19 . A: These photos are of Morely Road, aren’t they? When are were they taken? B: Oh, a long time ago. Fifteen or twenty years ago. A: A lot of new buildings are built have been built since then. B: Yes, the Barton Hotel, for example. A: That was opened from by a TV star. Do you remember? B: Oh, yes, ...
9 . A: What are your holiday plans? Do you know yet? B: Oh, yes. We will visit are going to visit / are visiting some friends in France. A: That’s nice. So you plan to take the car, I suppose. B: No, we fly are going to fly / are flying. They have two cars, so we won’t need ours. ...
0 Ulisses Wehby de Carvalho PASSADO SIMPLES Diferentemente do pretérito na língua portuguesa, o “SIMPLE PAST” ou “PAST SIMPLE” é usado somente quando temos a definição de tempo em que a ação ocorre no passado. Essa definição pode ser explícita, como no primeiro exemplo, ou implícita, como no segundo, pois sabemos que Beethoven faleceu e que a ação certamente não tem nenhuma ...
0 Michael Jacobs Li em um texto a frase You’ve gotta be kidding, mas não a compreendi. Aprendi que gotta é a contração de have got to. Eu diria You gotta be kidding. Não entendi o you’ve. Ficaria muito grato se pudesse me explicar. Tanto you gotta como you’ve gotta são aplicáveis. Se for para contrair you have ...
0 Jack Scholes Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. John Lennon To happen To take place, to occur especially without being planned. Serious accidents like this always happen at the weekend. You do not say that a planned event ‘happens.’ You say that it ‘takes place’. The meeting between the two presidents took place in February. You can also ...
0 Michael Jacobs Tenho uma dúvida quanto ao verbo to get. Quais são as formas do past participle e past simple? É I have got? Ou I have gotten? Sempre ouço I’ve got nos filmes americanos e ingleses. Mas li um artigo dizendo que o correto é I have gotten. Não é estranho? A respeito de get, tanto os americanos quanto ...
0 Michael Jacobs Percebendo o enorme interesse e curiosidade a respeito das contrações em inglês, resolvi incluir aqui uma relação que elaborei para um leitor, com alguns comentários pertinentes. Primeiro, vai uma explicação em inglês; depois, em português. These contractions are only used in dialogue. They are extremely informal. We normally don’t use them in writing, except jokingly or to represent ...
0 . A: This menu is so big. It’s difficult to decide what to eat. B: I will want something with fish. A: Hmm. They’ve got scampi, look here, with chips and salad. B: Oh yes, I hadn’t seen that. I take I’ll take that. A: And for me, I think, lasagne. OK. Now, where’s the waiter? B: He is will be ...
0 . A: Do you want another toast piece of toast? B: No thanks. I must get back to the computer. A: Can you help me with my homeworks homework first? I need some informations information about Orson Welles. B: Why don’t you look on the Internet? A: That’s what I want to do, but can you give me an advice ...
0 . A: I expect you’re ready for a cup of coffee, no? aren’t you? B: Yes, please. That would be lovely. A: You take sugar, yes? don’t you? B: Yes, please. Three spoonfuls. A: Three! Your dentist will get rich from you, will she? won’t she? B: She’s rich enough already. I just like it sweet. Forma As question tags (perguntas de confirmação) ...
0 . A: When you start your new job, the journey to work will be quite long, won’t it? 60 kilometres? B: Yes, but I’m used to travel travelling a long way. A: How far do you travel now? 30? B: 32. It used to taking take me about 20 minutes, but now it’s often nearly 40. A: Because of the ...
0 Jack Scholes If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing. If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing. Zimbabwe proverb If If is often used in conditional sentences to talk about uncertain events and unreal or imagined situations. The if-clause often refers to something which ...
0 Ulisses Wehby de Carvalho Esta é a lista dos principais números ordinais do idioma inglês. Clique duas vezes sobre qualquer número da relação para ouvir a pronúncia correta no dicionário Answers.com. Outras eventuais armadilhas estão indicadas pelos links. Cf. Números Cardinais Cf. Pronúncia: TH Cf. Os números em inglês Números Ordinais 1st – first 2nd – second 3rd – third 4th – fourth 5th – ...
0 Ulisses Wehby de Carvalho É muito grande o número de internautas que chegam ao Tecla SAP digitando no Google a expressão “Lista de Verbos Regulares“. Se você faz parte desse grupo, sinto desapontá-lo(a), mas você não encontrará essa relação em nenhum site de inglês. O que você precisa de fato é de uma “Lista de Verbos ...
0 Jack Scholes This life is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual life, you would have received further instructions on where to go and what to do. Actual Actual means ‘real’, ‘exact’, ‘existing in fact.’ The actual number of people was much higher than we originally estimated. You do not use actual to describe something ...