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MÓDULO 1
VOCABULARY
I. Form the word for the person doing the job by putting an ending
to the word in parentheses.
Example:
Bill is a teacher at my school. (teach)
artist1. That _________________ paints beautiful pictures. (art)
baker2. Your ____________ makes wonderful bread. (bake)
cashier3. You pay the ______________. She’s that lady over there. (cash)
pharmacist4. You can ask a ____________________________ about which
medicine you need. (pharmacy)
driver5. On most buses you pay the ___________________. (drive)
drummer6. He’s a __________________ in a pop group. (drum)
electrician7. Phone the ________________ if the lights don’t work. (electric)
librarian8. Ask the _______________ if you can borrow this book. (library)
musician9. That ____________ plays a lot of different instruments. (music)
editor10. I’m going to write a letter to the __________ of this paper. (edit)
pianist11. That __________________ plays very well. (piano)
sailor12. I’m a ______________________ on that ship. (sail)
manager13. He’s the ________________________ of a clothing store in town.
(manage)
gardener14. We have a ________________________ who comes twice a
week. (garden)
writer15. My cousin is a _________________ for the Daily News. (write)
II. Choose the best word to complete the sentences.
1. The _______ will take your suitcases to your car.
a) porter 
b) author 
c) engineer
d) jockey
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: A
2. She wants the ________ to make a special cake for her daughter’s
birthday.
a) inspector 
b) baker
c) cashier 
d) mechanic
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: B
3. The boss wants her _______ to take some dictation.
a) novelist 
b) secretary
c) journalist 
d) conductor
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: B
4. That _________ sells very good meat.
a) baker 
b) dentist
c) writer 
d) butcher
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: D
5. I hope the __________ can repair our car quickly.
a) mechanic 
b) reporter
c) surgeon 
d) coach
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: A
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III. Word Ladder: Change the top word into the word at the bottom. Use the clues to help you. Each time you change one letter only in the
previous word.
(American Vocabulary, John Flower and others
IV. Match the verb on the left with a noun on the right.
RR II SS EE
2. Fruit ready to be eaten. R I P E
3. Thick string. R O P E
4. One of the parts in a play, taken by an actor. R O L E
5. Either of the two ends of the earth’s axis. P O L E
6. White in the face. P A L E
7. Put one thing on top of another. P I L E
8. A folder for keeping papers together. F I L E
9. 1,609 meters. M I L E
10. Would you like a _________ shake? M I L K
11. Where flour is made. M I L L
12. Your glass is empty. Can I ______ it up for you? F I L L
13. ________ you come and see me tomorrow? W I L L
14. He built an enormous ________ around his house. W A L L
15. Go on foot. W A L K
16. Speak. T A L K
17. Of more than average height. T A L L
FF AA LL LL
SET 1
1. ask 1 h a) a bicycle
2. climb 2 f b) a boat
3. drink 3 e c) a car
4. drive 4 c d) a cigarette
5. eat 5 i e) a cup of coffee
6. fly 6 g f) a mountain
7. light 7 d g) a plane
8. ride 8 a h) a question
9. sail 9 b i) a sandwich
10. tell 10 j j) a joke
SET 2
1. build 1 d a) a drink
2. comb 2 c b) a game
3. cook 3 g c) the hair
4. pack 4 j d) a house
5. play 5 b e) a letter
6. pour 6 a f) a light
7. sing 7 h g) a meal
8. stick on 8 i h) a song
9. turn on 9 f i) a stamp
10. write 10 e j) a suitcase
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MÓDULO 2
VOCABULARY
I. Complete each sentence with the opposite of the word given.
asleep1. He was still ______________ when she came home. (awake)
interesting2. This is a very _________________________ movie. (boring)
expensive3. The watches in this store are very _________________. (cheap)
dark4. All her children have ________________ hair. (fair)
empty5. I noticed that this glass was ______________ again. (full)
absent6. Is Carlos __________________ today? (present)
noisy7. Our neighbors are very _________________. (quiet)
happy8. The news made her very _________________. (sad)
hard9. The butter was too ________________ to use. (soft)
strong10. I don’t like this coffee. It’s too _______________. (weak)
II. Complete each sentence with one of these words to make an
expression with the verb MAKE.
clear1. I would like to make it _______________ before we start, there
will be no talking during the cerimony.
difference2. It really doesn’t make much _____________________ whether
you finish today or do it tomorrow.
3. We were stuck in that elevator for three hours but we decided to
the mostmake ____________ of the unfortunate situation and tell jokes.
tracks4. I’d like to stay, but I really ought to make ____________.
sure5. Before we leave let me make ______________ I’ve turned off
all the lights.
6. I listened to all the reasons he had for dropping out of college but
senseit still doesn’t make any ______________ to me.
wish7. Don’t forget to make a __________________ before you blow
out the candles, dear.
a deal8. I’ll make you _________________ – you give me a ride home
and I’ll make you dinner. Sound good?
9. I finished my work in time to come to the party but Karen was
itreally busy and couldn’t make ________.
10. I hope to be making more money next year but right now the
endsbusiness is just managing to make ____________ meet.
tracks a deal difference it sense 
the most a wish sure ends clear
III. Match the columns.
SET 2
1. head 1 i a) banana
2. classical 2 j b) beef
3. curly 3 h c) clothes
4. direct 4 g d) couple 
5. fashionable 5 c e) door
6. front 6 e f) beverage
7. married 7 d g) flight
8. non-alcoholic 8 f h) hair
9. ripe 9 a i) office
10. roast 10 b j) music
SET 1
1. alphabetical 1 g a) bed
2. chocolate 2 b b) bar
3. cloudy 3 i c) coffee
4. digital 4 j d) hair
5. double 5 a e) knife
6. instant 6 c f) laugh
7. loud 7 f g) order
8. sharp 8 e h) road
9. wavy 9 d i) sky
10. wide 10 h j) watch
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IV. Change each word to complete the sentence.
Example:
Be careful when you open the door. (care)
comfortable1. This is my favorite chair. It’s so ________________ . (comfort)
dangerous2. It’s ___________________ to drive so fast. (danger)
dirty3. I must clean this ___________________ floor. (dirt)
famous4. Elvis Presley was a _________________ pop singer. (fame)
weekly5. We have a ________________ newspaper in this town. (week)
powerful6. The President was a very _____________________ man. (power)
southern7. I live in the ____________________ part of the country. (south)
wooden8. He lives in a ____________________ house by the sea. (wood)
painful9. His broken arm is still very _____________________. (pain)
national10. How many _________________ holidays do you have? (nation)
V. Choose the correct answer:
1. Sherlock Holmes is an important _____________ in detective
fiction.
a) employer 
b) character
c) manager 
d) writer
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: B
2. I can hear my next door _____________ playing his trumpet.
a) thief 
b) customer
c) neighbor 
d) champion
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: C
3. Every ________________ in this army should know how to use
the new gun.
a) sailor 
b) porter 
c) soldier 
d) joker
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: C
4. If she beats her, she’ll be the new tennis _________.
a) character 
b) host
c) champion 
d) passenger
RESOLUÇÃO:
Resposta: C
5. He left his job because his _______________ didn’t pay him
enough money.
a) employee 
b) employer
c) conductor 
d) architect
RESOLUÇÃO:Resposta: B
6. He hates marriage. He wants to stay a __________.
a) passenger 
b) bachelor
c) customer 
d) widower
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: B
7. A famous ___________________ operated on her.
a) surgeon 
b) coach 
c) driver 
d) carpenter
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: A
8. The _______________ arrested him for stealing the diamonds.
a) policy 
b) electrician
c) politician 
d) policeman
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: D
9. It’s difficult to be a ________________ of this club.
a) travel agent 
b) member
c) clown 
d) bachelor
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: B
10. I hope they find the _______________ who stole my money.
a) thief 
b) orphan
c) champion 
d) contestant
RESOLUÇÃO: 
Resposta: A
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B i l i n g u a l i s mB i l i n g u a l i s m
Residents of the European Union
(EU) are becoming better and better at
languages. Almost 50 percent of the EU
population reckon they can speak at
least one foreign language very well,
with that figure rising to nearly 80
percent for students. To celebrate its
linguistic diversity and bilingual,
trilingual or multilingual capabilities, a
special day is set aside in the EU.
September 26 is the European Day of Languages. The day’s website cites a Slovak proverb
that says: “The number of languages you speak is the number of times you are human”. This
aims to encourage all Europeans to brush up on and advance their language skills. The website
predicts that Europe’s young generation “will fully contribute to enriching Europe’s multilingual
society”.
The results of the “Eurobarometer” survey put Luxembourgers at the top of the language
ability list. An amazing 99 percent of the Luxembourgish population is at least bilingual. Those
with the poorest language skills are the Hungarians (29 percent) and British (30 percent). The
survey also shows that English is the most widely spoken foreign language, used by more
than a third of the population. It is followed by German (12 percent), which has for the first
time usurped French (11 percent) for the second spot. European enlargement to incorporate
former communist countries has elevated Russian to fourth place – tied with Spanish. The EU
spends $36 million a year on language programs.
(http://breakingnewsenglish.com)
MÓDULO 3
TEXT
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VOCABULARY
I. Translate the following excerpt from the passage
“Residents… are becoming better and better…”
Os residentes… estão ficando cada vez melhores …”
________________________________________________________
Now, write in English.
1. Ela está ficando cada vez mais gorda.
She is becoming fatter and fatter.
2. O tempo está ficando cada vez pior.
The weather is becoming worse and worse.
3. Os atores de novelas estão ficando cada vez mais famosos.
Soap opera actors are becoming more and more famous.
4. A vida está ficando cada vez mais cara.
Life is becoming more and more expensive.
II. Match the columns.
III.
Translate the different meanings of figure in the following sentences.
a) The page was covered with triangles, squares and other geometrical
figures.
figura* figure = __________________________________
b) There were two figures in the shadow.
vulto* figure = __________________________________
c) He has an attractive six-figure salary.
algarismo, dígito* figure = __________________________________
d) John is very good at figures.
matemática* figures = __________________________________
IV.Complete the following sentences with verbs from the chart:
spend1. How much did you __________________________ on that dress?
predict2. I _________________________ that they will be divorced within
two years.
rose3. The number of people unemployed ______________________ by 
over 10,000 last month.
cited4. He ______________________ a passage from the Bible to support 
his argument.
enriched5. Our culture has been _________________________ by immigrants
from many other countries.
to advance6. He’s just trying ____________________________ his own career. 
V. Write the Simple Past and Past Participle of:
1. at least 1 e a) pesquisa
2. foreign 2 b b) estrangeira
3. skill 3 g c) lugar, posição
4. fully 4 f d) amplamente
5. survey 5 a e) pelo menos
6. widely 6 d f) totalmente, completamente
7. spot 7 c g) habilidade, perícia
8. enlargement 8 h h) ampliação, aumento
FIGURE
to rise – to cite – to advance
to predict – to enrich – to spend
INFINITIVE
1. to become
2. to speak
3. to rise
4. to set
5. to say
6. to put
7. to show
8. to spend
SIMPLE PAST
became
_________________
spoke
_________________
rose
_________________
set
_________________
said
_________________
put
_________________
showed
_________________
spent
_________________
PAST PARTICIPLE
become
_________________
spoken
_________________
risen
_________________
set
_________________
said
_________________
put
_________________
shown
_________________
spent
_________________
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VI. Combine the following verbs with their meanings below.
E1. to reckon ( )
B2. to set aside ( )
F3. to aim ( )
D4. to brush up on ( )
A5. to usurp ( )
C6. to tie ( )
a) to take the place of
b) to reserve
c) to score the same number of points
d) to improve your knowledge of something
e) to believe, to think, to suppose
f) to intend; to plan or hope to achieve
Now, complete the sentences.
tied1. Both teams ____________________________ on points and goal
difference.
reckon2. I _______________________ she earned a lot of money with her 
new novel.
aim3. I _____________________ to be a millionaire by the time I’m 40.
usurped4. The powers of local governors are being ____________________
by central government.
sets aside5. He always _______________ some time _______________ every
day to read to his children.
to brush up on6. I’ll try _____________________________ my French vocabulary
before going to Paris.
VII. Match the words and/or expressions in column A with their
synonyms in column B.
 
TEXT COMPREHENSION
1. True (T) or False (F)?
a) Europeans are becoming increasingly better at other languages.
True False
b) Eighty percent of European students are bilingual.
True False
c) September 26 is the official European Day For the English Language.
True False
d) A European proverb says you are not human unless you are bilingual.
True False
e) Ninety-nine percent of Luxembourgers are at least bilingual.
True False
f) Britons are amongst the top of bilingual speakers.
True False
g) French is the lingua franca among Europeans.
True False
h) Russian has lost ground on other European languages.
True False
* “língua franca” = um meio de comunicação entre pessoas de
diferentes línguas.
RESOLUÇÃO:
a) True b) True c) False
d) False e) True f) False
g) False h) False
Answer in Portuguese.
2. Cite as línguas mais faladas no mundo, de acordo com o texto (em
ordem decrescente).
Inglês, alemão, francês, russo e espanhol.
3. A que se refere 36 milhões de dólares anuais?
Ao gasto europeu em programas de aprendizado de línguas.
A B
1. almost 1 f a) abilities
2. figure 2 g b) surprising
3. skills 3 a c) position
4. survey 4 e d) ex
5. amazing 5 b e) research
6. spot 6 c f) nearly
7. former 7 d g) number
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MÓDULO 4
TEXT
Ta l l P e o p l e E a r n M o r eTa l l P e o p l e E a r n M o r e
Researchers in Australia have found that tall people earn higher wages than their shorter
counterparts. They also found thatchubby people earn more than those who are skinny.
The long and short of this Australian report is that tall workers earn significantly more than
their vertically challenged counterparts. A six foot man can expect a windfall of almost $750 a year.
The researchers found there were practical reasons why the size gap translated into a pay
gap. Tall people were sometimes more capable of performing certain physical tasks, like reaching
high shelves. But the discrepancy is explained mainly by discrimination, the simple fact that society
tends to look on tall people as more powerful and smarter,
____________ when they’re not.
The study from the Australian National University
also found that slimmer workers tend to get slimmer
pay packets. Fat men earn 5% more than their slender
colleagues.
Nick Bryant, BBC News, Sydney
I. Translate the title of the text.
Pessoas altas ganham mais.
II. Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B.
III. Match the following words and/or expressions with their meanings
according to the text.
a) slim, thin.
b) usually earn less money.
c) someone who is similar to you but different in a particular way.
d) short.
e) money that you win or receive unexpectedly.
f) a commonly used expression said when you want to explain the
general situation without giving details.
A B
1. researcher 1 c a) slim 
2. to find 2 h b) mostly
3. chubby 3 e c) surveyor
4. skinny 4 a d) able
5. gap 5 f e) fat
6. capable 6 d f) difference
7. mainly 7 b g) cleverer
8. smarter 8 g h) to realize 
1. the long and short of ( f )
2. vertically challenged ( d )
3. counterpart ( c )
4. windfall ( e )
5. tend to get slimmer pay packets ( b )
6. slender ( a )
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IV. Complete the following sentences with win, earn or gain:
gained1. He has ________________ five pounds in weight over Christmas.
won2. In 1801 Nelson fought and __________ the battle of Copenhagen.
earns3. He ______________ a living as a car mechanic.
gaining4. You know when you are ________________ altitude because you
begin to feel sleepy.
earn5. How much do you ____________, if you dont’t mind me asking?
win6. If this government ____________ the next election I’m leaving the 
country.
V. Phrasal Verbs. 
Translate:
Now, complete the following sentences with the correct phrasal verb.
Look out1. __________________! There’s a car coming.
looked up2. She ___________________ the spelling in the dictionary.
looks after3. Her husband ___________________ the baby while she is at work.
looking forward to4. The children are ____________________________ the holidays.
look on5. I’ve lived there so long I ______________ the town as my home.
look like6. The twins ________________________ their mother.
look into7. I’ve offered to ______________________ the problem for him.
looking for8. He’s been _______________________ a job for five months.
VI. Translate the following excerpts fom the text.
1. “A six foot man can expect a windfall of almost $ 750 a year.”
Um homem de seis pés de altura pode ter um ganho inesperado de 750
dólares por ano.
2. “Tall people were sometimes more capable of performing certain
physical tasks, like reaching high shelves.”
“As pessoas altas eram, às vezes, mais capazes de realizar certas tarefas
físicas, tais como alcançar prateleiras altas.”
TEXT COMPREHENSION
1. De acordo com o texto,
a) pessoas mais magras ganham mais do que pessoas mais gordas.
b) não há explicações para o fato de as pessoas mais altas ganharem
mais.
c) as pessoas mais altas são sempre mais espertas.
d) a sociedade considera as pessoas mais altas como mais poderosas.
e) a sociedade australiana é extremamente discriminatória em relação
às pessoas gordas.
RESOLUÇÃO:
Resposta: D
2. A palavra que falta no terceiro parágrafo do texto é:
a) because b) as soon as
c) even d) however
e) due to
RESOLUÇÃO:
Resposta: C
tomar conta deafter = take care of = ______________________
procurarfor = search = _____________________
esperar (ansiosamente)forward to = expect = ______________________
investigarinto = investigate =_____________________
LOOK
parecerlike = resemble = ______________________
consideraron = regard = ______________________
tomar cuidadoout = be careful = ______________________
procurarup = search for = _____________________
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VOCABULARY
I.
Translate the underlined words in the following sentences.
a) I’ll call the police if you don’t stop bothering me.
polícia* police = ______________________________________________
b) The government has some plans which include changes in foreign
policy.
política* policy = ______________________________________________
c) Honesty is the best policy.
política* policy = ______________________________________________
d) Dou you have an insurance policy?
apólice* policy = ______________________________________________
POLICE – POLICY
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Shanghai natives have been so busy making money they have stopped making babies. The city is
aging fast. Worried officials cracked in 2009, reversing 30 years of “one-child” policy by encouraging
couples to have two children.
If it is successful, and if other Chinese cities follow
suit, this could transform Chinese demographics. The
one-child policy is not really as strict as it sounds, but
promoting procreation is revolutionary.
China’s problem is that unlike other countries it has
gotten old before getting rich. The proportion of
elderly to people at work is rising. Higher dependency
means lower growth, while more old people and
shrinking families mean troubled pension and
healthcare systems.
These are familiar woes for Europe. In November, the old lady of the continent, Italy, marveled at
a mock funeral on Venice’s Grand Canal. The deceased was the city itself, honored by residents
protesting the plummeting population.
The European Commission also sounded the alarm, warning that the recession was nothing
compared to the financial tsunami that aging populations could unleash.
Among the most vulnerable are Ireland, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Japan, where pensioners will double by 2025, is trying to halt the aging process, with the new
government promising in 2009 to introduce a child allowance for all couples. Local authorities are so
desperate they have set up marriage clubs for lonely hearts.
Singapore has gone down the same road, as its dependency ratio, along with those of other Asian
“tigers” South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, becomes unbearable.
Only the United States among industrialized economies remains youthful, largely because it
welcomes many immigrants, who tend to be young and have more children. 
(http://knowledge.allianz.com)
MÓDULO 5
TEXT
Tw o Tw o –– C h i l d P o l i c yC h i l d P o l i c y
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II. Match the columns.
III. Write the Simple Past and Past Participle of these irregular verbs
and translate them.
IV. Complete the following sentences by using the verbs from the
chart:
remains1. He ___________________________ silent.
ages2. Sunlight _______________________ the skin.
sounded3. The fire alarm was _____________________________ at 11 p.m.
welcome4. I must go and _____________________ the guests.
marvel5. I often _____________________ that humans can treat each other 
so badly.
warning6. Doctors are _______________________ the public of the dangers 
of eating too much salt.
V. Combine the words in column A with their synonyms in column B.
 
VI. Translate the underlined words and/or expressions in the
following sentences.
1. Healthcare workers are some of the lowest paid people in thecountry.
assistência médica* healthcare = _________________________________
2. Last Saturday was a day of woe for the team because they lost the
final 3 – 2.
tristeza, preocupação* woe = ______________________________________
3. She’s a vegetarian, so she wants a jacket that’s made of mock
leather.
falso, de imitação* mock = _____________________________________
4. All the deceased were innocent victims of the bombs.
falecidos* deceased = __________________________________
5. Your baggage allowance for all flights is 20kg.
autorização, permissão, cota* allowance = _________________________________
VII. Combine the following verbs with their meanings below.
F1. to crack ( )
E2. to follow suit ( )
B3. to plummet ( )
C4. to unleash ( )
D5. to halt ( )
A6. to set up ( )
a) to found, to establish
b) to fall very quickly and suddenly
c) to provoke
d) to stop
e) to do as another has done; to follow the example
f) to undergo a change; to become different
INFINITIVE
1. rise
2. mean
3. shrink
SIMPLE PAST
rose
_________________
meant
_________________
shrank
_________________
PAST PARTICIPLE
risen
_____________
meant
_____________
shrunk
_____________
TRANSLATION
aumentar
______________
significar
____________
encolher
____________
to age – to marvel – to sound
to warn – to remain – to welcome
A B
1. fast 1 d a) old
2. elderly 2 a b) concerned
3. strict 3 f c) proportion
4. worried 4 b d) quickly
5. ration 5 c e) young
6. youthful 6 e f) severe, rigid
1. busy 1 e a) bem-sucedido
2. officials 2 c b) crescimento
3. successful 3 a c) autoridades
4. unlike 4 g d) caminho
5. growth 5 b e) ocupados
6. lonely 6 f f) solitários
7. road 7 d g) ao contrário de
8. unbearable 8 h h) intolerável
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Now, complete the sentences with the verbs studied in the previous
page.
halted1. Workers on strike _____________________ the production at the 
auto plant yesterday.
set up2. She ________________ a literacy program in the neighbourhood.
plummeted3. Share prices have ______________________________ .
4. When one airline reduces its ticket prices, the others usually soon
follow suit
_____________________________.
unleashed5. Test results have _____________________ worries that the reactor 
could overheat.
cracked6. Officials have _______________________ the one-child policy in 
China.
TEXT COMPREHENSION
Answer in Portuguese.
1. O que aconteceu na China, em 2009, de acordo com o texto?
Autoridades preocupadas mudaram a política de um filho que já durava há
30 anos, encorajando os casais a terem dois filhos.
2. Que fato, mencionado no texto, aconteceu em Veneza?
Uma imitação de funeral em que a falecida era a própria cidade, organi-
zado por moradores que protestavam contra o declínio populacional.
3. Quais os países mais vulneráveis à situação mencionada no texto?
Irlanda, Grécia, Espanha, Holanda e Reino Unido.
4. Qual país entre as economias industrializadas permanece jovem?
Explique a causa dessa “juventude”.
Os Estados Unidos que recebem muitos imigrantes que tendem a ser
jovens e ter muitos filhos.
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GRAMMAR – PRESENT TENSES
Simple Present Tense
Usos:
• ações habituais com advérbios, tais como: always,
often, frequently, seldom, rarely, usually, sometimes,
never e com certas expressões, tais como on Mondays
(Sundays etc.), once a day, (week, month etc.), everyday
(week, month etc.), as a rule, now and then.
Exemplos:
They visit their grandparents.
�
She drinks tea.
�
• após expressões de tempo (till, until, before, after,
as soon as, as long as, when, by the time, whenever,
while).
Exemplos:
I’ll be here he arrives.
�
Wait here the rain stops.
�
• após in case
Exemplo:
Take your coat with you it gets cold.
�
OBSERVAÇÕES
Todos os verbos, exceto os modais (anômalos), recebem
o acréscimo de –s nas suas formas de 3–as pessoas do
singular.
Exemplos:
John likeS pop music.
My neighbor singS very badly.
Os verbos terminados em –ss, –ch, –sh, –o, –x e –z
recebem o acréscimo de –es e não apenas –s.
Exemplos:
miss → missES
teach → teachES
brush → brushES
do → doES
fix → fixES
buzz → buzzES
Os verbos terminados em –y perdem o –y e recebem o
acréscimo de –ies quando o –y aparecer depois de uma
consoante. Caso contrário, recebem apenas –s.
Exemplos:
defy → defIES obey → obeyS
fly → flIES say → sayS
ATENÇÃO
• each, every, everybody, everyone, somebody,
someone, nobody, no one, anybody, anyone, something,
much e little são considerados 3–as pessoas do singular.
Exemplos:
loves John.
�
understands Jane.
�
• many, few, several e alguns coletivos são considerados
3.as pessoas do plural.
Exemplos:
don’t believe her.
�
are lowing in the barn.
�
The cattle
Many
Nobody
Everybody
3
2
1
in case
till
as soon as
often
rarely
I work
you work
he, she, it works
we work
you work
they work
infinitive (– to)
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Present Continuous Tense
Usos:
• ações ou acontecimentos ocorrendo no momento da
fala com as expressões now, at present, at this moment,
right now e outras.
Exemplos:
Why is Jennifer crying ?
It is raining .
• ações temporárias
Exemplos:
I’m sleeping on a sofa because my bed
is broken.
Tom isn’t playing soccer . He wants 
to concentrate on his studies.
• futuro próximo
Exemplos:
The bus is leaving .
Ann is coming .
OBSERVAÇÕES
Alguns verbos não são normalmente usados nos
tempos contínuos. Devemos usá-los, preferencialmente,
nas formas simples: see, hear, smell, notice, realize,
want, wish, recognize, refuse, understand, know, like,
love, hate, forget, belong, seem, suppose, appear, have
(= ter, possuir), think (= acreditar).
Exemplos:
He what the teacher is saying.
you some steps coming from the kitchen?
Verbos monossilábicos terminados em uma só consoante,
precedida de uma só vogal, dobram a consoante final antes
do acréscimo de –ing.
Exemplos:
run → running
swim → swimming
Verbos dissilábicos terminados em uma só consoante,
precedida de uma só vo gal, dobram a consoante final
somente se o acento tônico incidir na segunda sílaba.
Exemplos:
prefer → preferring
admit → admitting
listen → listening
enter → entering
Verbos terminados em –e perdem o –e antes do acréscimo
de –ing, mas os terminados em –ee apenas acrescentam –
ing.
Exemplos:
make → making
dance → dancing
agree → agreeing
flee → fleeing
Verbos terminados em –y recebem –ing, sem perder o –y.
Exemplos:
study → studying
say → saying
Verbos terminados em –ie, quando do acréscimo de –ing,
perdem o –ie e recebem –ying.
Exemplos:
lie → lying
die → dying
Porém, os terminados em –ye não sofrem alterações.
dye → dyeing
I am
you are
he, she, it is } workingwe areyou are
they are
5
4
3
2
hearDo
doesn’t understand
1
tomorrow
at 10 P.M.
this season
these days
at present
now
simple present do verbo BE + –ing
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I. Choose the correct form.
1. (It’s snowing / It snows) quite often in Chicago during the winter.
________
2. (I’m going / I go) to bed now. Good night.
_________
3. Normally, (I’m going / I go) to bed at around 11.00 every night.
____
4. Where’s Jane? (She’s cooking. / She cooks) the dinner.
_____________
5. The sea (is covering / covers) two thirds of the world.
_______
6. Jane has got an exam soon, so (she’s studying / she studies) very
___________
hard at the moment.
7. Don’t forgetyour umbrella when you go out. (It’s raining. / It 
__________
rains) outside.
8. That machine (isn’t working. / doesn’t work.) It broke down 
____________
yesterday.
9. Listen to those people. Which language (are they speaking? / do
______________
they speak?)
10. Jim and Kelly are in London on holiday. They (are staying / stay)
__________
at a small hotel near Oxford Street.
II. In this exercise you have to decide whether the verbs in the
sentences are right or wrong. Correct those which are wrong.
Examples:
I don’t know your telephone number. RIGHT
Please don’t make so much noise. I work. WRONG – am working.
1. Are you believing in ghosts?
wrong – Do you believe
2. Look! That man tries to open the door of your car.
wrong – is trying
3. How many languages is Cindy speaking?
wrong – does Cindy speak
4. She is staying with her sister at the moment.
right
5. Water is boiling at 100 degrees Celsius.
wrong – boils
6. The moon goes round the earth.
right
7. The government is worried because the unemployment rate
increases.
wrong – is increasing
8. What are you thinking Tom will do in the future?
wrong – do you think
9. Hurry! The bus is coming.
right
10. The River Nile flow into the Mediterranean.
wrong – flows
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III. Complete the following sentences with the correct form (Simple
Present or Present Continuous).
arrives1. Don’t leave before the mailman ________________. (arrive)
am learning2. “Can you drive?” “No, but I ___________________ (learn).
is teachingMy father ______________________ me.” (teach)
are going3. We _____________________ (go) to the theater this evening.
Does the film begin
_______________________ (the film / begin) at 3:00 or 4:00?
is flowing4. The river ________________________ (flow) very fast today – 
much faster than usual.
rings5. The students leave the room as soon as the bell ________(ring).
arrives6. I’ll wait outside till everybody ________________.
think7. Whenever I ____________________ (think) about it I blush.
8. Peter has gone to work in Holland. When he arrived, his Dutch
is improvingwasn’t very good but now it ________________ (improve).
plays9. In summer Tom usually __________ (play) tennis twice a week.
comes10. I’m going to wait here until Jessica ______________ (come).
am11. I’ll send you a postcard when I _____________ (be) on holiday.
come12. Please don’t touch anything before the police _________ (come).
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FUVEST
The role of women in Spanish society has changed fast since the country became a democracy after General Franco died
in 1975. He had swept away liberal reforms introduced in the 1930s, when Spain was a republic. For women specifically,
these included a benevolent divorce law and certain property rights. In the 1930s many women played a big part on the left,
often fighting side by side with men in the pro-Republic militias during the 1936-39 civil war. But after it the new regime,
for the most part applauded by the church, put them back in the home as wives and mothers, with divorce forbidden and
working outside frowned on.
Change began in the 1960s when Spain opened up to tourists. Faced with competition from sexually liberated north Europeans,
Spanish women “declared war on them, on men and on their elders”, in the words of Lucia Graves, author of “A Woman
Unknown”, which recounts her life as an Englishwoman married to a Spaniard at the time. That aggressive self-assertion
continues.
Not wholly successfully. At universities, women students now outnumber men. A typical couple has one or two children
these days, a far cry from the days when families of eight or ten were common. But Spanish women still face the problems
of their sisters in northern Europe. Their progress at work is often blocked, their pay often lower than men’s.
The Economist
1. According to the passage, since 1975
a) the role of left-wing Spanish women has changed quite fast.
b) the new regime has faced problems when bringing about changes
in the role of Spanish women.
c) there have been changes in the role of Spanish women.
d) Spanish women have played an important part in the government’s
adoption of reformist policies.
e) many Spanish women have assumed the role of social reformers.
2. The passage states that
a) most of the liberal reforms introduced in the 1930s were approved
by the church.
b) liberal reforms introduced when Spain was a republic were
abolished under Franco’s regime.
c) many Spanish women fought in the pro-Republic militias in the
early 1930s.
d) all liberal reforms introduced when Spain was a republic benefited
women.
e) Spanish women obtained a benevolent divorce law and certain
property rights after Franco died.
3. The passage tells us that after the civil war
a) divorced women were not allowed to work outside.
b) the church prohibited wives and mothers from working outside.
c) most women continued to fight for liberal reforms.
d) many women were unwilling to work outside.
e) Spain was under a regime that no longer allowed divorce.
4. Which of these statements is true according to the passage?
a) Although tourists helped Spain to develop in the 1960s, Spanish
women declared war on them.
b) Spanish women rebelled against north European tourists who
married Spaniards in the nineteen sixties.
c) Tourists started visiting Spain in the nineteen sixties, after the
country underwent changes.
d) For Spanish women, the arrival of sexually liberated north
Europeans in the 1960s was most unwelcome.
e) In the 1960s, sexually liberated Spanish women had to compete
with their north European counterparts.
5. The passage tells us that Lucia Graves
a) portrays what her own life was like in the nineteen sixties in “A
Woman Unknown”.
b) wrote a book about the problems she faced after marrying a
Spaniard.
c) depicts the war declared by Spanish women before Spain opened
up to tourists in her book.
d) recounts the life of Spanish women after the civil war in “A Woman
Unknown”.
e) was a very aggressive English writer married to a Spaniard.
6. Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the situation
in Spain now, according to the passage?
a) A family of eight is quite unusual.
b) Female workers are seldom paid higher wages than male ones.
c) Despite their gains, Spanish women have not achieved total
success.
d) There are roughly equal numbers of male and female students at
universities.
e) Spanish women are quite self-assertive.
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7. Which of the following statements is incorrect? 
a) The transition countries report an estimated one million HIV/AIDS
cases. 
b) One fourth of infections reported between 1997 and 2000 in
Commonwealth of Independent States were among women. 
c) Injecting drug users are one of the reasons for HIV/AIDS
transmission. 
d) In Commonwealth of Independent States countries heterosexuals
are the cause of all officially registered infections.
e) More than one in every 1000 people in Estonia are infected with
HIV/AIDS. 
8. Which of the following is not stated as a reason for HIV/AIDS
infection in Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent
States? 
a) A growing number of sex workers. 
b) Heterosexual contact with injecting drug users. 
c) Insufficiently effective public intervention. 
d) A low awareness of the need to use condoms. 
e) The growing number of poor people in the region.
9. According to the information in the article, 
a) nine out of ten HIV/AIDS cases in the transition countries are in
Russia and Ukraine. 
b) in 2001 there were 700,000 HIV/AIDS cases in the transition
countries.c) of every 1000 people infected with HIV/AIDS in 2001, one is from
Estonia. 
d) twenty times more people are infected with HIV/AIDS in the
European Union than in Estonia. 
e) one quarter of all women infected with HIV/AIDS between 1997
and 2000 were heterosexuals. 
10. "20 times" in paragraph 4 refers to: 
a) the average number of times European citizens must be exposed to
HIV before they become infected. 
b) the rate of HIV infection in the European Union, which is twenty
times that of Estonia. 
c) the fact that if one out of every 1000 people are infected with HIV
in Estonia, then twenty out of every 1000 are infected in the
European Union. 
d) the rate of new HIV infections in Estonia compared to that of the
European Union. 
e) the number of HIV infections per 1000 people in Europe,
especially Italy. 
11. Which of these areas has been least affected by the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in recent years? 
a) The Ukraine. 
b) The Commonwealth of Independent States. 
c) The European Union. 
d) Eastern Europe.
e) Estonia.
FGV
AIDS Spreading in CIS ‘Virtually Unchecked’
1. GENEVA (Reuters) – The HIV/AIDS epidemic has
exploded in Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of
Independent States, posing the greatest health threat to
youth in the region, the United Nations said on
Wednesday. In a report, the U.N. Children's Fund
(UNICEF) warned that the killer disease was spreading
"virtually unchecked" into the wider population through
heterosexual contact with injecting drug users. 
2. Russia and Ukraine account for nine-tenths of the
estimated one million HIV/AIDS cases in the 27 transition
countries, according to UNICEF's Social Monitor 2002.
The figure, through 2001, compares to 700,000 a year
earlier and 420,000 in 1998. 
3. "HIV is spreading at a faster rate in some countries in
the region than in any other part of the world," UNICEF
said. "The HIV epidemic is the biggest threat to young
people's health in the region...There is also little evidence
that public interventions to halt the spread of HIV in the
hardest hit countries have been sufficiently effective." 
4. Estonia has the region's highest rate of new HIV
infections, with more than one in every 1,000 people
infected in 2001 – almost 20 times the average rate in the
European Union, according to the report produced by
UNICEF's Innocenti Research Center in Florence, Italy.
5. In the CIS countries, a quarter of all officially registered
infections between 1997 and 2000 were among women,
suggesting increasing heterosexual transmission, it said. But
awareness of the need to use condoms to prevent
transmission remains poor in the region, where both the
number of sex workers and injecting drug users is growing,
it said.
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1) Resposta: C 2) Resposta: B 3) Resposta: E
4) Resposta: D 5) Resposta: A 6) Resposta: D
7) Resposta: D 8) Resposta: E 9) Resposta: A
10) Resposta: D 11) Resposta: C 12) Resposta: E
13) Resposta: D 14) Resposta: C
VUNESP
Leia o texto a seguir e responda às questões de 12 a 14.
ˇ Everyone’s an Expert
Bored with the usual encyclopedias?
Then start writing your own
Putting information into the hands of the people was among the original, lofty aims of the Internet – easy to forget amid the
forests of e-boutiques and subscription – only sites. But an online encyclopedia – where all entries are written, maintained and
vetted by Web surfers themselves – is trying to recapture those early democratic ideals. Called Wikipedia.org (wiki means
“superfast” in Hawaiian and is also the name of the collaborative software upon which the site is built), the encyclopedia features
more than 700,000 hypertexted articles on everything from “Anthrax (band)” to “Zeppelin.” That’s more listings than
Britannica.com, Encarta.com and Encyclopedia.com combined.
“My dream has been to put a free comprehensive encyclopedia at everybody’s fingertips,” says 37-year-old founder Jimmy
Wales, who spends up to 12 unpaid hours a day maintaining the site. “It’s my obsession.” It has also become the obsession of
thousands of others who contribute entries and programming time for free. The concept is as simple as it is ambitious: anybody
can create or edit the articles, and the system relies on masses of users to catch mistakes and thus ensure the information is correct,
comprehensive and up-to-date.
(Time)
12. Segundo o texto,
a) “Wiki” é o nome de um dos criadores e cola bo ra dores do site.
b) o controle de qualidade das enciclopédias virtuais é feito pelas
provedoras.
c) a enciclopédia “Wikipedia.org” está equiparada às enciclopédias
“Britannia.com” e “Encarta.com”.
d) Jimmy Wales publicou um artigo interessante so bre o pó químico
“Anthrax”.
e) o sonho de Jimmy Wales era lançar uma en ci clo pédia gratuita e
abrangente ao alcance de todos.
13. De acordo com o texto, Jimmy Wales gasta diaria men te, com a
manutenção do site,
a) até 12 horas bem remuneradas.
b) mais de 12 horas bem remuneradas.
c) mais de 12 horas mal remuneradas.
d) até 12 horas não remuneradas.
e) mais de 12 horas não remuneradas.
14. Assinale a alternativa que apresenta três preposições empregadas
no texto.
a) from – to – which
b) at – also – for
c) among – amid – upon
d) up – and – for 
e) into – an – also 
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