Environmental Impacts and Sustainable Practices

Vocabulary: Environmental Impacts

Key Terms:

  • E-waste (desperdício eletrônico)
  • Global warming (aquecimento global)
  • Hybrid car (carro híbrido)
  • Nuclear energy (energia nuclear)
  • Organic food (alimentos orgânicos)
  • Plastic bags (sacos de plástico)
  • Pollution (poluição)
  • Recycling bin (lixeira reciclável)
  • Solar energy (energia solar)
  • Wind farm (parque eólico)

Grammar: Quantifiers

Quantifiers with Count Nouns

Examples:

  • We need more wind farms.
  • There aren’t enough recycling bins.
  • There are too many bottles in landfills.
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English Exercises: Verb Tenses and Holiday Traditions

English Exercises: Verb Tenses

Present Simple and Continuous, Past Simple, Present Perfect

I.

  1. C
  2. B
  3. B
  4. C
  5. C

II.

  1. T
  2. F
  3. F
  4. T
  5. F

III.

  1. C – have been
  2. B – went
  3. A – visited
  4. A – have eaten
  5. B – haven’t watched

VI.

  1. B
  2. C
  3. C
  4. A
  5. B

IV.

  1. Is taking
  2. Are we having
  3. Has
  4. Am not solving
  5. Comes
  6. Begins
  7. Do you wake up
  8. Are you doing
  9. Don’t work / Am working
  10. Isn’t sleeping / Is studying

VII.

  1. A
  2. C
  3. C
  4. B
  5. B
  6. A
  7. B

XII.

  1. Khao
  2. Phra
  3. Chao
  4. Suk
  5. Yao
  6. Wat

XIII.

  1. F
  2. F
  3. T
  4. F
  5. T
  6. F

IX.

  • Been – Played
  • Forgotten – Met
  • Took – Done
  • Went – Driven
  • Drunk – Brought
  • Run – Stolen
  • Bought – Read
  • Know – Spent
  • Hit – Learned

X.

  1. Should
  2. Should / Should
  3. Should
  4. Shouldn’
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Travel Conversations and Mishaps

Preparation for a Trip to Puerto Rico

Alicia: Are you ready for your trip to Puerto Rico?

Rita: Yeah, kind of. But I still have a lot to do! I need to go shopping to get a new suitcase, and I still have to go online to find a cheap flight.

Alicia: Is it easy to find bargains on the internet?

Rita: Well, it’s not too hard. You just have to do some research.

Alicia: So, where are you going exactly?

Rita: Well, first I’m going to San Juan to see my relatives, and then we’re all going someplace to go snorkeling.

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Humor in Cinema: Mr. Bean and Charlie Chaplin

A. I often fly to Japan on business. It’s a long flight, and I rely on the films as a means of passing the time. The airlines screen quite a good range of films, so there is something for every taste. I usually find a couple of films that appeal to me. However, last time I flew, things went wrong. I’d already seen all the films except the Mr. Bean film. I dislike comedies. I have no doubt that many people enjoy them, but I don’t like watching people make fools of themselves. Since I had nothing

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Essays: My Ideal House, Job Interviews, Language Learning & More

My Ideal House

My Ideal House Next, I’m going to write about what my ideal house would look like, although I had never thought about it.

To begin with, my ideal house should be very bright, so it should have large windows. For another, I wouldn’t want it to have a very long hallway, because I hate houses like that. Also, I would like it to have a fairly large basement so I can have parties with my friends. Regarding my room, I need the bed to be quite comfortable, so I will buy the best mattress.

In

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Jekyll and Hyde: Characters, Plot, and Analysis

Basic Information

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Type of story: Mystery, drama, horror, and suspense

Setting: City of London in 1884

Characters

Main Characters

Dr. Henry Jekyll, Edward Hyde, Gabriel Utterson, Poole, Hastie Lanyon, Richard Enfield, Sir Danvers Carew, Mr. Guest

Protagonist: Dr. Henry Jekyll

Dr. Jekyll is a doctor of Medicine, in Law, and a member of the Royal Academy. He is a close friend of the lawyer Utterson and Lanyon. He believes that through an experiment

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