found these 
ones: embassy, hostel, monument(s),sculpture(s), bridge(s), ferry, clinic and 
sidewalk. Listen to these words on track 1.23 of your e-book (p. 22) and repeat 
 
 
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them. Then, for further practice, do the opposite: say the words and listen to 
check your pronunciation. 
When we analyze these words in the text we see that they are nouns – 
they name buildings, art and transportation in a city. Look at the table below to 
see what they refer to: 
Table 2 – City things 
Buildings clinic, embassy, fire station, hostel 
Art monument, sculpture 
Transportation bridge, ferry, highway, parking lot, 
sidewalk, tunnel 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
Now, that you are more familiar with this vocabulary to describe city things, 
access the exercise 3.1A on your e-book (p. 143) and complete the sentences. 
Check the answers at the end of theme 3. 
Image 8 – E-book 
 
After checking the answers to exercise 3.1A on page 143, do the exercise 
3.1B as assignment on your e-book p. 143. 
Stretch your speaking 
Describe your city to a friend or a colleague using the vocabulary studied in theme 
3. If your friend or colleague lives in another city, ask about their city. Are there 
similarities between the two cities? Would you like to visit your friend’s or 
colleague’s city? 
Box 3 – Answer Key 
E-book p. 22 (quiz) The person asks about a hostel because 
he/she wants a cheap place to stay. And the 
 
 
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persons asks about a place to play music 
because he/she is a street musician. 
E-book p. 143 ex. 3.1A 
1. fire station; 2. hostel; 3. clinic; 4. sidewalk; 
5. tunnel; 6. monument; 7. embassy; 8. 
bridge 
 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
THEME 4 – THE USE OF ARTICLES TO DESCRIBE PLACES 
When describing places, it’s very common to talk about places we know 
really well and are specific to our listener such as “the statue of Tiradentes”. We 
also refer to places that are one in many – an unspecific building, for example. 
We may also make generalizations when talking about things that are very 
common – inhabitants, for example. We make these three different references by 
using the articles the and a/an. Or by deciding to not use any article. 
Read the text on your e-book (p. 22) and find the articles the and a/an. 
Image 9 – E-book 
 
Now, look at some examples taken from the text: 
I wonder if there’s a Russian embassy in the city. 
I’m studying to be an engineer. 
The reason why a/an is used in these two examples is that they both refer 
to one in many others: there are other Russian embassies, but the person wants 
to know about one in the city; there are lots of engineers and the person is 
studying the be one of them. We also use the article a/an to refer to jobs in the 
singular form: She is a nurse. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Quick Review 
We use a/an followed by countable singular nouns. A comes before a consonant 
sound, such as /r/ in Russia. An comes before a vowel sound, such as /e/ in 
engineer. 
You can also see these examples in the text: 
Is there a ferry in the city? What time does the first ferry leave? 
Where can I find the most unusual ones? 
We use the article the when referring to things that are known or specific. 
Notice that when the person mentions the ferry for the first time, they use a 
ferry. When they mention ferry again, they say the first ferry. In conclusion, we 
use a/an when mentioning something for the first time. When referring back to 
the same idea, we use the. We also use the before superlative adjectives – the 
most unusual ones – and commonly before ordinal numbers – the first. We also 
use the article the to refer to unique things such as the sun – there is only one 
sun. 
Observe these other two examples from the text: 
Hostels are usually cheap. 
Where can I play music? 
You noticed that there is no article before hostels and music, right? This 
happens because these two sentences are generalizations: the writers are talking 
about hostels and music in general. When making generalizations using 
countable nouns, we use the plural form – hostels. On the other hand, when 
making generalizations using uncountable nouns, we use the singular form – 
music. 
Stretch your knowledge in Grammar 
We usually don’t use articles before names of countries, cities and continents. 
But there are some exceptions: the United States (the US/the USA), the United 
Kingdom (the UK), the Philippines. We also don’t use articles before names of 
streets, parks, single mountains and lakes. 
Access your e-book (p. 33) and do the activities in the exercise 3C. 
 
 
 
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Image 10 – E-book 
 
Compare your answers with a colleague and check the answer key at the 
end of theme 4. 
Now that you know how to use articles appropriately, review the grammar 
box on your e-book (p. 131) and do the exercise 3.1A as assignment. 
Stretch your speaking 
After checking the activities proposed in theme 4, describe the area where you 
live to a colleague. Ask him/her to describe the place where they live to you too. 
Then, say if you would like to live in each other’s area in the city. 
Box 4 – Answer key 
E-book p. 33 ex. 3C 
 
2. an / the / the 
3. - / - 
4. a / the / the 
5. the / a / - 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
THEME 5 – GETTING AROUND USING DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION 
How do you move around your city on a regular basis? Do you always use 
the same means of transportation? And how many different means of 
transportation can you name in English? Listen to the conversation on your e-
book (p. 24) exercise 1A. What means of transportation do you hear? Check your 
answers at the end of theme 5. 
Image 11 – E-book 
 
Now read the conversation and focus on the words in bold. Listen to the 
conversation again, stop and repeat the words to practice pronunciation. Do you 
understand the meaning of these words in the context of the conversation? When 
we see a new word, it’s a good idea to try and infer the meaning from context. Of 
 
 
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course, if it’s too difficult or if the context is not very clear, look up for the word in 
a dictionary. In lesson 1, we suggested some reliable online dictionaries where 
we can check meaning, listen to the right pronunciation, see sentence examples 
and find other details about a particular word. 
Looking at the words in bold in the conversation on the e-book (p. 24), can 
you classify them into verbs and nouns? Remember that nouns refer to the name 
of things and verbs may refer to actions or states. Analyze the table below: 
Table 3 – Parts of Speech 
Word Part of Speech 
Booked Verb 
Schedule Noun 
Departure Noun 
Arrival Noun 
Route Noun 
Terminal Noun 
Lines Noun 
Fare Noun 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
You probably noticed that nouns in English can be pluralised with the letter 
-s at the end of the word (except for irregular plural nouns such as women, men, 
children etc.) and can come after articles as we saw in theme 4 (the or a/an) or 
even after possessive adjectives (my, you, his, her, its, our, their). Verb forms are 
accompanied by a subject pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) or an anxiliary 
verb (do, does, did etc.). On the other hand words that add characteristics or 
qualities to nouns are called adjectives and can’t be pluralised – late departures 
– where late is a quality of departures. The table below gives us some hints on 
suffixes commonly used to form nouns from verbs: 
Table 4 – Preffixes that Form Nouns 
Verb Noun Suffix 
Organize Organization -ion 
Prioritize Priority -ity 
Depart Departure -ure 
Arrive Arrival -al 
 
 
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Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
Now, do the exercise 2A on your e-book (p. 24). Then listen and check 
your answers. You can also see the answer key at the end of theme 5. 
Image 12 – E-book 
 
To practice vocabulary on transportation, do the exercises 3.2A and 3.2B 
on your e-book (p. 143) as assignment. Then stretch your speaking with the 
activity below. 
Stretch your Speaking 
Use the vocabulary about transportation intheme 5 and tell a colleague about 
the last time you traveled. 
Box 5 – Answer Key 
Curiosity bit 
Some words in English vary in pronunciation. Schedule is an example. In British 
English (BrEn), it’s pronounced /ˈʃedʒ.uːl/ and in American English (AmEn) it’s 
pronounced /ˈskedʒ.uːl/. Another difference between BrEn and AmEn: in British 
English we say transport and in AmEn we say transportation. 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
E-book p. 24 exercise 1A (track 1.24) The means of transportation mentioned in the 
conversation are: flight, train, subway, buses, bus 
and taxi. 
E-book p. 24 exercise 2A 
1. book; fare; reservation 
2. schedule; departure; Terminal; arrival 
3. lines; direct; route 
 
 
 
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IN PRACTICE 
Look at the travel agency ad below. 
Box 6 – Travel Agent Ad 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
From numbers 1 to 4, decide if we should use the articles the, a/an or no 
article. For numbers 5 and 6, complete with a suitable word to refer to 
transportation. Compare your answers with a colleague and then check the 
answer key at the end of the Practice slot. 
For further practice, read the chapter on “Aquisição de Vocabulário” from 
the book “Fundamentos de Inglês” pages 45 to 57 (see full reference in 
“References”). 
Box 7 – Answer Key 
PRACTICE: Travel Agent Ad 1. the 
2. a 
3. the 
4. no article 
5. departure 
6. arrival 
Fonte: Buzani, 2023. 
If you want to spend 1.___ most memorable vacation of your life, come to 
the Super Cruise! 
It is 2.___ cruise around 3.___ coast of Brazil: from the beautiful 4.___ 
beaches of Santa Catarina to the crystal clear water of Maceió. 
5.___ from Santa Catarina: 10th of February at 1p.m. from Bombinhas beach. 
6.___ in Maceio: 20th of February at 2p.m. 
Flights are not included. Check our prices and discounts on 
www.supercruise.com.br 
 
 
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CONCLUDING 
In this lesson we saw how the sound /w/ can occur between words even 
when the letter w is not part of those words. 
Then, we learned how to write an online ad for something we want to buy: 
we saw the structure and how to make the ad more attractive and objective. 
In the sequence, we learned how to describe our cities and what they offer 
by using vocabulary that refers to buildings, art and transportation. 
Part of our class was the use of articles – the, a/an – or no article when 
describing our cities. You noticed that some of the rules are very similar to 
Portuguese, right? 
And we finished this class by talking about transportation – which is 
essential to get around places. You stretched your vocabulary a bit more! 
We hope you are ready to travel around the world and describe the 
wonders in our country to tourists as well! 
 
	initial talk
	THEME 1 – WHAT’S THAT SOUND - /w/ SOUNDS BETWEEN WORDS
	IN PRACTICE
	Look at the travel agency ad below.
	Box 6 – Travel Agent Ad
	From numbers 1 to 4, decide if we should use the articles the, a/an or no article. For numbers 5 and 6, complete with a suitable word to refer to transportation. Compare your answers with a colleague and then check the answer key at the end of the Pra...
	For further practice, read the chapter on “Aquisição de Vocabulário” from the book “Fundamentos de Inglês” pages 45 to 57 (see full reference in “References”).
	Box 7 – Answer Key
	CONCLUDING
	In this lesson we saw how the sound /w/ can occur between words even when the letter w is not part of those words.
	Then, we learned how to write an online ad for something we want to buy: we saw the structure and how to make the ad more attractive and objective.
	In the sequence, we learned how to describe our cities and what they offer by using vocabulary that refers to buildings, art and transportation.
	Part of our class was the use of articles – the, a/an – or no article when describing our cities. You noticed that some of the rules are very similar to Portuguese, right?
	And we finished this class by talking about transportation – which is essential to get around places. You stretched your vocabulary a bit more!
	We hope you are ready to travel around the world and describe the wonders in our country to tourists as well!