Centro Interescolar de Línguas de Ceilândia

STUDENT: __________________________________________________________
CLASS: ______________________________________________________________
TEACHER: ___________________________________________________________

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 APRESENTAÇÃO
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CLASSROOM LANGUAGE
Learn some common expressions that a teacher and his/her students use in the classroom.

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 FIRST TERM

Speaking Listening Writing Reading

At the end of this term, you will be able to:

✓ Write an autobiography and present it to the class.

In this autobiography, you will:

1. Describe your childhood.

2. Describe important events in your childhood.

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 REVIEW
A. Answer the questions about yourself.
1. Where do you live?

2. Who do you live with?

3. What is your home like?

4. What do you usually do in your free time at home?

5. What is your bedroom like?

6. Who cleans your room? How often?

B. Now interview your classmate and tell the class about his or her life.
1. What’s your name?

2. How old are you?

3. What are you like?

4. Where do you study?

5. What is your favorite subject?

6. What do you usually do in your free time?

7. Do you usually practice sports? How often?

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 PART I – MY CHILDHOOD

I. Talk to a partner.
A. Did you like your childhood?
B. What were you like when you were a child?
C. Do you have any brothers and sisters?
D. Were your parents happy / nice / angry/ strict?
E. Who was your best friend when you were 10 years old?
F. Where did you live?

VOCABULARY

I. Look at the vocabulary that you can use to describe people. Add your words
to the box.
Appearance Personality
chubby thin shy sociable
hairy bald quiet talkative
cute happy sad
well-behaved naughty
a crying baby

II. Complete the sentences with WAS or WASN’T so that the sentences are true for you.
1. I a chubby baby.
2. When I was a baby, I bald.
3. I a well-behaved child.
4. I very talkative.
5. In my first school, I sociable child.

III. Read your sentences to a different partner. Give extra information if possible.

SIMPLE PAST (TO BE)

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VOCABULARY

I. What were you like as a child? Use three words to describe your personality.
Example: I was…

Discuss with a partner and then with your teacher. Which strategies are more
effective? Why?

Look at the chart. Check if understand the words. Practice pronunciation.

1. attentive 2. calm 3. cheeky 4. intelligent 5. outgoing 6. impatient

7. friendly 8. happy 9. hardworking 10. polite 11. nervous 12. humble

13. patient 14. obedient 15. popular 16. easygoing 17. tidy 18. rude

19. distracted 20. shy 21. well-behaved 22. talkative 23. lazy 24. naughty

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I. Talk to a partner. When you were about 10 years old, what were you like …
1. … at school?
2. … with your parents?
3. … with your brothers and sisters?
4. … with your friends?

Example: I was sociable at school. / I was shy at school.

II. Match the opposites.

1. patient A. ( ) disobedient
2. obedient B. ( ) unhappy
3. tidy C. ( ) unfriendly
4. happy D. ( ) impatient
5. friendly E. ( ) untidy

Talk to a family member about his / her childhood and 3 write sentences.
Use the vocabulary about appearance and personality suggested.

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READING

I. Listen and complete the texts. Then, match each short text to a picture. (Extracted from
LOG IN 2, 2nd Edition, Unt 7, p.70
(Google Drive – Listening – Track 3)

“I was born on a winter and I was

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completely bald. Nobody believes me when I say that because

now I have lots of ! But it’s true! I wasn’t a

very happy . It was just my Mom and I and we

were very lonely. But now things are . I have a

step-dad and three stepsisters. They’re cool! “

IRNIQ

“I was born in summer. I was a chubby and happy

. And I was cute, too! I was always close to my 2

. It was cold, so she carried me in her amauti

– a traditional Inuit coat. My first was

aput. That’s one of our words for snow.”

“He was a ____ and hairy baby. His hair was GARFIELD

orange. He wasn’t a quiet . In fact, he was

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very naughty. It is no surprise for you to know that he was

always . His favorite were

MORE FOOD. I love him. He is my favorite character.”

JACK
II. Write the highlighted adjectives in the texts next to their definitions.

1. with no hair
2. adorable, pretty
3. with lots of hair
4. a little fat (usually for children)
5. the opposite of well-behaved
6. the opposite of noisy
7. the opposite of sad

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VOCABULARY: HOW TO READ DATES IN ENGLISH

WHEN WERE YOU BORN?

There are different ways to write the date in English. There are differences between British
and American English. The following table shows some typical formats.

British: day-month-year American: month-day-year

14th August 2015 August 14th, 2015

14 August 2015 August 14, 2015

Saying Years

1900 1998 2000 2015

nineteen nineteen ninety- two thousand two thousand
hundred eight fifteen

twenty fifteen

1804: eighteen oh four 2008: two thousand eight

Work in pairs. Ask your partner when he/she was born. Write down the sentence
below and read it out loud for the class.

Example: Adam: When were you born?

Lisa: I was born on July 7th, 1980. Lisa was born on July 7th ,1980.

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Now watch a video with teacher Lucy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRl6tpsxchw

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 ORDINAL NUMBERS

Complete the table with ordinal numbers.

1st first 17th
2nd second 18th
3rd third 19th nineteenth
4th fourth 20th twentieth
5th fifth 21st twenty-first
6th sixth 22nd
7th 23rd
8th eighth 24th twenty-fourth
9th ninth 25th
10th 26th twenty-sixth
11th 27th twenty-seventh
12th twelfth 28th
13th thirteenth 29th twenty-ninth
14th fourteenth 30th thirtieth
15th 31st
16th

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

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WRITING

I. When were they born? Write the dates in full. Use the American way (Month + Day + Year).
1. Anna: 2/13/1999

2. Paul: 3/8/2000

3. John: 9/21/2002

4. Alice: 10/31/1998

5. Mary: 1/23/2003

II. Answer the questions about your childhood.

1. When were you born?
I was born ON ____________________________________________________________.

2. Where were you born?

I was born IN _____________________________________________________________.

III. Interview your classmate about his / her childhood. Ask questions in exercise 2.
Tell the class about him or her.
Example: Pedro was born on April 2nd, 2009. He was born in Ceilândia.

1. ____________________________________________________________________.

2. ____________________________________________________________________.

3. Class work. Ask your classmates their dates of birth. Organize themselves in a line
according to their birth dates. Then, talk to the person on your right. Ask questions in
exercise 3.

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LISTENING
(Extracted from Interchange, 4th Ed., Unit 15, p.100, Ex. 2 Conversation)

I WAS BORN IN SOUTH KOREA (Google Drive – Track 1)

I. Listen and complete the dialogue with the words you hear.
Melissa: I was born in
Chuck: Oh! So you weren’t born in the ?
Melissa: No, I came here in .
Chuck: Hmmm. You were pretty young.
Melissa: Yeah, I was only .
Chuck: Did you go to college right away?
Melissa: No, my English wasn’t very good, so I took English classes for years first.
Chuck: Well, your English is really good now.
Melissa: Thanks. Your English is pretty , too.
Chuck: I hope so. I here.

A. Listen again and circle T for true and F for false on the sentences below.
1. T F Chuck and Melissa were born in the U.S.
2. T F Melissa took English classes for three years.
3. T F Melissa came to the U.S when she was 18 years old.
4. T F Chuck’s English is very good because he’s American.

II. WHEN WERE THEY BORN? (Google Drive –Track 2)

(Extracted from Interchange, 4th Ed., Unit 15, p.103, Ex. 7 Listening)

A. Listen to the people and complete the chart.

WHEN were they born? WHERE were they born?

(YEAR) (PLACE)
1. Jill
2. Roger
3. Bianca
4. Ahmed

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VOCABULARY
I. Look at the chart below. How many toys can you name in English? Choose from the box
and write down the correct word for each picture.

TOYS

PRACTICE
I. Talk to your partner.

1. What toys did you play with? _____________________________________________________

2. What toys didn’t you play with? ___________________________________________________
3. What toys did you really want to have? ____________________________________________

Example: I played with my dolls, my bike and my teddy bear.

I didn’t play with toy cars. / I didn’t have any toy cars.
I really wanted (to have) a video game, but my parents didn’t have money to buy it.

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VOCABULARY
WHAT GAMES DID YOU PLAY WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD? Practice the words.

hide-and-seek marbles blind man’s bluff

board games tag jump-rope

kite flying hopscotch capture the flag

SPEAKING

I. Read the sentences and choose the best answers for you.

1. What was your childhood like? ( ) I was a happy child. ( ) I was a sad child.

2. What was your favorite game? ( ) I liked to play capture the flag.
( ) I liked to play hide-and-seek.
( ) other ____________________________________

3. Did you have a nickname? ( ) Yes, I did. ( ) No, I didn’t have a nickname.

Now talk to a friend. Use the ideas below.

FAVORITE TOY FAVORITE FOOD FAVORITE TV PROGRAM

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WRITING

I. WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD. Read the sentences and then write a small paragraph about
your school memories.

1. Where did you live when you were 10? 4. Who was your favorite teacher at school?
2. How old were you when you went to school? 5. Who was your best friend at school?
3. What school did you go? 6. What was your favorite school subject?

II. Write your paragraph now.

When I was 10 years old, I lived in _____________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________.

SPEAKING

I. Interview a classmate now. Use the questions from exercise I. Use the lines below to
take notes.

_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

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 II. Match the questions and answers below.

1. Did you have a happy childhood?

2. Where did you grow up?

3. What games did you like to play?

4. Where did you live?

5. When did you like to play with your friends?

( ) I was born in Bahia, but I grew up in Brasília.

( ) Yes, I did! A very happy one!

( ) I liked to play with my friends all the time! But my parents only let me play in the evening. I
had to do my homework after school.
( ) My family and I lived in Taguatinga.Then, we moved to Ceilândia.

( ) I liked to play hide and seek and tag with my friends.

III. Answer these questions about your childhood.

1. Did you have a happy or a sad childhood?

2. What was your favorite animated movie when you were a child?

3. What toys did you like to play with?

4. What games did you like to play?

5. Where did you live and study?

6. When did you play? Who did you play with?

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 IV. Are these sentences (T) true or (F) false about your childhood? Correct the
false ones.

Example: I was born in Brasília. (F)

I wasn’t born in Brasília. I was born in Goiânia.

1. My family didn’t move a lot. ( )

2. I had a terrible childhood. ( )

3. I only played on weekends. ( )

4. I didn’t like to fly kites. ( )

5. I played a lot outside. ( )

Talk in groups of four. Ask and answer questions about your childhood.

Names Student 1 Student 2 Student 3

Favorite toy

Games you played

Favorite food

Where you studied

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 LEARNING STRATEGIES

Describe your behavior in group work activities. Check all the options that re true for you.
1. ( ) I speak Portuguese all the time, but I complete the task.
2. ( ) I try to speak English, but if my classmate speaks Portuguese, I speak Portuguese too.
3. ( ) I usually think the work is too difficult and I am not capable of doing it. So I let my
classmate do it and I don’t participate.
4. ( ) I use the group work time to talk with my friends in Portuguese about other things.
5. ( ) I try to do the task using English all the time. If I have problems, I ask students in the
group or the teacher for help.

Discuss with your classmates and then with your teacher. Are your strategies helping
you? What do you need to change?

LANGUAGE

Look at the sentences about childhood. Can you understand how to write sentences
about what happened and didn’t happen in the past?

I wasn’t a naughty child. I was well-behaved.

My family didn’t move a lot. We always lived in the same house.
I didn’t have a terrible childhood. I had a good childhood.
I didn’t like to fly kites. I liked to ride a bike.

I. Now write 4 past experiences when you were a child.

1.
2.
3.
4.

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 II. Complete the table with the verb form you use to say what happened in
the past. Choose from the box.

went liked had lived read watched listened to slept moved

felt grew was/were did ate loved played

PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST

Nowadays I … When I was a child, I… Nowadays I … When I was a child, I…
is /are like
buy live
do play
eat see
feel sleep
go speak
grow read
have watch

III. Practice pronunciation of verbs in the past. Cover the PAST column and try to
remember.
IV. Can you make sentences using these words? Write at least FIVE sentences about
your past. They can be affirmative or negative sentences.

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READING

Read Paola’s text about her childhood.

Hello, my name is Paola. I’m from Texas, USA, but I moved to Mexico when I
was only three years old. When I was a child I was a very shy girl. My
family and I lived in a small house in Oaxaca, Mexico.
I remember that my best friend at elementary school was Manuel. When we
met he was eight years old and I was nine. We were in the same class at
school. We sat together and always played during the break, (we call it recreo
here in Mexico). His family was very nice and they lived near my house, so
we spent a lot of time together. We watched cartoons on TV, played games,
and did our homework together. In summer we were together too. We went
swimming in the river when the weather was hot, we played with our toys,
and we played video games a lot – our favorite was Mario Bros. When his
family moved to another city, I was very sad. I will never forget the time we
spent together.

I. Which would be the best title for this text?

1. My Life in Mexico
2. My Childhood Best Friend
3. My Days in Elementary School

II. Circle T for true and F for false. Correct the false information.
1. T F Paola was born in Mexico.

2. T F Her best friend in elementary school was her neighbor.

3. T F Paola and Manuel didn’t do their homework in elementary school.

4. T F They watched TV series and played video games together.

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WRITING

I. What’s your favorite childhood memory? Think about this moment and fill in
the chart with information about this event.

What
(What happened?)
When
(How long ago; how old were you?)
Who
(What people were there with you?)
Where
(Where were you?)
How
(How did you feel?)
Why
(Why did you feel this way?)

II. Work in pairs. Use your notes top tell your partner about this event. Can
your partner understand you?

III. Read the text and identify the information. Follow the example.
When what where how

When I was about 5 years old, I got lost in a supermarket. I usually went to the supermarket
with my mother. I liked it because I bought chocolate cookies and candies. That day, I was
distracted looking at the candies near the cashier and my mother left the supermarket without
me. I felt scared because I though “Oh, no! My mother left me here!” I started crying. It took
only three minutes until my mother went back for me, but it was a very long time for me!

Why?
My favorite childhood memory is my 10th birthday. My parents didn’t want to make a party, so
we decided to go to an amusement park. I invited my four best friends and we spent the whole
evening there. We went to the attractions and had ice cream. I felt very happy because we
had a lot of fun that day. It was a really special one.

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IV. Organize the information in exercise I in a paragraph. Don’t forget to
mention what, when, where, how, why.

V. Work in pairs. Read your partner’s paragraph. Can you identify who, what,
when, where, how and why?
VI. This paragraph will be part of your autobiography.

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WRITING

Title: My Autobiography

Paragraph 1
Introduce yourself:
What’s your name? How old are you? Where do you live? Who do you live with?

Paragraph 2
Describe your childhood:
What was your childhood like? What were you like as a child? When were you born? Where
were you born? Where did you live when you were a child?
What was your favorite game/toy/food/TV show?

Paragraph 3
Describe an important event in your childhood:
What happened? When? Where? Who were you with?

Paragraph 4
A closing sentence. Examples:
I liked / loved my childhood.
My childhood was good / great / amazing.
I had a happy / sad childhood.
I didn’t like my childhood so much.
 SECOND TERM

Speaking Listening Writing Reading

At the end of this term, you will be able to:

✓ Make and answer questions about past events.

✓ Write and present a biography of a person you admire.
✓ Write and present a short dialogue to the class. In this role play, you will
interview a famous person about his/her biography.
 SECOND TERM – A BIOGRAPHY

VOCABULARY

I. What did they do last weekend? Look at the pictures and n u m b e r them
with the sentences. Then add two sentences to the box about YOUR last weekend.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

10. 11. 12.

A. ( ) He hung out with friends. H. ( ) He rode a bike.

B. ( ) They watched TV. I. ( ) She slept a lot.

C. ( ) They played soccer. J. ( ) She studied hard.

D. ( ) He read a book. K. ( ) He played video games.

E. ( ) They went to the movies. L. ( ) She visited her relatives.

F. ( ) She listened to music. M. ( ) I …

G. ( ) They went to a party. N. ( ) I …

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SPEAKING – SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
I. Practice with a partner. Point to the picture and say the sentences.
II. Practice with a partner. Point to the picture and say what you did and didn’t do last
weekend.
III. Stand up and ask different people around the class about their last weekend. What
was the most popular activity among your classmates? Use the question below.
What did you do last weekend?

IV. Talk to a different partner. Ask him/her about his/her last weekend. Answer
his/her question and give some extra information. Example:

A: What did you do last weekend?

B: I visited my grandmother and we had lunch together. She
lives in Ceilândia Sul. We always visit her on Sundays. I
also played video games with friends. And I studied Math
because I had a test on Monday morning.

V. Ask your partner about different situations now. Use the expressions below to
answer the questions.

last night
last weekend
last month
last Saturday
last vacation
yesterday morning
yesterday afternoon
in 2022
2 years ago

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WRITING

I. First, talk to your partner about the questions below. Then, write the answers
about your last weekend. Give complete answers.
1. How was your weekend?

2. What did you do on Friday night?

3. What time did you get up on Saturday?

4. What did you do on Saturday afternoon?

5. Did you watch TV? What program(s) did you watch?

6. What did you do on Sunday morning?

7. Where did you go on Sunday?

8. Did you study during your weekend?

9. What time did you go to bed on Sunday night?

10. Was your weekend boring?

_______________________________________________________________________

II. Tell the class about your last weekend.

TEENS AND HOUSEHOLD CHORES

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Moms always ask to help at home. Check the household chores you did at home last weekend and tell
a classmate about it.
Example: A: What did you do on Saturday?
B: On Saturday I helped my mother and I cleaned my bedroom. What about you?
A: On Saturday I…

DID THE DISHES SET THE TABLE DID THE LAUNDRY MADE THE BED
TOOK OUT THE TRASH CLEANED THE BEDROOM VACUUMED THE HOUSE DID THE IRONING

LISTENING – Gary and Monica

I. Read the sentences below. Listen to Gary and Monica talking about their last
weekend. Circle T for true and F for false. Listen again to check your answers.

1. T F Monica had a very good weekend.

2. T F Monica went out to dance on Saturday night.

3. T F Gary stayed home on Saturday.

4. T F Gary went to an Italian restaurant on Saturday night.

5. T F The basketball game was great.

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READING

I. Read the conversation. Practice it with a partner.

Gary: Hey, Monica. How was your weekend?

Monica: It wasn’t very good. I went dancing with some friends on Saturday night, but I
didn’t feel well. I didn’t have fun at all. I didn’t do anything on Sunday – it was a boring
day. What about you? What did you do this weekend?
Gary: Oh, I didn’t do much. Let’s see, on Friday night I stayed home and watched TV. I
had to work on Saturday, but I went out on Saturday night. Kirstin and I tried that new
Italian restaurant on Fifth Street.
Monica: Oh, yeah? Did you like it?

Gary: It was OK – nothing special. Then on Sunday, I played basketball.

Monica: Oh, was it a good game?

Gary: No, it wasn’t. My team lost.

Monica: Well, next weekend has to be better!

II. Answer the questions about Gary’s and Monica’s weekend.

1. What did Monica do on Saturday night? Did she like it?

2. Why was Sunday a boring day for Monica?

3. In your opinion, how was Gary’s weekend? Why?

III. Read the conversation again. Circle the regular verbs and underline the
irregular verbs in the past.

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WRITING

I. Number the sentences in a logical order to form a story. There is more than
one correct order.

( ) I had an amazing day!

( ) She took me to the cinema to the film of my favorite book series, ‘Harry Potter’. The
movie was fantastic!
( ) She really surprised me!

( 1 ) It was my 15th birthday and my aunt picked me up at my mother’s house in the morning.

( ) We went home at about midnight. It was really an incredible birthday!

( ) We went shopping. She bought me a beautiful dress and a pair of shoes.

( ) She took me to a nice restaurant in the mall for lunch.

II. Now write the story. Add the sequencing words and time expressions in
the box below.

After that Finally First Then Two months ago

III. Work in pairs. Read your stories and compare them. Are they exactly the
same? If not, are they both logical?

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 READING

I. Look at the pictures about the Fox’s last weekend.

II. Tell your partner about the pictures. Guess what happened in each one.

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III. Put the extracts in the correct order according to the pictures.

THE PICNIC

Soon they left their house and Mr. Fox drove the car.
On the way they heard music and looked out of the windows.
After a while they found a site for their picnic.

On Wednesday afternoon a postman brought a package.

“What is it, Mum?” asked Tom.
“I don’t know”, answered Mrs. Fox.

The children played badminton and Mr. and Mrs. Fox prepared the picnic on a blanket.
Everybody enjoyed the day.

In the afternoon they left their site and went home.

They left all the trash behind them, paper, egg-shells, cans, boxes, a broken racket and
other things.
Two boys just came here and saw the trash.
They were very angry.
“Not here!” they said.
They put all the trash into the big box and saw the address.
They decided to send it back to Mr. Fox.

One beautiful Sunday morning the Fox family decided to go for a picnic.
“It is really a nice day. Look at the sun. It’s going to be very hot today”, said Mrs. Fox.
“That’s fine, let’s have a picnic”, answered Tom and Susan.
Mr. Fox put the badminton equipment into a box, and Mrs. Fox took some food and drinks
into a basket.

When they opened the package there was a big surprise.

It was all their trash they left behind on Sunday.
There was a letter from the boys, too.
“You left something behind on Sunday afternoon from your picnic and we found it. You
will be fined if you do that again.
“Don’t do that again. Next time we’ll tell it the police. …” they read.

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 SPEAKING

I. Complete the bingo chart below with five YES / NO questions.

II. Ask the YES / NO questions around the class. Every time you get ‘YES’
as an answer, check the box. When you check FOUR in a row, say B I N G O!
BINGO

Did you get up Did you go to bed Did you watch TV Did you see
early today? late last night? last night? your best friend
today?

Did you clean Did you visit your

your bedroom grandparents last
yesterday? weekend?

Did you have a lot Did you do Did you go to

of friends when homework the movies last
you were a child? this morning? week?

Did you get a Did you go to a

special present on party last
Saturday?
your last birthday?

III. Work in pairs. Interview your partner using the YES / NO questions in
the bingo.
Example:
B: I got up at 10 a.m.
A: Did you get up early this morning?
A: Really?! That’s really late!
B: No, I didn’t.
B: Yeah.
A: What time did you get up?

Useful expressions to keep a conversation going.

Use short phrases to Agree with the other Changing subject Ask when you
show your feelings person don’t
understand
Oh, no! Really? Yeah. Sorry. Could you
You’re kidding! Uh-hum. I Right. repeat that?
Too bad! see. Sorry. I didn’t get
That’s great! that.

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SPEAKING AND WRITING

I. Think about your last trip or a special day out. First, work with a partner and
answer the questions orally.

1. Where did you go?

2. When did you go there?

3. How did you get there?

4. Where did you stay? (in a hotel, in an inn, in a relative’s house)

5. How long did you stay?

6. Who did you go with?

7. What did you do there?

8. How was the weather?

II. Now write your answers about your last trip or a special day out. Remember to
use time expressions and sequence words.

SPEAKING

I. Put the conversation in order. Number the sentences 1 – 6.

______ I went to Caldas Novas.

______ I had a fantastic time!
______ Did you have a good time there?
______ I stayed for two weeks.
______ Hey, Letícia. Where did you go on your last vacation?
______ Caldas Novas? That sounds fantastic! How long did you stay?

II. Now practice the dialogue in pairs using your own information.
 LISTENING

Howard talks about his relaxing vacation. Listen and choose the correct answer.

1. Where did Howard go on his winter 4. What did he do?

vacation? a. He visited his girlfriend and went to
a. To New York nice restaurants.
b. To Cancun b. He played volleyball.
c. To Florida c. He drank coffee, read newspapers and
rode his bicycle.
2. How long did he spend there?
a. One week 5. What didn’t he do?
b. Two weeks a. He didn’t take pictures of the places.
c. Three weeks b. He didn’t surf.
c. He didn’t see movies.

3. How was the weather during his

vacation? 6. During his vacation, Howard went to
a. Sunny bed .
b. Rainy a. early
c. Cloudy b. late
c. very late

7. Howard saw an interesting movie about____.

a. English and French
b. English and Italian
c. English and Spanish

(http://www.elllo.org/english/0401/402-Howard-
Vacation.htm)

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READING 1

I. Josie is traveling around the northeast of Brazil with her mother. Read one of her
diary entries and answer the questions about it.

1. When did she arrive in Recife?

2. How did she get to Porto de Galinhas?

3. Where did she stay in Porto de Galinhas?

4. What did she do in the afternoon?

5. What did she do in the evening?

6. Did she have a good time?

7. What did she do at the party?

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READING 2
I. James is back from his trip to Cancun. He is chatting with his friend, Barbara. Read
their WhatsApp conversation and answer the questions in pairs. Then, write your
answers. (Extracted from Log In 2, Second Edition, Unit 8, p. 84, track 65)

1. Where did James go?

2. Where did he stay?

3. What was the weather like?

4. Did he like his vacation?

Online abbreviations
My vacation was awful / terrible / horrible. U = you
I had a really bad vacation. L8ter = later
That was a horrible / terrible vacation. GTG = I have to go (got to go)
That was a really bad vacation.
TTYL = Talk to you later.
BFN = Bye for now.

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WRITING
When you are describing something that happened, you should always list events in order to
keep your story organized. Time sequence words and phrases are helpful in ordering events.
SOME TIME SEQUENCE WORDS SOME TIME SEQUENC E PHRASES

first, second, next, When I was … years old last night

last, later, before, last vacation last weekend
after that, finally, yesterday some weeks ago two years ago

Organized writing should:

• List events in the order that they happened, using key w o r d s : first, next, then,
and finally.
• Tell who, what, when, where and why (the five Ws).
• Begin with a graphic organizer. It will help you how to better organize your ideas.

Write about your best trip or your best day. Use the graphic organizer below to help
you organize your ideas before writing.

MAIN EVENTS DETAILS

TOPIC:

3. __

4. _

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 A BIOGRAPHY

SPEAKING

I. Work in pairs. Talk about the questions below. Don’t speak Portuguese! And
remember, keep the conversation going: give extra information, make extra questions.

1. Do you like music?

2. What kind of music do you like?
3. Who is your favorite singer? Why? What do you know about this person?
4. What do you usually watch on TV? What’s it about?
5. Who is your favorite actor or actress? What do you know about this person?
6. Who is a person that you really admire? What is he/she like? Why do you admire this
person?

II. Do you know the people in the photos below? Match the picture to the
corresponding text. Be attentive! There is one text you won’t use.

( ) Robert Downey Jr. was born

on April 4th. He acted in
movies and TV series. He
was Iron man in 4 movies.

1
( ) Chris Hemsworth was born
in Australia. He played Thor
in the movies. He has two
brothers, Luke and Liam.
They are actors, too.

( ) Frida Kahlo lived in Mexico.

2 She painted self-portraits.
She married Diego Rivera, a
famous painter.

( ) Selena Gomez was born in

1992. She was a Disney
actress. She released her
3 first album when she was 17.

J.K. Rowling was born in

( )
1965. She wrote many
books, including the ‘Harry
Potter’ series.
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 A BIOGRAPHY

I. Read and listen about Ayrton Senna, a famous Brazilian Formula 1 champion.
(Extracted from Log In 3, Second Edition, Unit 1, p. 15, track 9)
II. Circle the correct alternatives to
complete the text describing
Ayrton Senna’s life events.

Ayrton Senna was born in / on March

21, 1960. He participated in / on his
first go-kart race where / when he
was 9. At the age of 21 he travel /
traveled to England. Senna began to
race Formula 1 in / on 1984. Over the
next ten years he won / win three
world championships. He dies / died
in Italy in 1994. Ayrton Senna was /
were only 34 years old.

III. Compare your answers with a

partner.

IV. Talk to your partner about

Senna.

1. Where in Brazil was he from?

2. Was he married?
3. Was Senna a Formula 1 driver?
4. Did Senna grow up in Rio de
Janeiro?
5. Did Senna go to university? If
‘YES’, what did he study?

Biography: a true description

about a person’s life written by
someone else. It informs about a
person’s childhood, important
events in his/her life, personality
and career.
VOCABULARY
I. In a biography we mention the most important events in a person’s life. Write the
phrases in the box under the pictures and learn how to say these events in English.

get a job have children retire graduate

1. be born 2. grow up 3. 4.

5. get married 6. 7. 8. die

II. Work in pairs. Tell your partner about a family member’s life. Use the vocabulary words
from exercise I.
Example: My grandfather was born in 1935. He grew up in a small village in Goiás.
He didn’t go to school because it was very distant from his house, so he didn’t
graduate. When he was 14 years old he got a job as a . . .
SPEAKING
I. Work in pairs. Ask each other about the people in the pictures. Follow the example.

Amy Winehouse
(September 14, 1983 – July 23, 2011)

Place of birth: London, England

Occupation: singer

Example:
A: Where was she born?
A: Who was Amy Winehouse?
B: She was born in London,
B: She was a famous singer.
England.
A: When was she born?
A: When did she die?
B: She was born on Sept. 14, 1983.
B: She died on July 23, 2011.
Heath Ledger
(April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008)

Place of birth: Perth, Australia

Occupation: actor

II. Who are these people? Do you know them? Match the pictures to the information.
1. Frida Kahlo a. ( ) He was a famous American singer and actor.
2. John Lennon b. ( ) He was a famous American politician and president of the U.S.
3. Muhammad Ali c. ( ) She was a famous Mexican painter.
4. Diana Spencer d. ( ) He was a famous American boxer.
5. John F. Kennedy e. ( ) He was a famous British singer. He was part of ‘The Beatles’.
6. Elvis Presley f. ( ) She was a famous British princess and activist.

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READING

I. Work in pairs. Talk about the questions below:

1. Check the kinds of artistic work that you like. Which one is your favorite?
Paintings Drawing
Cinema Comics
Theater Crafts
Literature Other:
Sculptures

2. Do you have any artistic ability? Check the things you can do:
Draw Sing
Dance Write poems
Make crafts Other:

3. Look at the painting. What do you see? Do you feel happy or sad when you look at
it? What do you think the painting is about?
 II. Read the text and find out more about the artist and the painting.

Pablo Picasso was a painter. He expressed his feelings through his art. He
loved to experiment with different techniques. Picasso changed the way
people think about arts and how artists create art.
Picasso’s Early
Picasso was born in Spain. His full name was very long. It was Pablo Diego
Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios
Cipriano de la Santissima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso. Picasso’s father
was a painter and art teacher. Picasso learned to draw and paint when he
was very young. Picasso didn’t like school. He spent his school days
doodling on his notebook. Picasso was talented and attended some of the
Fact File best schools. However, he did not like school rules, so he skipped classes.
Date of birth: Oct. 25th, He wandered the streets and sketched what he saw. Picasso eventually
1881 found some artists that became his friends. He painted. He experimented.
Occupation: painter He innovated. He shared his thoughts about life with his friends.
Career
Picasso created paintings that were unlike any artist’s painting. He used geometric shapes to create
human figures and other images. This painting style was called Cubism. He created many paintings in
the Cubist style. Picasso continued to express his ideas in his paintings. When German bombers attacked
the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, he painted Guernica, which showed the horrors of
war. Guernica was Picasso’s way of showing his dislike for war.

Personal Life
Picasso had many relationships and married twice. He had four children. He died at the age of 91.

Adapted from: http://www.turtlediary.com/biographies/artists/pablo-picasso.html

III. Answer these questions about Pablo Picasso.

1. When was he born?

2. Where was he born?

3. What was his job?

4. When did he die?

IV. Circle the best alternative for each question according to the text.
1. Why was Picasso an important artist?
a. Because he painted beautiful pictures.
b. Because he changed the way people think about arts.
c. Because his friends were important artists.
d. Because he painted about the war.
2. What can we infer about Picasso’s father?
a. He was a famous artist.
b. He was a teacher at Picasso’s school.
c. He taught Picasso about art.
d. He wanted his son to have a different occupation.

3. Why did Picasso skip classes?

a. Because he was very talented.
b. Because he was only interested in art.
c. Because he liked to be doodling on his notebooks.
d. Because he didn’t like school rules.

4. What did Pablo Picasso want to express in his famous painting “Guernica”?
a. That he disliked the horrors of war.
b. That the war was terrible, but necessary.
c. That the Germans were a terrible enemy.
d. That artists are creative and sensitive.
 WRITING – BIOGRAPHY – SUGGESTED ACTIVITY
What other “great lives” do you know about? Choose a person you like/admire. It can be
an artist (singer, actor, writer, painter, inventor, scientist, etc.) or a person close to you.
Find out the following information about this person:

1. Introduction (early life)

a. Who is the famous person? d. What kind of childhood did he/she have?
b. Where was he/she born? e. Where did he/she live as a child?
c. When was he/she born?

2. Adulthood
a. Where did he/she go to school or
university?

b. Did he/she marry? If so, who did

he/she marry?
c. Did he/she have children? How many?

3. Career

a. When and how did this person become interested in the area he/she works?
b. When did he/she become well known?

4. Life at the moment Later life

(if the person is still alive) (if the person is no longer living)
a. Where is the person living now? a. What was his/her life like at the end?
b. How old is he/she now? b. When, where and how did he/she die?
c. What is his/her life like now?

5. Your feelings about this person

a. What are your feelings about this
person? Do you admire him/her, feel
sorry for him/her, find him/her
interesting, funny, etc.?
b. Why do you feel this way about him/her?
c. What do you think were the most important things
he/she did.
 IRREGULAR VERBS

INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE TRANSLATION

be was/were ser/estar
become became tornar-se
begin began começar
bring brought trazer
buy bought comprar
choose chose escolher
come came vir
do did fazer
drink drank beber
drive drove dirigir
eat ate comer
fall fell cair
feel felt sentir
find found encontrar
fly flew voar
forget forgot esquecer
get got conseguir
give gave dar
go went ir
have had ter
hear heard escutar
know knew saber/ conhecer
leave left deixar / partir
lose lost perder
make made fazer
meet met conhecer / encontrar (alguém)
read read ler
run ran correr
say said dizer
see saw ver
sing sang cantar
sit sat sentar
sleep slept dormir
swim swam nadar
take took pegar
think thought pensar
write wrote escrever