Escola 2,3/ S de Jos Silvestre Ribeiro

Ano Lectivo 2009/2010

Educao e Formao de Adultos

Curso Tcnico de Obra
Linguagem e Comunicao Ingls

WORKSHEET NR. 5
Name: _____________________________ Date:
_________________________

LISTENING
A.Listen to the song by Brian Adams and fill in the gaps.
HERE I AM
Here I _____________ (1) this is me
Theres nowhere else on earth Id rather _______________ (2)
Here _____________ (3) its just __________ (4) and __________ (5)
And tonight we make our dream come true. _____________ (6) a new world its a new start
Its alive with the beating of young hearts.
Its a new _______________ (7) its a new plan
Ive been waiting for _____________ (8)
Here I am.

B. Underline the correct alternative about the song.

1. The singer is a man/ a woman.

2. The song is about four people/ two people.
3. The song talks about the beginning/ the end of a relationship.
4. The song refers to old people/ young people.
GRAMMAR

Verb to be Present Simple

Traduz as seguintes frases da cano:

Here I am
____________________________
This is me
____________________________

As palavras sublinhadas so a
primeira e a terceira pessoas do
singular do Presente do Indicativo
do verbo to be = ser / estar.
Vamos agora recordar como se
forma este verbo:

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Plural

Singular

A. Form the Present Simple of the verb to be.

I
You

Affirmative
I am

Negative

Interrogative

You are not =

arent

He/ She/ It
We
You
They

Are we?

B. Complete with the short / long form. Follow the example.

Short form
Im

Long form

Short form
Hes
Thats

You are
Theyre

Long form
He is
We are

She is

We arent
She is not

C. Complete the text with the correct forms of the verb to be:
Bryan Adams (1) _____________ (affirmative) a Canadian singer and
photographer, and I (2) ______________ (affirmative) a fan of his. I (3)
_____________ (negative) fond of all His songs, but I think they (4)
_____________ (affirmative) all interesting in some way. Here I am (5)
______________ (affirmative) about a boy in love with a girl. In my opinion,
Here I am and Summer of 69) (6) ______________ (affirmative) two
fabulous songs about the singers life. How about you? (7) ______________
(you/ interrogative) a Bryan Adams fan?

D. Write true sentences. Use the affirmative or negative of to be.

2

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1. I / from Portugal.

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___________________________________

2. She / a teacher.

___________________________________

3. We / in the classroom. _________________________________

4. My friends / English. ___________________________________
5. It / very hot today. ____________________________________
6. Nuno Gomes / my favourite footballer. _____________________

E. Write two possible short answers for each question:

1. Are you a student?

Yes, I am. / No, Im not.

2. Are they Portuguese?

3. Is she at home?

4. Are they your parents?

5. Is it a difficult exercise?

6. Are they good students?

F. Write questions using the words given. Follow the example.

1. Bryan / a good singer?

Is Bryan a good singer?

2. Tom and Allison / married?

3. it / cold in Canada?
4. Vanessa / an actress?
5. we / good friends?

Escola 2,3/ S de Jos Silvestre Ribeiro

Ano Lectivo 2009/2010

Educao e Formao de Adultos

Curso Tcnico de Obra
Linguagem e Comunicao Ingls

MEMORY GAME
Work in pairs. Look at the following picture very carefully for a few seconds.
One of you should close the book and the other should ask these questions.
Dont cheat!

1. How

many
the picture? ___________________

people are there in

2. How many men are there? ________________________________

3. How many girls? ________________________________________
4. How many women are wearing skirts? _______________________
5. How many men are wearing a tie? __________________________