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Adjectives

1. Em inglês, a maioria dos adjetivos são situados antes do substantivo e/ou depois de um verbo de ligação. Por exemplo:

She's got a red (adjective) shirt (noun).
I know a Spanish (adjective) teacher (noun).
My records are (copula verb) old (adjective).
It feels (copula verb) good (adjective).

2. Mas e quando queremos dar, a um substantivo, mais de uma adjetivação? Qual a ordem dos adjetivos? Embora existam regras que nos forçam a colocá-los em uma ordem fixa, elas são muito complicadas. Portanto, nos limitaremos a descrever as mais importantes. São elas:

a) adjetivos de color, origin, material e purpose são colocados nesta ordem. Note:

It's a yellow (color), norwegian (origin), wooden (material), writing (purpose) pen.

b) outros adjetivos podem vir antes dos adjetivos de color, mas sua ordem é muito complicada para enunciarmos regras. Veja:

I love her big brown eyes.
The second black dog.
The last little white cat.

3. De maneira geral, um adjetivo não pode vir desacompanhado de um substantivo. Mas existem exceções, dependendo da construção e do contexto. Note:

a) numa escolha, quando o substantivo a que se referem os adjetivos desacompanhados já tenha sido citado:

‘Do you have a pen?' ‘You want red or blue?'

b) quando nos referimos a uma característica de um grupo específico de pessoas:

He's a guy that helps the deaf.

Esta é uma construção em que deaf refere-se a um grupo de pessoas surdas, não a uma em particular. Temos também the dead, the sick, the blind etc. Mas devemos notar um caso importantíssimo:

the problems of the deaf ou deaf people's problems

mas nunca the deaf's problems

Adjectives w/ -ly ending

4. Em inglês, a maioria dos advérbios é formada adicionando-se o sufixo -ly ao adjetivo de origem (careful/carefully, happy/happily etc.). Porém, existem algumas palavras que terminam em -ly mas que, porém, não são advérbios, e sim adjetivos. As principais delas são: friendly, lovely, lonely, ugly, silly, cowardly, likely, unlikely. Veja:

She was a lovely girl. (=ela era uma garota adorável)
His ugliness made him a lonely man. (sua feiúra fez dele uma homem solitário)
He was a cowardly soldier. (ele era um soldado covarde)
A dog can be the most friendly thing you'll meet in your life. (um cão pode ser a coisa mais amigável que você verá na sua vida)

etc.

5. Para tomarmos essas palavras como advérbios, necessitamos de construções diferentes. Veja:

Everytime we meet, she hugs me in a lovely way. (=toda vez que nós nos encontramos ela me abraça adoravelmente)

Exercío 8º ano

Simple Past Tense

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Explanation

1. The simple past tense is expressed with the past form of the verb and nothing else.

My grandfather died last year. My grandfather was died last year. My grandfather has died last year.

(Correct) (Incorrect) (Incorrect)

2. The simple past tense refers to

a. action which occurred at a specific time in the past
b. completed action
c. past status

Examples

Specific past action I ate lunch at noon today. He drove to work yesterday.

Completed action She finally mailed the letter. Jan finished her report on time.

Past status John was still single in 1995. Jane was a movie star.

Note the usage of the past tense in the following story.

Yesterday Mrs. Hubbard had a very rough day. In the morning, she went to the kitchen and looked in the cupboard for some food for her dog, but the cupboard was empty. Her poor dog stared up at her with its hungry eyes, and she knew she had to do something quickly. She hurried to the grocery store to buy some dog food, but unfortunately the store was out of her dog's favorite brand, so she had to catch a bus downtown. After buying the food, she waited for a half hour in the rain to get a taxi. When she finally got home, her dog was sound asleep on the living room sofa.

Common problems with the past tense

1. Using the present tense when the past tense is required.

Last week, Tonya fix her neighbor's car. Last week, Tonya fixed her neighbor's car.

(Incorrect) (Correct)

2. Using "was" with verbs in the past tense.

It was happened one night in September. It happened one night in September.

(Incorrect) (Correct)

Exercises

Change the verbs in the following sentence into past tense.

1. Yesterday, I go to the restaurant with a client.

2. We drive around the parking lot for 20 minutes in order to find a parking space.

3. When we arrive at the restaurant, the place is full.

4. The waitress asks us if we have reservations.

5. I say, "No, my secretary forgets to make them."

6. The waitress tells us to come back in two hours.

7. My client and I slowly walk back to the car.

8. Then we see a small grocery store.

9. We stop in the grocery store and buy some sandwiches.

10. That is better than waiting for two hours.

Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:

1. Last night, Samantha have pizza for supper.

2. My pet lizard was died last month.

3. Yesterday I spend two hours cleaning my living room.

4. This morning before coming to class, Jack eats two bowls of cereal.

5. What was happened to your leg?

Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
2. It (be) great.
3. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn) some Irish dances.
6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?

Linkers: assunto do 7º ano

and: links two ideas that are related, "I like tea and coffee"

but: links a positive and a negative idea, "I like swimming, but I don't like dancing"

so: gives a result, "I was very tired so I went to sleep"

because: gives a reason, "I went to the party because I wanted to see Peter"

A Complete these sentences using: and, but, so, because. 1. She wants to go to the cinema, I don't like that film. 2. My wife plays tennis football. 3. I can't sleep, I'm going to drink a glass of hot milk. 4. She went to the disco, she didn't dance. 5. I'm studying English I love languages. 6. She danced a little talked to her friends. 7. He doesn't play the guitar, he plays the drum. 8. He is sad he saw an accident. 9. She didn't invited me, I didn't go to her birthday party. 10. She can draw well, she can't cook.

Past Continuous
Exercise: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/past-progressive/exercises

Exercise on Past Progressive

Put the verbs into the correct form (past progressive).

1. When I phoned my friends, they (play) monopoly.
2. Yesterday at six I (prepare) dinner.
3. The kids (play) in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.
4. I (practise) the guitar when he came home.
5. We (not / cycle) all day.
6. While Aaron (work) in his room, his friends (swim) in the pool.
7. I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not) .
8. What (you / do) yesterday?
9. Most of the time we (sit) in the park.

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Put in the verbs in brackets into the gap and form negative sentences. You can use long or short (contracted) forms of the auxiliary. Example: Maggie _____________ volleyball. (not/to play) Answer: Maggie was not playing volleyball. or Maggie wasn't playing volleyball.

1) She a cheeseburger. (not/to eat) 2) They pictures. (not/to paint) 3) The teacher the window. (not/to open) 4) Johnny his bike. (not/to ride) 5) We on the computer. (not/to work) 6) Doris the news on TV. (not/to watch) 7) I the trumpet. (not/to practise) 8) The friends songs. (not/to sing) 9) Steve a cigarette. (not/to smoke) 10) Sam and Liz at a poster. (not/to look)