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– 1 AULA 1 Exercícios propostos 1 Complete com a preposição adequada. a) at 7 o’clock m) in the USA b) on Monday n) in bed c) at home o) at 623 Pine Street d) on a diet p) at present e) on the telephone q) in love f) at first sight r) on foot g) in love s) at once h) in English t) on strike i) at the end u) in ink j) at least v) in pencil k) in danger x) in red l) in São Paulo 2 Match the columns. 1. acima de a. inside 2. ao lado de b. in front of 3. em cima de c. between 4. na frente de d. on 5. embaixo de e. outside 6. dentro de f. above 7. abaixo de g. behind 8. entre h. under 9. fora de i. below 10. atrás de j. beside / next to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 f j d b h a i c e g 3 Complete with at, on, in: a) Peter usually sits at the table for lunch. b) She was born in November, in 1965. c) They study at 900, Paulista Avenue. d) He is going to meet us on Christmas Eve. e) She’s always at home in the morning, but at night she works as a nurse. f) I usually have lunch at 3 p.m. on weekends. g) They live in Milao on Michelangelo Avenue. h) John lives on the third floor. i) My grandmother is living on a farm. j) My sisters are at work in the afternoon, but in the evening they are at home. 4 Complete with on, in or at: a) We hope you will enjoy your in -flight entertainment. b) We had lunch at Peter’s café on Main Road on our way home. c) The buses are very unreliable. They never arrive on time. 5 Turn into Portuguese. a) A group of men and women were standing around in a circle. Um grupo de homens e mulheres estavam de pé em um círculo. b) Laughing is also contagious. Rir também é contagiante. c) Laughter therapy has been used in hospitals since the 1970s. A terapia do riso tem sido usada em hospitais desde os anos 70. d) They are laughing because someone said something funny. Eles estão rindo porque alguém disse algo engraçado. 6 Use these indefinite pronouns something / someone / somebody to fill in the blanks. a) She said something when she was leaving but I couldn’t understand what. b) There was somebody/someone talking to your brother. c) Would you like someone/somebody to help you? d) I need someone/somebody to help me now! e) We need something to eat now. We are hungry! f) I want to tell you something very nice, may I? 2 – 7 Look at the different meanings of yet. a) She hasn’t arrived yet. ( ainda ) b) Yet I hope she will come. ( contudo, entretanto ) c) Peter hasn’t studied enough for the text yet. ( ainda ) 8 Turn into English. a) Todos sabem que rir é o melhor remédio. Everybody knows that laughing is the best medicine. b) A esposa dele está muito feliz hoje. His wife is very happy today. Exercícios-Tarefa: 1 Complete com a preposição adequada. a) ____ least g) ____ ink b) ____ 120 mph h) ____ work c) ____ first sight. i) ____ holiday d) ____ the internet j) ____ January e) ____ fire k) ____ night f) ____ white Resolução: • Usa-se at antes de horas, endereços completos e de certas expressões. Exemplos: at 8 o’ clock; at 900, Pau- lista Avenue; at least; at night; etc. • Usa-se on antes de dias da semana, datas e certas ex- pressões. Exemplos: on Monday, on Saturday, on May 16, on fire, etc. • Usa-se in antes de meses, anos, estações do ano e cer- tas expressões. Exemplos: in January, in May, in 1964, in winter, in the morning, etc. Respostas: a) at d) on g) in j) in b) at e) on h) at k) at c) at f) in i) on 2 Give the opposite of: a) tiny: _______________________________________ b) sick: ______________________________________ c) without: ____________________________________ d) bigger: _____________________________________ e) thin: ______________________________________ f) to open: ____________________________________ g) to begin: ___________________________________ h) inside: _____________________________________ Resolução: a) huge e) fat b) healthy f) to close c) with g) to finish d) smaller h) outside AULA 2 Exercícios propostos 1 Read the following text carefully and choose the best prepositions to complete it. WITCH NEWS In blue: the hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. A Job Centre in (in, on, at) Somerset (England) recently advertised a vacancy for (for, in, at) a witch. Wookey Hole Caves, a tourist attrac- tion near Wells requires a resident witch because the previous one is retiring. And the job description? Well, candidate witches must be able to cackle and must also live in the caves during the tourist season. “Wookey Hole wants the appointee to go about her everyday business as a hag, so that people passing through the caves can get a sense of what the place was like in the Dark Ages.” The salary? £50,000. On (In, At, On) the other hand, witches still suffer discrimination. For (For to / at) instan- ce, the Crystal Cauldron Coven in (in / at / by) Stockport booked the Our Lady’s Social Club in (in / at / by) Stockport for their Hallowe- en Witches Ball. However, the Diocese of Shrews- bury subsequently decided that the party was “not in (on, in, at) keeping with the church’s ethos and cancelled the reservation. Sandra Davis, spokesperson for (for / in / at) the Crystal Cauldron accused the Catholic Church of (of / in / at ) ‘prejudice’. 2 Match the columns. 1. job a) caverna 2. cave b) anterior 3. previous c) atividade 4. able d) sensação, percepção – 3 5. season e) emprego 6. business f) estação, temporada 7. so that g) contudo 8. sense h) capaz 9. ball i) baile 10. however j) de modo que 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 e a b h f c j d i g 3 Put into English. a) Como é sua nova casa? What is your new house like? b) Paul é como o pai dele. Paul is like his father. 4 How can we say those words? In Portuguese In English a) actually: na verdade atualmente: nowadays b) to realize: perceber realizar: to accomplish c) library: biblioteca livraria: bookshop, bookstore d) cigar: charuto cigarro: cigarette e) to pretend: fingir pretender: to intend f) physician: médico físico: physicist g) educated: instruído educado: polite h) policy: política polícia: police i) exit: saída sucesso: success j) collar: gola, colarinho colar: necklace k) expert: especialista esperto: smart l) large: grande largo: wide m) parents: pais parentes: relatives n) to push: empurrar puxar: to pull o) data: dados data: date p) lecture: palestra leitura: reading q) sensible: sensato sensível: sensitive r) terrific: maravilhoso terrível: awful, terrible s) college: faculdade colégio: school t) eventually: finalmente eventualmente: occasionally 5 Translatethe following words. a) unfortunately: infelizmente b) unexpectedly: inesperadamente c) unhealthy: doente d) uneasely: desconfortavelmente e) unbelievably: inacreditavelmente f) slowly: lentamente g) quickly: rapidamente h) mainly: principalmente 6 Use the following verbs to complete the sentences below. Pay attention to the correct verb tense. to advertise – to require – to retire – to go about – to book a) Peter will retire next year. b) May I book a place in the flight? c) I’m going to advertise someone to clean my house. d) Please call this number if you require any further information. e) Of course we want to help, but we’re not sure what’s the best way of going about it. Exercícios-Tarefa: 1 Complete with in, on or at. a) They were dressed ________ black. b) I’m free ________ lunch. c) They live ________ Michigan Avenue. d) They live ________ 554 Palmira Street. 4 – Resolução: Usa-se: • in: em in black, in white, in blue (quando se veste algo de uma determinada cor) • at: at night, at noon, at midnight, at lunch • on: quando um endereço não contiver o número, por exemplo: on Paulista Avenue. Respostas: a) in b) at c) on d) at 2 Match the columns. a) belief 1. seguinte b) whether 2. sabor c) pepper 3. embora d) garlic 4. alho e) flavor 5. crença f) although 6. pimenta g) following 7. se Resolução: a b c d e f g 5 7 6 4 2 3 1 3 Put into English. a) Esta cidade é menor que a outra. b) Peter é mais gordo que o senhor Brown. c) Você considera geografia mais importante que história? d) Este carro é mais caro que aquele. Resolução: a) This city is smaller than the other one. b) Peter is fatter than Mr. Brown. c) Do you consider geography more important than history? d) This car is more expensive than that one.