CATOLICA OF MOÇAMBIQUE UNIVERSITY

Institute of Teaching Distance

Work of Exercise of Aplication

(Unit 1-GREETINGS AND VERB TO BE, Unit 9-PREPOSITIONS)
Prime cessation

Mostalina Feliciano Semente, Code: 708208469

Course: Teaching of Geography

Discipline: English
Year of frequency: 1o Year

Nampula, April, 2020

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CATOLICA OF MOÇAMBIQUE UNIVERSITY

Institute of Teaching Distance

The First Work of Exercise of Aplication

(Unit 1-GREETINGS AND VERB TO BE, Unit 9-PREPOSITIONS)

Prime cessation

Mostalina Feliciano Semente, Code: 708208469

Course: Teaching of Geography

Discipline: English

Year of frequency: 1o Year

Teacher Name: Richard

Nampula, April, 2020

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Índex
Introduction.............................................................................................................................4

Unit 1-GREETINGS AND VERB TO BE.............................................................................5

Exercises..................................................................................................................................5

Unit 2-NUMBERS AND DATES...........................................................................................8

Exercises..................................................................................................................................8

Unit 3-VERB TO HAVE AND FAMILY..............................................................................9

Exercises..................................................................................................................................9

Unit 4-VERB TO DO............................................................................................................10

Exercises................................................................................................................................10

Unit 5-PRESENT SIMPLE...................................................................................................12

Exercises................................................................................................................................12

Unit 6-TELLING THE TIME...............................................................................................13

Exercises................................................................................................................................13

Unit 7-PRESENT CONTINUOUS.......................................................................................15

Exercises................................................................................................................................15

Unit 8-PLURALS..................................................................................................................17

Exercises................................................................................................................................17

Unit 9-PREPOSITIONS........................................................................................................19

Exercises................................................................................................................................19

Conclusion.............................................................................................................................23

Bibliography..........................................................................................................................24
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Introduction
Cardinals are used to count nouns in amount and ordinals count nouns in a sequence of
them of the same species, or ordinals count nouns in an order. The next unit exercises deal
with family relationships as language function and vocabulary set in line with the verb to have
in the present simple negative, positive, short form and full forms. The fourth unit conjugates
the verb to do in the present simple and past simple as question and negative auxiliary verb of
all the verbs in English except the verb to be. Sooner after this unit comes unit five giving the
general rules on how to conjugate the verbs in English language with major focus on third
person singular.

The exercises in the first unit is based on the greetings as language function and the
conjugation of the verb to be in the present simple positive, negative, full forms , short forms
and questions. Because to greet someone and introduce one requires use of the verb to be in
different forms, the unit talks about greetings in line with the verb to be. In the following unit
exercises, the focus is on the two kinds of numbers namely cardinals and ordinal ones.

This is the work of English language from Catholic University done through support
of English year 1 module about solving all the exercises contained in the module from unit 1
until unit 18. The work was assigned as both individual and independent work to be submitted
to the lecturer within the deadline strictly established.

Other tenses dealt with in the exercises are the present continuous tense, past simple,
future, and present perfect. Also, there is a focus on the plurals, conditionals, prepositions
with further explanations.
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1. Unit 1-GREETINGS AND VERB TO BE

Exercises
Hi, my name is Rosita. I’m from Maputo. I’m 56 years old. I like watching soap opera
and reading my books. I’m studying History.

(a) Hi, my name is Rosita. What’s your name?

(b) My name is Paulo

(a) Nice to meet you Paulo

(b) Nice to meet you too. (Shake hands). Where are you from?

(a) I am from Maputo, how about you?

(b) I am from Cuamba. What do you study?

(a) I study History, how about you?

(b) I study Portuguese.

(a) How old are you?

(b) I’m 33, how about you?

(a) I’m 56. I like watching soap opera. What do you like?

(b) I like reading my books and going out with my friends.

(a) Nice meeting you. I have a class now. See you later.

(b) Ok, goodbye.

(1) Complete using am or are.

(1) Where are you from, Mr. Taylor? I am from London.

(2) Good morning. I am Miss Kenney, your History teacher.

(3) How are you? Fine, thanks, and you?

(4) Are you from Japan? Yes, I am.

(5) How old are you? I am twelve.

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(6) Are you Egyptian? No, I am not.

(7) What nationality are you? I am English.

(8) Are you eleven? Yes, I am.

(2) Complete these sentences using am, are, and is.

(1) What is that?

(2) Are you Portuguese?

(3) His name is Roberto.

(4) Where is she from?

(5) My address is 90 Central Street.

(6) It is an orange.

(7) Who is he?

(8) I am thirteen.

(9) How old are you?

(10) Mr. Taylor is an English teacher.

(3) Complete these sentences using am, is, are, am not, isn’t, aren’t.

(1) Peas aren’t red.

(2) A football isn’t round.

(3) Crisps are cheap.

(4) You and I are friends.

(5) Sunil is fifteen.

(6) You are a student.

(7) Pedro isn’t English.

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(8) I am Mozambican.

(9) We aren’t Japanese.

(10) Marco and Rajiv are in England.

(4) Write these sentences in the interrogative (question) form.

Example: You are intelligent. Are you intelligent?

(1) You are twelve. Are you twelve?

(2) You are from Germany. Are you from Germany?

(3) You are my Geography teacher. Are you my Geography teacher?

(4) You are American. Are you American?

(5) You are my friend. Are you my friend?

5. Write the missing sentences, questions and answers.

Sentences Question Answer

Marco is Italian Is Marco Italian? Yes, he is.

You are Japanese Are you Japanese? No, I am not.

Marie is Dutch Is Marie Dutch? Yes, she is.

That is a fish Is that a fish? No, it is not.

I am a student Am I a student? Yes, you are.

This is my English book Is this my English h book? Yes, it is.

Rajiv is fifteen Is Rajiv fifteen? Yes, it is.

I am your friend Am I your friend? Yes, you are.

(6) Write these sentences in the Negative form. Then write a correct answer.

Sentence Negative Answer

1 Marco is Spanish Marco isn’t Spanish He’s Italian.

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2 Zaira is twenty Zaira isn’t twenty She’s twenty.

3 Rome is in Holland Rome isn’t in Holland It’s in Holland.

4 You are Greek You aren’t Greek You are Greek.

5 I am Belgian I’am not Belgian I’m Belgian

(7) Write short answers for these questions.

Example: Is she from Maputo? Yes, she is.

Question Short Answer

1 Is your friend Italian? Yes, he is.

2 Is Ms Amalia your English teacher? No, she is not.

3 Are you French? Yes, I am.

4 Is your best friend from Chimoio? No. he is not.

5 Are you fifteen? Yes, I am.

6 Is your surname Alberto? No, it is not.

7 Are you from Quelimane? Yes, I am.

8 Is your name Judite? No, it is not.

2. Unit 2-NUMBERS AND DATES

Exercises
What’s the date today?

It’s the seventeenth of March of 2020

When is your birthday?

My birthday is on June sixth.

January Fastudo July Gildo

February Carlos August Anacleto

March Felisberto September Maria

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April Felizardo October Teresa

May Catarina November Laura

June Marta December Isabel

Match the words and the numbers

a. 1/1 1. the fifth of April

b. 5/4 2. the seventeenth of March

c. 4/7 3. the twenty-seventh of April

d. 17/3 4. the thirty-first of August

e. 22/10 5. the eleventh of February

f. 31/8 6. the fourth of July

g. 11/2 7. the first of January

h. 27/4 8. the twenty-second of October

3. Unit 3-VERB TO HAVE AND FAMILY

Exercises
Use the words in the table above to complete the sentences below about the Sitoe
family.

(1) Victorino is Dangarilane’s father.

(2) Berta is Pedro’s sister.

(3) Pedro is Maria’s brother.

(4) Victorino is Rosa’s husband.

(5) Dangarilane is Chicumba’s sister.

(6) Rosa is Maria’s mother.

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(7) Chicumba is Victorino’s son.

(8) Berta is Rosa’s daughter.

(9) Maria is Chicumba’s sister.

(10) Pedro is Dangarilane’s brother.

Now write some sentences about your family and ask and answer questions with other
students.

How many brothers do you have? I have four brothers, how about you?

I have two brothers and three sisters. The two sisters are already married and my
brothers are farmers in Memba.

4. Unit 4-VERB TO DO

Exercises
Answer these questions about yourself.

(1) Where do you go to school?

I go to Catholic University.

(2) What do you eat for breakfast?

I drink tea with bread.

(3) What do you usually drink in the morning?

I drink tea.

(4) Do you go to school by bus?

Yes, I do.

(5) Do you like going to school?

Yes, I do.

(6) What do you like about your school?

I like Geography and English language.

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(7) What do you like doing in your free time?

I like chatting with my friends and doing my school works.

(8) What do you do at the weekend?

I do my washing and cleaning my house.

(9) What do you like to watch on TV?

I like to watch the news and soap opera.

(10) What time do you usually go to bed?

I usually go to bed at 9 pm.

Rewrite these sentences as questions.

(1) You always speak Italian with Andrea.

Do you always speak Italian with Andrea?

(2) He is coming back to Italy.

Is he coming back to Italy?

(3) Her husband leaves for work at 8.30.

Does her husband leave for work at 8.30?

(4) You and Peter live in the same house.

Do you and Peter live in the same house?

(5) We are having an English breakfast.

Are we having an English breakfast?

(6) John and Mary often go to bed late.

Do John and Mary often go to bed late?

(7) Mike is looking for his suitcase.

Is Mike looking for his suitcase?

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(8) He usually eats a lot for dinner.

Does he usually eat a lot for dinner?

5. Unit 5-PRESENT SIMPLE

Exercises
Write the third person Present Simple verb.

Study Studies Have has

Run Runs Forget forgets

Fly Flies Learn learns

Eat Eats Do does

Be Is/are Carry carries

Drive Drives Meet meets

Worry Worries Come comes

Like Likes Go goes

Write sentences in the Present Simple using the pictures and the words below.

Example: (a) He drinks a beer.

(a) He drinks a beer.

(b) She takes a photo.

(c) John saws the wood.

(d) Maria types on the computer.

(e) You carry a sofa.

(f) They take photos.

(g) We iron the clothes.

6. Unit 6-TELLING THE TIME

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Exercises
Write these times in words.

(a) 11:15-------eleven: fifteen.

(b) 12:30------twelve: thirty.

(c) 9:00------- nine o’clock.

(d) 7:45------- seven: forty-five.

(e) 3:50------- three: fifty.

(f) 8:23-------- eight: twenty-three.

(g) 5:41---------five: forty-one.

(h) 4:33--------- four: thirty-three.

Write the following times in words. Use AM, PM, in the morning, etc.

(a) 11:00--------eleven o’clock AM;

(b) 09:23------- nine: twenty-three in the morning;

(c) 06:50-------- six: fifty in the morning;

(d) 14:25-------fourteen: twenty-five in the afternoon;

(e) 01:30-----one: thirty AM;

(f) 18:54------- eighteen: fifty-four in the evening;

(g) 13:10------one: ten in the afternoon;

(h) 12:04--------twelve: o four PM.

(i) 07:15-------seven: fifteen in the morning;

(j) 10:12------- ten: twelve AM;

(k) 16:37-------four: thirty-seven in the afternoon

(l) 02:40------ two: forty in the morning;

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(m) 13:29-------thirteen: twenty-nine PM;

(n) 19:21-------- nineteen: twenty-one in the evening;

(o) 05:59-------- five: fifty-nine AM.

Using this second way of telling the time, write the following times in words. You can also
use AM, PM, and in the morning, etc.

(a) 11:12---------eleven: twelve in the morning;

(b) 08:23---------eight: twenty-three AM;

(c) 06:50------ six: fifty in the morning;

(d) 14:25--------two: twenty-five PM;

(e) 01:30-------one: thirty AM;

(f) 18:54---------eighteen: fifty-four in the evening;

(g) 13:15--------one: fifteen PM;

(h) 12:04-------twelve: o four in the afternoon;

(i) 07:19---------- seven: nineteen in the morning;

(j) 10:53--------- ten: fifty-three AM;

(k) 16:37--------four: thirty-seven PM;

(l) 02:40---------two: forty AM;

(m) 13:29--------thirteen: twenty-nine in the afternoon;

(n) 19:21--------- nineteen: twenty-one in the evening;

(o) 05:59----------five: fifty-nine in the morning.

How many different ways can you say the time in these watches?

(a) One: forty-six (in the morning, AM, in the afternoon, PM)

Fourteen minutes to two

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(b) Eleven: twenty-eight (in the morning, at night, AM)

Twenty-eight minutes past eleven

(c) Nine: twenty-three (in the morning, AM, at night)

Twenty-three past nine

(d) Three: five (in the morning, AM, in the afternoon, PM)

Five past three.

6. Unit 7-PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Exercises
Complete the Present Continuous table

Present Negative Question

He’s drinking He isn’t drinking Is he drinking?

We’re eating We aren’t eating Are we eating?

She is sleeping She isn’t sleeping Is he sleeping?

It’s playing It isn’t playing Is it playing?

You’re studying You aren’t studying Are you studying?

I’m talking I’m not talking Am I talking?

They are reading They aren’t reading Are they reading?

He is singing He isn’t singing Is he singing?

What are the gerunds of the following verbs?

Write--------------- writing; Put-----------

putting;

Stop----------------stopping; Play----------
playing;

Read-------------- reading; Sit-----------sitting;

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Marry------------marrying; Swim---------
swimming;

Talk------------- talking; Watch---------

watching;

Dance----------dancing.

Read the postcard and answer the following questions.

(a) Lucia and the kids.

(b) They are staying in a villa near the beach.

(c) She is writing from the Island of Ibo in the north of Cabo- Delgado.

(d) She is writing it to Joaquim.

Write a postcard to a friend.

Dear Milda

Here I am on Mozambique Island in Nampula province and I am enjoying my holidays

very well. I am staying in a hotel you can see in the picture. I simply came here to know the
Island with its amusing buildings, monuments, infrastructures and world patrimony.

See you soon

Love

Lucia Inácio

Read the dialogue and answer the questions that follow.

(a) Peter is looking for old watches for his collections.

(b) Alison is at home.

(c) She is cooking Sunday lunch.

(d) John is a producer.

(e) He is looking for a part time helper.

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Write what the people are doing by using the verbs and nouns given. Some verbs can be
repeated.

(a) Luis is playing baseball;

(b) He is fixing a television;

(c) He is playing basketball;

(d) They are painting the house;

(e) She is taking a letter.

(f) You are carrying suitcase.

7. Unit 8-PLURALS

Exercises
Try to write the plurals of the following words.

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Elephant Elephants class classes

Monkey Monkeys student students

Army Armies Match matches

Toothbrush teeth brush television televisions

Fax Faxes Lady ladies

Country----------countries; Trousers---------trousers

Tomato---------tomatoes; baby-------------babies

House----------houses; person------persons/people

Wolf--------wolves; street---------streets

Donkey-------donkeys; possibility-------possibilities
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Ostrich---------ostriches; doctor------doctors

Kiss--------kisses; leaf-------leaves

Dog----------dogs; mouse--------mice

Church--------churches; scissors-------scissors

Fly---------flies; student--------students

Thief----------thieves; watch--------watches

Tooth--------teeth; foot--------feet

Library-----------libraries woman--------women

Dream-------------dreams brush----------brushes

Child-------------children

8. Unit 9-PREPOSITIONS

Exercises
1. The window is in front of the plant. FALSE

The window is behind the plant.

2. The flowers are in the vase. TRUE

3. The computer is under the desk. FALSE

The computer is on the desk

4. The pillows are on the bed. TRUE

5. The glasses are beside the wine. TRUE

Here is a list of some prepositions of place. Work with a partner and write sentences about
your classroom. Write one sentence for each preposition.
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(a) We usually study in the classroom;

(b) I sit behind my classmates;

(c) The lecturer gives lecture between the blackboard and the students;

(d) We keep our schoolbags under the chairs;

(e) The lecturer sits in front of the students;

(f) Paulo sits beside Maria;

(g) The chalk is on the desk;

(h) The lamps are above the classroom;

(i) Arlindo sits next to Armando;

(j) I prepare my seminars inside the library;

(k) I live near the faculty;

(l) We enjoy the break outside the classroom;

(m) The security man stands up against the wall when he is working.

Write sentences about these pictures. Use different prepositions.

(a) The flowers are in the vase on the table;

(b) The sun shines above the clouds;

(c) The leaf is between the hands;

(d) The insect is on the leaf.

Complete the following sentences using to or at. Sometimes it is not necessary to put a
preposition.

1. Joy didn’t go to work yesterday.

2. Ann is ill. She has gone to the doctor.

3. Are you going to the party on Saturday evening?

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4. I talked to some nice people at the party.

5. Where were you this morning? I was at work.

6. Do you usually walk to work? No, I go by bicycle.

7. We had a good meal at a restaurant and then we went back to the hotel.

8. What time are you going home?

9. Will you be at home this afternoon?

10. I went to Mary’s house but she wasn’t at home.

11. There were no taxis so we walked home.

12. How often do you go to the dentist?

13. What time do you usually arrive at work in the morning?

14. It was very late when we arrived home.

15. The boy jumped into the river and swam to the other side.

16. Would you like to study at university?

17. There were 20,000 people at the football match.

18. Are your children here? No, they’re at school.

Complete the sentences with at or in.

1. Hamid works at a restaurant in Oxford.

2. We live at number 32 Redland Road now.

3. We had a wonderful time in Madrid.

4. The accident happened because the driver didn’t stop at the traffic lights.

5. We had great fun last night at Mick’s party.

6. Are there any fish in this river?

7. It’s too cold to go out. I’m staying at home tonight.

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Here is a description of my house. Fill in the gaps using in or at.

We live in an old house at the end of a quiet street in Birmingham. There are four
rooms downstairs. I have my study on the left in the front of the house. There are a few chairs
in the room and in one corner there is a table with a computer-that’s where I do most of my
work. The sitting room is also in the front of the house, on the right as you come in. The
kitchen is at the back. It looks out over the garden. There is another small sitting room at the
back of the house. There are four bedrooms upstairs, two at the back. There is a bathroom at
the end of the corridor.

Complete with to or in.

1. Where is Jack? In bed.

2. I’m going to the shop to buy some milk.

3. Tom went to the kitchen to make some coffee.

4. Where’s Tom? He’s in the kitchen making some coffee.

5. Would you like to go to the theatre this evening?

6. I got a postcard from Sue this morning. She’s on holiday in Switzerland.

7. John lives in a small village in the southwest of England.

8. What time do you usually go to bed?

9. Kevin’s sister is very ill. She’s in hospital.

10. The train left Brussels at 7 o’clock and arrived in Paris at 9:30.

11. I was tired this morning. I stayed in bed until 10 o’clock.

12. Next year we hope to go to Canada to visit some friends.

13. Would you like to live in another country?

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Conclusion
Arrived at this point of the work, it was concluded that solving exercises makes
students improve and master or consolidate contents already studied because the exercises
were solved first through re-reading the contents or summaries given in the module after that
answering questions posed in the exercises. Therefore the units were sequenced in a
productive way so as to enable students to follow the right flow of the contents in a way that
by the end of the module the student can speak English through the module.

The first contents required to speak a language are based on how to greet someone and
introduce oneself to somebody else, but so that the speaker can utter this dialogue it is
necessary to conjugate the verb to be especially in the present simple; so, that was the content
of the first unit.

Sooner after that counting nouns cardinally and in ordinal makes part of the language
production and after that come the contents like the family and the verb to have, verb to do,
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present simple, telling the time, present continuous, plurals, prepositions, comparatives and
superlatives, the past, the past continuous, advice and obligation, the future, first conditional,
second conditional, and present perfect.

To sum up, all the contents aforementioned behave as the key components that lead
learners to speak English language from the basic notions towards some advanced contents
that need special attention in the students because the meanings of certain verb tenses differ
from Portuguese language and owing to that fact there might be some kind of interference
from Portuguese with English and vice-versa causing errors.

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