Thursday, August 30, 2007

Past tense of be

Where did you spend your last vacation?
Well, I went to Porto de Galinhas, in the northeast of Brazil.

How long were you away?
I was there for a week.

Were you with your family?
I was there with my sister just.

What did you do there?
I went to the beach and to the pool everyday.

How was the weather? the food?
The weather was very hot. The food was reasonable. I don't like tipical food, but the fish wasn't bad.

Did you buy anything?
Yes, I did. I bought some t-shirts and objects for home.

Do you want to go there again?
Yes, I do! It's terrific there!

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Without...

... motivation. Uh.

:(

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Doing exercises

I seldon exercise.
I hardly ever go to walk on weekends.
I don't exercise very often.

I like to exercise, but I don't have many time. I get up early to work on weekdays. At night I study and read books. Sometimes I go for a walk on weekends. I'd like to go bicycling.

How often do you go to walk?
Not very often.
How well do you play volleyball?
About average, I guess.
How good are you at sports?
Not too good.
How long do you spend working out?
I don't work out.

Oh! That's terrible! Hehe.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Continuous

Terminados em e --> tira o e e adiciona ing
Consoante/vogal/consoante --> dobra a última consoante + ing (put - putting)
Terminados em y --> só adicionar ing (playing, studying)

Exceção: see - seeing

Comparisons with adjectives

Short-word comparatives

Add "er" = mais
short - shorter (than)
tall - taller (than)
cheap - cheaper (than)
big - bigger (than) [consoante/vogal/consoante - dobra a última letra]
pritty - prittier (than)

Irregulares:
good - better (than)
bad - worse (than)

Long-word comparatives

More attractive (than)
More beautiful (than)
More interesting (than)

Demonstratives

Singular - plural

This - these
That - those