Tuesday, May 26, 2009

www.inglesonline.com.br/exercicios-de-ingles

After access the site and solve the exercises, please post here your answers!!!
Don´t forget : name, number and group/grade.

READING MAGAZINES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
A - What is the name of the magazine?
B - IN the section "ABOUT US" what kind of information can you find?
C - What kind of people is the target reader? Why they read it?
D - Tell me about the headlines.
E - What can you find in the section "all issues"?

A DAY IN HISTORY

Read the text  and write a comment  in Portuguese or English.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

HOW MAIL MOVES ???

What happens after you drop a letter in a mailbox? Read and number the steps.
( ) Finally, a mail carrier delivers the letters.
( ) Letters go in the mailbox.
( ) The mail carrier takes the letters from the mailbox. He brings them to the post office.
( ) The letters are sorted by ZIP code.

( ) The letters are loaded into trucks and airplanes.
( ) A machine puts lines over the stamps. Now no one can use the stamps again.

DIALOGUE


Write in English a dialogue about you and your partner.

READING: STORY OF A SINGER


Billie Holiday was a great jazz singer. She was born in Maryland. She moved to New York when she was 14. Then she started singing. Billie Holiday sang with famous musicians. She wore a flower in her hair when she sang. The singer loved music. It could make her very happy or very sad.
1. Qual a profissão de Billie?
2. Onde ela nasceu?
3. Quando cantava que tipo de acessório gostava de usar?

4. O que aconteceu em na vida dela aos 14 anos?

5. Quais sentimentos a música despertava na cantora?

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Super Snack Mix


Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Serving Size: ½ cup
Number of Servings:

Ingredients:
1 cup whole grain cereal (squares or O shapes)
¼ cup raisins
¼ cup dried apples or apricots, cut into small chunks
¼ cup mini pretzel

Tools:
Measuring cups - Large bowl - Large spoon

Directions:
Measure the ingredients. Mix them together in a large bowl.
QUESTIONS
1. How many servings does this recipe make?
2. What is the serving size?
3. True or false: The amount of raisins and apples in this recipe adds up to ½ cup.
4. You want the recipe to make seven servings. Rewrite the ingredient list here.
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WINTER WORD PROBLEMS



1. Some kids made two snowmen. They made three more snowmen
the next week. How many did they make in all? _____
2. We saw one snow hut. On the next street, we saw five snow
huts. How many snow huts were there all together? _____
3. One festival had three ice castles. Another had five. How many
ice castles were at the two festivals? _____
4. There were three kids at the top of the hill. One rode a sled
down the hill. How many kids were left at the top? _____
5. There were seven skaters on the frozen lake. Two went home.
How many skaters were left? _____

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ELEPHANT MATH


Elephants are amazing creatures! Learn some fascinating elephant facts by solving the problems.


1. Twenty-seven elephants are bathing at a water hole. Nine elephants wander off to find some bark to eat. How many elephants are still bathing at the water hole?
2. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal. A male African elephant can weigh as much as nine tons. About how many tons would 10 male African elephants weigh?
3. One elephant can eat more than 300 pounds of food in one day. How many pounds of food could an elephant eat in five days?
4. A tusk is a very long, large tooth that sticks out of an elephant’s mouth. An elephant’s two tusks grow about four inches each year. About how many years would it take for a tusk to grow 12 inches?
5. A pack of elephants travels 22 miles per hour as the animals search for food. How many miles would the pack cover in four hours? In eight hours?
6. An elephant can drink 50 gallons of water a day. How many total gallons of water will a zoo need for 15 elephants each day?



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Monday, May 11, 2009

HELP (The Beatles)

PUT THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT PLACE: NEEDED - PLEASE - DAYS - TODAY - DOWN - DOORS - SOMEBODY - SOMEONE - INSECURE

Help!
The Beatles

Composição: Lennon / McCartney
Help, I need _______1________,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need ______2_______, help!
When I was younger, so much younger than _____3________
I never _______4_______ anybody's help in any way.
But now these______5_______ are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the _____6_____.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling ______7_______
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you ______8_______, please help me.
And now my _____9______ has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so _______10_________,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling _____11______
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you ________12_________, please help me.

When I was younger, so much younger than _____13______,
I never _______14______ anybody's help in any way.
But now these _____15________ are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the _______16_________.
Help me if you can, I'm feeling ______17_______
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you _____18_______, please help me, help me, help me, oh.