UNIT 2 Spot, the dog Hello, boys and girls. I’m Spot. My family is the Smiths: Mrs. Smith, Mr. Smith and their children, Henry and Cindy. Henry is my pet. Every morning I wake him up at seven o’clock and I wash his face. Then he washes his face again and makes my breakfast. After that he has breakfast, too. When Henry is at school, I often take his mother for a walk in the park. I can run very fast, and she sometimes has to call me. At half past twelve Mrs. Smith gives me my lunch. Zach, the cat, sometimes comes over, but I always bark at him and then he runs away. On Friday evenings and Saturdays Henry and I play with our friends. I teach the boys many tricks; for example, when I bring a stick, they throw it to me and when I run after them they ride away on their bikes. Every Sunday we go out in the car. I sometimes see dogs in the other cars. Then I bark at them and they bark at me, too. That’s great! At six o’clock, after tea, we often watch TV and then we play a game. I sit in front of the TV and they throw their slippers to me. I like slippers and I take them to their bedrooms. At nine thirty I take Henry to bed. He’s a good boy, so he can always sleep in my bed. Vocabulary: pet = animal de estimação
to wash = lavar
to make = fazer
to take = levar
to call = chamar
to give = dar
to come over = vir
to bark = ladrar
to run away = fugir
tricks = truques, brincadeiras
to bring = trazer
a stick = um pau
to throw = atirar
run after = correr atrás de
I.
slippers = chinelos
Order these pictures according to the text.
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II.
Complete these sentences with information from the text.
a) Henry and Cindy are Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s _________________________________. b) Spot wakes Henry up at _______________________________________________. c) Then Henry _________________________________________________________. d) Spot often takes _________________________ for a walk in the _______________. e) At twelve thirty Mrs. Smith ______________________________________________. f)
When Zack comes over ________________________________________________.
g) Spot teaches ___________________________________ on Fridays and Saturdays. h) On ________________________ the Smiths and their dog go __________________ ________________________ and Spot ___________________________________. i)
III.
After tea they __________________________ and __________________________.
Now answer these questions about the text.
a) When do Spot and Henry play with their friends? ____________________________ ______________________________________ b) Where does Spot go with Mrs. Smith? _____________________________________ c) What time do they finish dinner? _________________________________________ d) Does Spot take their slippers to the bathroom? ______________________________ ______________________________________ e) Who sleeps in Henry’s bed? _____________________________________________
IV.
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
wakes Examples: Spot _____________ (to wake) Henry up at seven o’clock. Does H enry get u p (to get up / Henry) immediately? _____________________ a) Henry ________________ (to go) to the bathroom and ________________ (to wash) his face. b) _______________________ (to prepare / he) breakfast for Spot and him? c) Cindy ________________ (not / to take) Spot for a walk in the park. d) Where _______________________ (to go / they) for a walk? e) Their neighbors _________________________ (not / to have got) a dog. They ________________ (to have got) a cat. f)
When Spot ________________ (to go) in the car he ________________ (to see) other dogs and ________________ (to bark) at them.
g) _________________________ (to watch / Henry’s parents) TV with Spot? h) Zach ________________ (not / to play) with Spot. i)
Henry ________________ (to have) lunch at home.
j)
___________________________ (to teach / Spot) the kids many tricks?
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V.
Look at these sentences. I wake Henry up.
I wake him up.
They throw the stick to me.
They throw it to me.
I run after the boys.
I run after them.
I always find Mrs. Smith.
I always find her.
They bark at Cindy and I.
They bark at us.
“Spot, come here, this is for Spot.”
“Come here, this is for you.”
Now, complete the table with the personal pronouns. PERSONAL PRONOUNS Subject (before the verb)
Object (after the verb)
I
me
Exercises: A. Complete the sentences with the correct personal pronoun object.
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B. Complete this dialogue with the correct personal pronoun. After completing it, circle the subject pronouns and underline the object pronouns. Brenda: Hello, Cindy. Where are ________ from? Cindy: ________’m from New York. I like ________ very much. Do ________ like your town? Brenda: Yes, ________ do. I have many friends there and I love ________. My boyfriend studies there too and ________ go to many places together. My friend Jane invites me and ________ to have lunch at her home. ________ always prepares a nice tea for ________. Cindy: I know that you have got a pet. Brenda: Oh, yes. ________ is a member of my family. ________ goes with ________ everywhere I go. Cindy: And what about your brother, does he play with ________ too? Brenda: Of course. My pet loves ________ a lot.
VI.
Cindy likes writing and drawing. Look at this letter complete it with the missing words. New York, 200___/___/___
Dear Anne, I
__________ my weekends very much. I
_______________ and I usually On Sunday I meet some
_________________ in the
____________ and then I
____________ at brother and I
_________.
______________. We have
_________________. Sometimes, in the afternoon, my
__________ our mum’s car, and then we
bikes. Spot, our dog, always Sometimes, we _____________
______________ at
________ our
__________ after us. ________________, or we go and visit our
___________. Other times, we stay at home: I
to music and my brother
___________ a book.
In the evening we always ______________. We What is your weekend like?
___________
________________ before we ______________ at about
____
_______________.
___________ to me. Lots of
_________, Cindy
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VII.
Frequency adverbs
ADVERBS always usually often sometimes rarely never
M
T
W
TH
F
SA
SU
NAMES Henry I They We Zach Cindy
ACTIVITY prepare breakfast for both. go to school in the morning. walk in the park. watch TV. play with Spot. get up late.
Look at the table above and build up correct sentences. Follow the example. Example: Henry always prepares breakfast for him and Spot. a) Cindy ______________________________________________________________. b) I __________________________________________________________________. c) They _______________________________________________________________. d) We ________________________________________________________________. e) Zach _______________________________________________________________.
My Family I am Sarah Miles. I am sixteen years old and a student. I live with my parents and grandmother in Chicago. She is my mother’s mother and her name is Susan. My mother’s name is Alice and my father is William. They are very happy. They have got three children – two sons and one daughter. My brothers’ names are Richard and Alex. Alex is married and he has got four children: Kate, Carol, John and Glen. They are my nephews and nieces. Their mother is Rachel. I.
Complete her family tree.
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II.
Decide whether these sentences about the text are TRUE or FALSE. Write T for TRUE and F for FALSE. Correct the false ones.
a) Susan is Richard and Alex’s grandmother. ____________________________________________________________ b) John and Glen are Sarah’s cousins. ____________________________________________________________ c) Alex is Susan’s grandson. ____________________________________________________________ d) Carol and Kate are Sarah’s nieces. ____________________________________________________________ e) Richard is Kate’s uncle. ____________________________________________________________ f)
Rachel is Sarah’s sister-in-law. ____________________________________________________________
g) Rachel is Alex’s daughter. ____________________________________________________________ III.
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Do this crossword puzzle about the family. 2
4 3 6
8
7 9
10
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IV.
Possessive Case – Look at these sentences from the text: My mother’s name is Alice. (= The name of my mother) My brothers’ names are Richard and Alex. (= The names of my brothers) the person
’s
+
+
the thing
BUT… the person plural (s)
+
’
+
the thing
AND… the thing
+
of
+
the thing
Exercises: write the correct possessive case.
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Yabba-Dabba-Doo! This is the Flintstones family. They live in a cave town. Fred Flintstone, the father, is riding his new motorbike, while Wilma, Mrs. Flintstone, is cleaning the house. _______________ ___________________________________ __________________________________. Barney, Fred’s best friend, is feeding their pet dinosaur, Dino. Dino is very big and has got purple skin. ____________ __________________________________. Sometimes Fred plays sports with Dino. They play soccer, basketball and rugby. ________________________________________ ______________________________________________. The two little children are Pebbles and Bam-Bam. They are twins. They are playing music: Pebbles is playing the guitar, and Bam-Bam is playing the drums. They love music, and their favorite group is The Rolling Pebbles. ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________. I.
Complete the text with the missing sentences. Write them in the correct places. a)
He loves eating “tyrano-burgers”.
b)
Pebbles, the daughter, wants to be an actress and singer, but Bam-Bam wants to be a famous athlete.
c)
She is using a baby mammoth as a vacuum cleaner.
d)
They have to be very strong, because the balls are made of rock!
II.
Write down the characters’ names.
III.
Now, answer these questions about the text. a) Which family is the text about? ________________________________________ b) Where do they live? _________________________________________________ c) What is Mrs. Flintstone doing? ________________________________________ d) Who is Dino? ______________________________________________________ e) Why do Fred and Dino have to be very strong? ___________________________ ___________________________________________ f)
How many children do the Flintstones have? _____________________________
g) What are the twins doing? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ h) What do the twins love? _____________________________________________ i)
What does Pebbles want to be? _______________________________________
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IV. The Present Continuous Look at these sentences from the text: Wilma is
cleaning the house.
They are
playing music.
Form: Affirmative =
am / is / are
Interrogative =
am / is / are
Negative =
subject
verb + ing .
+ +
subject
am / is / are
+
+
verb + ing
+
n’t
+
?
verb + ing .
Use:
are playing
Now
Past
Future
EXERCISES: What are they doing?
We / have dinner
He / play baseball
I / cry
They / fight
It / bite the man
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
She / sing
You / write
He / swim
She / sleep
He / watch TV
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
I / run
We / play soccer
He / walk
They / drive
You / buy an ice-cream
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
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An Interview with Raquel Jacob Raquel Jacob is an actress and she plays Mafalda Guedes soap opera “Morangos com Açúcar”. She has got a twin sister, Jacob. They were born on June 27, 1990, in Matosinhos, Portugal. and has got brown eyes. Her hair is long, wavy and brown. We about her life.
in the famous Portuguese whose name is Catarina Raquel is 1,70 meters tall are interviewing her now
Interviewer: Thank you for taking some time off to answer some questions! Raquel: _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Interviewer: What do you do on a normal day? Raquel: _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Interviewer: And what do you do in the afternoon? Raquel: _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Interviewer: Which scene are you acting today? Raquel: _________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Interviewer: That's very interesting. What do you do in the evening? Raquel: ___________________________________________________________________ Interviewer: Do you go out at night? Raquel: ___________________________________________________________________ Interviewer: Do you have any favorite music? Raquel: ___________________________________________________________________ Interviewer: And movies? Raquel: ___________________________________________________________________ Interviewer: Thank you very much. Raquel: ___________________________________________________________________ I.
Ask questions for these answers about the first paragraph of the text: 1. ___________________________________________________________________? She is an actress. 2. ___________________________________________________________________? Yes, she does. Her name is Catarina Jacob. 3. ___________________________________________________________________? They were born in Matosinhos, Portugal. 4. ___________________________________________________________________? We are interviewing her about her life.
II.
Now, match the interviewer’s questions to these answers: First I have lunch, then I go to the studio and shoot some scenes. In the evening, I go home, have dinner and study my scripts. Oh, I love thrillers and horror movies. It's my pleasure. I'm acting a scene about an angry lover. I love English and Spanish bands. I get up early - at 7 o’clock in the morning. Then I have breakfast. After breakfast, I go to the gym to exercise. Not always, I like going out on weekends. Now, write them down in the right places.
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III.
Describing people Raquel is 1,70 meters tall and has got brown eyes. Her hair is long, wavy and brown. A.
Read the descriptions of these twelve people and then write the number corresponding to each description.
1. The man with short curly hair is Phil. He wears glasses. 2. Diana is little girl with a round face. 3. The old woman with an oval face is Mrs. Jenkins. 4. Kate is the slim girl with long straight hair. 5. The boy with short curly hair is Tony. He wears a tie. 6. Mr. Wood has got a beard and a moustache. 7. Steve is short and fat. He wears a cap. 8. The girl with and oval face and short curly blonde hair is Sophie. 9. The boy with short blonde hair is Peter. He has a sweater. 10. Mr. Harris has got a big nose and no hair. He is bald. 11. Joanna is fat and has got long hair. She wears a cap. 12. The fat old woman with grey hair is Mrs. Glenn. She wears a hat.
B.
Now, label these pieces of clothing:
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IV.
Find the words from the list:
Word list: shirt sweater suit skirt socks dress belt pants boots gloves raincoat sneakers shorts shoes tie
V.
Finally, write on your notebook a paragraph describing yourself. Don’t forget to mention:
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