Activities 027 -Hidden Pictures – Discovery

The more you look, the more you´ll find. Children sharpen their visual skills, eye-hand coordination, and attention to detail in this book of hidden pictures. The surprising discoveries on each page will entertain your child for hours.

Hidden Pictures – Dicovery

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Hidden Pictures – Alphabet

 

 

Activities 026 -Reliez l´expression idiomatique à sa définition.

1. C´est blanc bonnet et bonnet blanc.	a. Être triste.
2. Donner carte blanche.	b. Être optimiste.
3. Être un cordon bleu.	c. Prendre du repos à la campagne.
4. Avoir une peur bleue.	d. Laisser libre d´agir, de faire comme on veut.
5. Avoir des idées noires.	e. Avoir eu très peur.
6. Voir la vie en rose.	f. C´est pareil.
7. Se mettre au vert.	g. Être un(e) bonn(e) cuisinier(ère).
8. être blanc comme un linge.	h. Avoir très peur.

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Activities 025 -Idioms

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate idiom from the box. Make sure you use the appropriate verb tense.

once in a blue moon	put one’s mind to	no matter what	little by little
pain in the neck	sell someone short	on a shoestring	make a scene
keep a low profile	get into the swing of things	kick the habit

1. After a few difficult weeks John has really_________________at work and is quite a productive worker now.
2. Having a job at the CIA requires you to_________________for security reasons.
3. Once you start smoking cigarettes it’s not easy to stop and_________________
4. It may take a long time to grow, but_________________a seed can become a big tree.
5. Young children like to_________________ in the supermarket so they can get candy from their mother.
6.________________she does Grace cannot get her children to eat carrots.
7. Mr. Brown takes his wife out dancing_________________which is not enough to keep her happy.
8. They have been running the company_________________since they lost one of their best customers.
9. Rush hour traffic is a_________________ for most people around the world.
10. Many teachers tell their students not to_________________as they have the potential to do anything they_________________.

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Activities 024 -Complétez avec à, à la, à l´, au, aux :

1. D´abord, on va ............ école, puis ............ collège, ensuite ............ lycée, puis ............ université et enfim ............ bureau !

2. ............ collège, je déjeune tous les jours ............ cantine ; le lundi, nous allons ............ bibliothèque, le jeudi ............ piscine et le vendredi, ............ gymnase. On peut aller ............ distributeurs de boissons quand on veut !

3. Le week-end, j´aime aller ............ cinéma et ............ restaurant avec mes copains.

4. En vacances, nous partons ............ mer, ............ montagne ou ............ campagne ; nous dormons ............ hôtel, ............ camping ou ............ belle étoile!

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Activities 023 -English Pronunciation

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Referência: ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION FOR BRAZILIANS - THE SOUNDS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH, de GODOY, SONIA M. BACCARI : GONTOW, CRIS : MARCELINO, MARCELLO 

Activities 022 - Phrasal Verbs

Choose the alternative that best explains the meaning of the phrasal verbs in the sentences below.

1. To fill someone in on something is to…
a. listen to what someone has to tell you.
b. understand what someone is telling you.
c. brief someone on something that has happened.
d. make sure someone understands what you are telling them.

2. To be taken in by something or someone is to…
a. be understood.
b. be reminded of something.
c. be fooled.
d. be very interested in something.

3. If a plan falls through…
a. it turns out fine in the end.
b. it is very successful.
c. it doesn’t turn out fine in the end.
d. it is considered foolish.

4. To get back at someone is to…
a. return a phone call to someone.
b. remind someone of something.
c. get revenge on someone.
d. talk to someone later.

5. Answer back is a phrasal verb that means…
a. to reply to someone promptly.
b. to reply to someone politely.
c. to reply to someone quickly.
d. to reply to someone rudely.

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Referência: Phrasal Verbs – Como falar inglês como um americano ! de Jonathan Hogan – José Roberto A. Igreja

Activities 021 - Telling Lies

Discussion – Work in pairs. Choose one of the subjects below to talk about for two minutes. During the discussion try to tell one lie to your partner. At the end of the discussion, tell your partner what you think he or she has lied about.

Click and print:

• Page 1
• Page 2

Referência: Taboos and Issues, de Ron Martinez

Infotainment 020 - Match Me If You Can

Players match two or three word cards that have the same meaning.

Objective:
To help students recognize synonyms and expand their vocabulary

Players:
2 to 4 players

Click and print:

• Card 1
• Card 2
• Card 3
• Card 4

How to Play:

1. Shuffle the "Match Me if You Can" cards. Deal the cards evenly among the players, placing them facedown in front of each player.
   
   
2. Players turn over two cards at the same time, placing them faceup in front of them.
   The first player to stop two word cards that have the same meaning can take them. If no matches are available, players turn over another two cards and place them next to the other cards. Words that have asterisks (*) are part of a three-of-a-kind set. That means that there are three cards that are synonyms. Aterisked word cards must remain faceup until all three words are found.
   
   
3. Play continues until all cards have been matched. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
   
   

Referência: 10 Vocabulary Card Games, de Scholastic

Infotainment 019 - Puzzle - Hidden word

Useful language
Believe your ears, catch someone's eye, give someone a hand, have your head in the clouds, head over heels (in love), keep an eye on, learn something by heart, make up your mind, put your foot in it.
Paste simple (fell), Past Perfect (had stolen)

Preparation
Make one copy of the Hidden word puzzle for each student.

Lead-in
Explain that an idiom is a group of words which have a particular meaning. Write: It's a piece of cake on the board and ask students if they know what it means. Accept any answer similar to "Is's very easy" and then put students into groups to list as many idioms as they can. After a minute, ask them to call out their ideas and write them on the board. Then ask students to give the meaning of each idiom, and add this in brackets.

Main activity
Tell students they are going to complete idioms in a puzzle.

Follow up
Put students into groups and tell them to talk about their first love. Write: My first love on the board and add these questions to help them: How old were you? What was their name? Where did you meet? What did they look like? What happened?

Read the text and try to guess the missing words. Write the missing word in the correct place on the grid to reveal a hidden vertical word.

My first love was Claire Wardell. We both went to the same primary school. As soon as I saw her in class on the first day, I fell head over ¹ __________ in love. That afternoon, after school, she agreed I could walk home with her. On the way she asked me to keep an ² ______ on her bag while she went into a shop. Well, I was a bit of dreamer in those days. I always had my ³ ________ in the clouds, and well... when she came out, the bag was gone.
Somebody had stolen it. She was angry and told me she didn't like me any more. I couldn't believe my ⁴ ________. I was very upset. I asked her to forgive me but I just kept putting my ⁵ ________ in it and saying the wrong thing. That night I was fed up, so I decided to write a poem to her. It took me hours, but when it was finished, I learnt it by ⁶ __________. The next day, in the first lesson, I ⁷ ____________ her eye and smiled.
She smiled back, so at break I read her my poem. She loved it, and later she even gave me a ⁸ ________ up our minds never to argue again.

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Infotainment 018 - Food for Thought

The words and expressions on the left all have a different meaning from the standard one related to food and eating. Match the words with the corresponding translation on the right.

1) [ ] pizza-face 2) [ ] cheesy 3) [ ] out to lunch 4) [ ] nuts 5) [K] to have bigger fish to fry 6) [ ] a mint 7) [ ] honey 8) [ ] vegetable 9) [ ] no picnic 10) [ ] chicken 11) [ ] bean 12) [ ] jammy 13) [ ] raspberry 14) [ ] to beef 15) [ ] peachy 16) [ ] a piece of cake 17) [ ] peanuts 18) [ ] fruit 19) [ ] (to have) a bun in the oven 20) [ ] fishy

A. maluco, pirado B. cabeça, cuca C. muito pouco dinheiro; mixaria D. ótimo, excelente r fish to fry E. eclamar, queixar-se F. brega, cafona G. algo muito fácil; moleza H. sortudo, rabudo I. (estar) grávida J. suspeito K. ter coisas mais importantes para fazer L. rios de dinheiro M. homossexual masculino; bicha N. amorzinho, bem O. nada fácil ou nada agradável P. “cara de Chokito”, espinhudo Q. pessoa inativa, vegetal R. covarde, medroso S. testículos; saco T. som grosseiro de desaprovação, produzido quando se sopra e se faz a língua vibrar entre os lábios

Referência: Slang Activity Book: 51 - atividades divertidas para aprender e praticar Gírias Atuais do Inglês - Jack Scholes - Disal Editora.

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Infotainment 015 - Odd one out (2)

In each of the following groups of four words or expressions, one is different – all the other three have the same meaning as the translation on the left. Circle the word or expression that does not belong with the other three.

under · on · up · around · off · about · by · out · in

1. Nossa! — Gee! • Jeez! • Man! • Lady!
2. relaxar — to check out • to chill out • to veg out • to unwind
3. vomitar — to puke • to nuke • to barf • to upchuck
4. sabichão — smarty-pants • know-how • smart aleck • know-all
5. treco — doodah • dodo • whatchamacallit • thingy
6. legal — awesome • wicked • cool • irate
7. ir dormir — to drop out • to sack out • to hit the sack • to hit the hay
8. pão-duro — cheapskate • mingy • mangy • tight-fisted
9. reclamar — to bellyache • to beef • to gripe • to grope
10. debulhar — to hammer • to kick • to lick • to wallop
11. meio doente — off-colour • peaky • perky • peaked
12. urinar — to peep • to pee • to piss • to tinkle
13. Obrigado — Thanks a million • Ta • Cheers • Cheerio
14. diarréia — the trots • the runs • the jumps • the shits
15. dar uns amassos — to neck • to make out • to peck • to pet?

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Infotainment 014 - Two-word verbs

Fill in the gaps with an appropriate word from the list below. (You will have to use some words more than once.)

under · on · up · around · off · about · by · out · in

1. That guy at the bar is eyeing you ________.
2. Stop faffing ________! Come here and help me.
3. Chill ________! I’m sure he’ll come.
4. He ratted ________ his brother.
5. Have you checked ________ the new club yet?
6. I don’t sleep ________ anymore. It’s too dangerous.
7. He’s cheating ________ his wife.
8. Can I run this idea ________ you?
9. The majority of new businesses go ________ in the first year.
10. Oh, lighten ________! It’s not that bad.
11. Let’s sack ________. It’s late.
12. It’s really important, so don’t louse this ________.
13. Hang ________ a minute – I’m almost ready.
14. I’m going to jack ________ my job.
15. In summer the hotels jack ________ their rates.
16. He’s always slagging ________ his boss.
17. I’ll just nip ________ to the shop and buy some beer.
18. Let’s just see how things pan ________ first.
19. His latest movie bombed ________ at the box office.
20. What is she rabbiting ________ about?

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Infotainment 013 - British and American English (1)

From the list below, find the British word or expression and its American equivalent.

bogey • hickey • to scarf • dosh • veg • dude • loo • rubber • buck • sub • the tube • ta-ta • tout • john • love bite • quid • a pain in the backside • veggie • catch you later • booger • paralytic • bloke • Joe Bloggs • dough • loaded • the telly • a walkover • sarnie • arsehole • to scoff • bugger all • pissed • a pain in the butt • scalper • asshole • johnny • pissed off • Joe Blow • a walkaway • jack shit

Standard English	British	American
1. bathroom	loo	john
2. a stupid person
3. a condom
4. a red mark on the skin where somebody has bitten or sucked in a sexual way
5. pound sterling/dollar
6. money
7. mucus from inside the nose
8. very drunk
9. man
10. typical, ordinary person
11. vegetables
12. nothing at all
13. very annoying
14. goodbye
15. the television
16. an easy victory
17. sandwich
18. person who sells tickets at a higher price
19. annoyed
20. to eat very quickly

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Infotainment 012 - Compounds (1)

Match the words on the left with the words on the right to form compound words.

rip smarty non turn okey-dokey two laid toss look off turn tight to all hang so	so fisted ups nighter off colour pants starter do on back timing see dokey off up

Now use the compound words to complete the sentences below.

1) “I’ll see you at seven then.” “Okey-dokey.”
2) My wife is so ____________.
3) Don’t expect to get a nice present from him. He’s too ____________.
4) He has terrible sexual ____________.
5) ...+

Infotainment 011 - Animals (1)
Colloquially, the following words from the animal world also have an extra meaning. Use them to fill in the gaps in the sentences. (There are 5 more words than you need, so make sure you select the right ones!)

horse * dog * camel * hog * monkey * pig * rat * buffalo * chicken * fish * tiger * fox * bird * ant * rhinoceros * kitten * zebra * Kiwi * rabbit * hen

1. Can’t you wait a bit more? You really have ants in your pants!
2. The kids ____________ged out on chocolate cake.
3. My mum will have ____________s if she finds out I took her car.
4. I’m just going to see a man about a ____________. I won’t be long.
5. ...+

Infotainment 010
While younger people may be able to ride stocks through their ups and downs, Wilkinson says retirees need to protect what they have, so he sticks to funds. “You're not going to hit _______________,” he said. (CNN)

a) a grand slam
b) below the belt
c) in the same league
d) on an even keel
e) on the last lap

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Infotainment 009
Which brings up the fundamental problem with international law: It’s by consent, so if you’re powerful and don’t want to _______________, you don’t have to. (Chicago Tribune)

a) go a few rounds with someone
b) play by the rules
c) go one-on-one
d) a and c are correct
e) field a call

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Infotainment 008
A Democratic strategist here said, “For quite a while, Patty seemed _______________. She jumped straight from the state Senate to the Senate.” (The Washington Post)

a) on the last lap
b) out of her league
c) below par
d) under the wire
e) in the ballpark

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Infotainment 007
His employer was going to ask him some tough questions about the report, but he was _______________ when somebody very important came to see her.

a) back to the minors
b) at the helm
c) saved by the bell
d) above par
e) on the ball

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In the past, equality issues have often been sidelined and responsibility handed to small policy teams full of enthusiasm and ideas, but no political _________. (The Guardian)

a) catapult
b) clout
c) huddle
d) heavyweight
e) tackle

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Financial-services firm Conseco Inc. gave CEO Gary C. Wendt an $8 million bonus in July even though the Indianapolis company had seven quarters of losses totaling $5.7 billion in his two years ___________. (Business Week)

a) across the board
b) at the helm
c) in the ballpark
d) in the homestretch
e) left at the gate

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Infotainment 004
How many of these words can you explain?
Ex: A teapot is a pot used for making tea.

eggshell	shellfish	allspice	coffeepot
seafood	buttermilk	eggplant	nutcracker
breadfruit	liverwurst	saucepan	tablecloth
gingerroot	sunflower	blueberry	cornflakes
teapot	cornstarch	nutshell	pancake
toothpick	peppermint	cupcakes	watermelon

Reference:

"Not Just Hamburgers!"
by Virginia Klie - Disal Editora

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Infotainment 002
Replace the underlined words with the correct expression.

1) Give me an approximation of how much money the company made last year.

a) a ballpark figure
b) a low blow
c) a game plan
d) an end-run
e) a bush league

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Assinale as alternativas que completam corretamente as frases abaixo.

1) Criticism of these schemes is no longer entirely _______________ if it comes from those with enough authority. (The Guardian)

a) lightweight
b) on an even keel
c) off and running
d) out-of-bounds
e) in the doldrums

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Construindo o conhecimento através de uma experiência prática

Desenvolvimento das 4 habilidades através da música

Questions Around the Room

Jokes

Alibi

Headline News

Listening Crossword Puzzles

Stop the bus!

Backs to the board

When I say hello, my students say goodbye!

Pizza

Three things in common

Adjetivos e cadeiras

The flyswatter game

Exams

I hate it, I like it, I love it

O Baile dos verbos (The Verb ball)