CONNECTORS AND POLYSEMIC WORDS

Conectores são palavras ou expressões que interligam as frases, períodos, orações, parágrafos, permitindo a sequência de ideias.

1. Complete these sentences using: AND, BUT, SO, BECAUSE. (Complete as frases usando os conectores: E, MAS, ENTÃO, PORQUE)

a) Mary wants to go to the cinema, ____________ I don’t like that film.

b) My friend plays volleyball _________ soccer.

c) I can’t sleep, _________________I’m going to drink a glass of hot milk.

d) He is sad, ____________________ he saw a terrible accident.

2. Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

a) She always goes to the club _____________ sunset.

b) They got married ___________ 1995.

c) I will meet my friends ________ my birthday.

3. Complete the expressions with IN, ON or AT.

a) ________ Christmas

b) ________ spring

c) ________ March, 30th 1986. 

d) ________ the weekdays

e) ________ my birthday

f) ________ June,14th.

g) ________ winter

h) ________ midnight

i) _________ Mondays

j) _________ 8pm

4. Escolha a melhor preposição para cada caso.

4.1. Our plane leaves … fifty minutes

(A) on   

(B) in 

(C) at

4.2. She left her coat …. my bed.

(A) on   

(B) in 

(C) at

4.3.  Kelly was born … Summer.

(A) on   

(B) in 

(C) at 

4.4. Francesca knows me very well. She lives … New York, just like me

(A) on   

(B) in 

(C) at 

4.5. Don’t call me … my cell phone, please.

(A) on   

(B) in 

(C) at 

5.  Answer these questions and then ask your friends. Take notes in the following chart. (Responda essas perguntas e depois pergunte a seus amigos. Faça as anotações na tabela a seguir.)

Vocabulary:

Finish: terminar                                           Epic: épica                                         Series: série

Book: livro                                                   Great: ótimos                                     Wrong: errado

Impress: Impressionar                                 Characters: personagens                    Should: deveria

Read: ler                                                      Expect: expectativa                            Try: tentar

Eight: oito                                                    Need: precisar                                    Have: ter

Make: fazer                                                 Don´t: não (presente)                         End: fim

Like: gostar                                                 Want: querer                                      Ended: terminou

Nnow: saber

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

7. Ao lermos a Comic strip (Tirinha), observamos o uso de Connectors (Conectivos) para estabelecer ligações entre os termos nas frases. Dentre eles podemos citar

  (A) STORY e WANTED.

  (B) PAPER e AFTER.

  (C) AND e STORY.

  (D) AFTER e AND.

Vocabulary:

Fairy: fadas                                      Midnight: meia-noite                                     Publish: publicar

Arrives: chegar                                Prosperous: próspero                                     Ball: baile

Father: pai                                        Attraction: atração                                         Remarried: casar novamente            

Cruel: cruel                                      Stepmother: madrasta                                    Chores: tarefas

Fancydress: baile a fantasia             King’s castle: Castelo do rei                          Stepsister: Meia-irmã

8. Answer these questions in English. (Responda a essas perguntas em inglês).

a)When was “Cinderella” first published?

b) What does her stepmother make Cinderella do?

c) Who becomes the center of attraction at the ball?

d) Who marries the prince?

9. No nosso cotidiano, conhecemos o significado da palavra BALL como BOLA. No entanto, observamos no texto que a palavra BALL significa

(A) baile.

(B) roupa.

(C) vestido.

(D) príncipe.

10. Complete as frases abaixo com a flexão de Simple Past correta do verbo entre parênteses. Fique atento à forma indicada (affirmative, negative ou interrogative).

a) I _____________ the house three times yesterday. (to clean – affirmative form)

b) She _____________ the Windows because it was too hot in here. (to open – affirmative form)

c) The class _____________ at 8 a.m. (to begin – negative form)

d)  He _____________ to be a doctor when he was a kid. (to want – affirmative form)

e)  _____________ the accident _____________ last night? (to happen – interrogative form)

f) We _____________ at a nice place in LA. (to stay – affirmative form)

g)  They _____________ the party. (to enjoy – negative form)

h) My grandmother _____________ when I was eight. (to die – affirmative form)

i) He _____________ to work by bus. (to come – negative form)

j) Why _____________ you _____________ a cab to the airport? (to take – interrogative form)