AULA 04/2022 – Learning about South Africa / Simple Past, Past Continuous, connectors and English varieties

Observe as imagens a seguir.

Disponível em: https://www.englishlearnsite.com/grammar/past-simple-tense-vs-past-continuous-tense/ Acesso em 03 de nov. de 2020.

Disponível em: https://sites.google.com/site/actividadesparainglesjlc/home/unit-1/prepositions-of-time-1 Acesso em 03 de nov. de 2020.

SOUTH AFRICAN CAPITAL – CAPE TOWN

The immigrants who came to Cape Town in search of gold and diamonds soon found themselves in the middle of the Second Boer War, in which Great Britain was victorious. A gradual influx of British settlers from the 1820s onwards forced the isolated Dutch farmers to move further inland. Cape Town first became the capital of the Union of South Africa in 1910, before achieving its current status as the Republic of South Africa’s legislative capital in 1961.

Disponível em: http://www.world-guides.com/africa/south-africa/western-cape-province/cape-town/cape_town_history.html Acesso em 03 de nov. de 2020.

Figura disponível em: https://africadosulbrasil.com.br/cidades/cape-town/ Acesso em 03 de nov. de 2020.

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences. (Escolha a alternativa correta para completar as sentenças.)

1 The immigrants were looking for ______________ at Cape Town when they found themselves in the middle of the Second Boer War?

a) ( ) gold and diamonds

b) ( ) British settlers

c) ( ) Great Britain

d) ( ) Dutch farmers

2 Cape Town achieved the status as the Republic of South Africa’s legislative capital ____________.

a) ( ) in 1910.

b) ( ) in 1820s.

c) ( ) in 1961.

d) ( ) in the Second Boer War.

“In 2018, my family and I went to South Africa. We visited beautiful places there.

Cape Town is such a beautiful place filled with a diversity of people, languages, tastes and music with a spectacular view.

We visited the Robben Island that is located off Cape Town. It became a maximum-security prison in 1961 for long-term convicts (ten years in perpetuity).

Figura disponível em: https://www.robben-island.org.za/ Acesso em 03 de nov. de 2020.

2. Mark an X TRUE or FALSE according to the text. (Marque um X no verdadeiro ou falso de acordo com o texto.)

	TRUE	FALSE
Sofia didn’t like to visit Cape Town.
Robben Island became a maximum-security prison in 1961.
Sofia and her family saw giraffes, rhinos, zebras and lions at Kragga Kamma Game Park.
The buffalos were lying resting at the little dam.

3. Make questions to the answers below. (Elabore perguntas para as respostas a seguir.)

a) _________________________________________________________________________?

We went to South Africa in 2018.

b) _________________________________________________________________________?

Yes, it is located off Cape Town.

c) __________________________________________________________________________?

No, we didn’t. We didn’t go to Johannesburg.

d) __________________________________________________________________________?

It is in Port Elizabeth.

4. Complete the sentences with IN, AT, or ON.

a) My friends went bungee jumping _____________ 2019.

b) They watched a movie about South Africa ____________ 2:30pm yesterday.

c) He was reading a book about Mandela ___________ Fourth of July.

d) She saw a lion _________ night last Saturday.

5. Suppose you are in South Africa. How would you say these sentences like a South African? (Suponha que você esteja na África do Sul. Como você falaria estas sentenças como um sul-africano?)

a) How are you?

___________________________________________________________.

b) Sue is my girlfriend.

___________________________________________________________.

c) My brother is having fun.

__________________________________________________________.

d) Bob lives in a small town.

__________________________________________________________.