Day and month of the calender Dia e mês do calendário 1 What day is today? 2 Today is Monday. 3 What day was yesterday? 4 Yesterday was Sunday. 5 What day is tomorrow? 6 What month is this? 7 This is January. 8 Last month was December, wasn’t it? 9 Yes, it was. 10 What month is next month? 11 I was in the hospital for several weeks. 12 Where were you on Tuesday? 13 You were here in February, weren’t you? 14 No, I wasn’t. 15 Your friend was here a week ago, wasn’t he?
Telling time Dizendo as horas 1 What time is it? 2 It’s two o’clock. 3 It’s a few minutes after two. 4 My watch is fast and your watch is slow. 5 Excuse me, can you tell me the correct time? 6 No, I can’t. 7 I don’t know what time it is. 8 I don’t think it’s four o’clock yet. 9 It must be about three thirty. 10 I get up before six o’clock every day. 11 The restaurant doesn’t open until seven forty-five. 12 Will you be here at ten o’clock tomorrow? 13 Yes, I will. 14 We’ll be on time, won’t we? 15 I hope so.
Talking about dates Falando sobre datas 1 What’s the date today? 2 Today is November first, nineteen sixty-three. 3 When were you born? 4 I was born on November first, nineteen thirty-five. 5 Today is my birthday. 6 My sister was born in nineteen thirty-eight. 7 I don’t know what the exact date. 8 Where were you born? 9 I was born in a little town not far from here. 10 What do you know about the tenth century? 11 I don’t know anything about that. 12 Let’s talk about something else. 13 Where were you during the month of April last year? 14 I don’t remember where I was then. 15 Where will you be next year at this time?
Talking about objects and people Conversando sobre objetos e pessoas 1 What do you want? 2 I want a cup of coffee. 3 What would you like to eat? 4 Please give me a piece of pie. 5 Which one would you like, this one or that one? 6 It doesn’t matter to me. 7 I’d like to talk with Mr. Jones or Mr. Smith. 8 I’m sorry, but both of them are busy right now. 9 Wouldn’t you like some coffee? 10 I’d rather have some tea, if you don’t mind. 11 Do you know any of those people? 12 Two or three of them look familiar. 13 All of those people are friends of mine. 14 Which one of those men is Mr. Taylor? 15 Is he the tall man on the left?
Talking about activities Conversando sobre atividades 1 What are you doing? 2 I’m reading a book. 3 What’s your friend doing? 4 He’s studying his lesson. 5 I’m not doing anything right now. 6 Where are you going? 7 I’m going home. 8 What time are you coming back? 9 I’m not sure what time I’m coming back. 10 What are you thinking about? 11 I’m thinking about my lesson. 12 Who are you writing to? 13 I’m writing to a friend of mine in South America. 14 By the way, who are you waiting for? 15 I’m not waiting for anybody.
Asking about age Perguntando idade 1 How old are you? 2 I’m twenty-one years old. 3 My brother is not quite twenty-five. 4 John is not fourty-five yet, is he? 5 Mr. Smith is still in his fifties. 6 I’m two years older than you are. 7 My brother is two years younger than I am. 8 How many are there in your family? 9 There are seven of us altogether. 10 My sister is the oldest. 11 I’m the youngest. 12 Guess how old I am. 13 I’d say you’re about twenty-three. 14 I was thirty on my last birthday. 15 I’m going to be sixty-one next Tuesday.
Talking about daily activities Conversando sobre tarefas diárias 1 What time do you get up every day? 2 I usually wake up early. 3 I get up at 6 o’clock every day. 4 My brother gets up later than I do. 5 After I get dressed, I have breakfast. 6 Usually, I have a big breakfast. 7 I have juice, cereal, toast and coffee for breakfast. 8 I leave the house at eight a.m. each day. 9 I get to work at nine o’clock every morning. 10 I work hard all morning. 11 I go out for lunch at about 12:30. 12 I finish working at 5:45 p.m. 13 I eat dinner at about 7 o’clock. 14 Before I eat dinner, I read the newspaper for a while. 15 I usually go to bed at about midnight.
Talking about yesterday’s activities Conversando sobre as tarefas de ontem 1 What time did you get up yesterday morning? 2 I woke up early and got up at 6 o’clock. 3 My brother got up earlier than I did. 4 Did you get dressed right away? 5 Yes, I got dressed and had breakfast. 6 What kind of breakfast did you have? 7 What time did you get to work yesterday morning? 8 I left the house at 8 o’clock and got to work at 8:30. 9 Did you work all day? 10 Yes, I worked from early morning until late at night. 11 At noon I had lunch with a friend of mine. 12 I finished working at 5:30 and went home. 13 After dinner I read a magazine and made some telephone calls. 14 I went to bed at 11:30 p.m. 15 I went to sleep immediately and slept soundly all night.
Meeting a friend Encontrando um amigo 1 Where did you go yesterday? 2 I went to see a friend of mine. 3 Did you see Mr. Jones yesterday? 4 I didn’t see Mr. Jones, but I saw John Smith. 5 What did you talk about? 6 We talked about a lot of things. 7 I asked him a lot of questions. 8 What did you ask him? 9 I asked him if he spoke English. 10 He said he spoke a little English. 11 Then I asked him if he knew anybody in New York. 12 He said he knew a lot of people there. 13 Finally, I asked him how old he was. 14 He said he would rather not tell his age. 15 He answered almost all of my questions.
Talking about last year’s activities Falando sobre as atividades do ano passado 1 What time did you use to get up last year? 2 I used to wake up early and get up at 7 o’clock. 3 I used to set my alarm clock for exactly 7 a.m. 4 I never used to oversleep. 5 I used to get dressed quickly every morning. 6 I always used to leave for work at 8:30. 7 I used to start working at 9 o’clock every day. 8 I used to have lunch every day at the same time. 9 I used to work until nearly 6 o’clock each day. 10 I used to have dinner at 7:30 and go to bed early. 11 My brother and I used to go a lot of places together. 12 We used to go to the movies about once a week. 13 We used to have a lot of interesting friends. 14 My brother used to speak French to me all the time. 15 I always used to ask him a lot of questions.
