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Useful Expressions

What's (chair)? O que é (chair)?

What's the meaning of ________? Qual é o significado de _____?

How do you say _____ in English? Como se diz _____ em inglês?

How do you spell ________? Como se soletra ____?

Please Por favor

Excuse me Com licença

Thanks / Thank you Obrigada

You're welcome / No problem Por nada / Sem problema

Could you lend me _________? Você poderia me emprestar ____?

May I borrow your _________? Posso pegar emprestado seu __?

pen/ pencil/ pencil sharpener Caneta / Lápis / apontador

eraser borracha

May I come in? Posso entrar?

Can I drink some water? Posso beber um pouco de água?

Can I go to the restroom? Posso ir ao banheiro?

I'm sorry Me desculpe/ Sinto muito

Repeat, please / Again Repita, please / De novo

Wait a moment, please Espere um momento, por favor

I don't know Eu não sei

I don't understand Eu não entendi

I forgot it Eu esqueci
Question words
WHAT NAMES What’s your name? my name is Peter.

THINGS What is it? It is a chair.

WHAT TIME TIME What time is it? It's three o'clock p.m.

WHEN TIME When do you go to school? Every day.

WHERE PLACE Where are you from? I am from Bordeaux.

Where do you live? I live in São Paulo.

WHO PEOPLE Who is that? That's Tony, my brother.

WHOSE POSSESSION Whose car is it? It's Mr. Smith's car.

WHY REASON Why are you here? Because l need to talk.

WHICH CHOICE Which pen do you want? The blue one.

HOW MANNER How do you go to school? By car.

HOW OLD AGE How old are you? I’m 20 years old.

HOW LONG DURATION How long does it take you to go to school?

One hour

HOW OFTEN FREQUENCY How often do you exercise? Three times a

week.

HOW FAR DISTANCE How far is it? It's about two kilometers.

HOW TALL HEIGHT (PERSON) How tall is PauI? Two meters.

HOW MUCH PRICE How much is an orange? It's ten dollars.

QUANTITY (Noncount ) How much beer does he drink? Two bottles.

HOW MANY QUANTITY (Countable) How many eggs do you need? Four.
Verbs for the classroom

ANALYZE - analizar READ - ler

ANSWER - responder RESEARCH - pesquisar

ASK - perguntar SHARE - compartilhar

COPY - copiar SPEAK - falar

DO - fazer TALK - conversar

LISTEN - ouvir THINK – pensar/achar

MAKE - fazer WATCH - assitir

PREPARE - preparar WRITE - escrever

PRESENT - apresentar

Essential Verbs

DO - fazer LOVE - amar

GIVE - dar MAKE - fazer

HAVE - ter NEED - precisar

HATE - odiar STUDY - estudar

LIKE - gostar WANT - querer

LIVE – viver/morar WORK - trabalhar

Days, Months, and Seasons
Numbers
Cardinal Ordinal
1 ONE 1ST FIRST
2 TWO 2ND SECOND
3 THREE 3RD THIRD
4 FOUR 4TH FOURTH
5 FIVE 5TH FIFTH
6 SIX 6TH SIXTH
7 SEVEN 7TH SEVENTH
8 EIGHT 8TH EIGHTH
9 NINE 9TH NINTH
10 TEN 10TH TENTH
11 ELEVEN 11TH ELEVENTH
12 TWELVE 12TH TWELFTH
13 THIRTEEN 13TH THIRTHEENTH
14 FOURTEEN 14TH FOURTEENTH
15 FIFTEEN 15TH FIFTEENTH
16 SIXTEEN 16TH SIXTEENTH
17 SEVENTEEN 17TH SEVENTEENTH
18 EIGHTEEN 18TH EIGHTEENTH
19 NINETEEN 19TH NINETEENTH
20 TWENTY 20TH TWENTIETH
21 TWENTY-ONE 21ST TWENTY-FIRST
30 THIRTY 30TH THIRTIETH
40 FORTY 40TH FORTIETH
50 FIFTY 50TH FIFTIETH
60 SIXTY 60TH SIXTIETH
70 SEVENTY 70TH SEVENTIETH
80 EIGHTY 80TH EIGHTIETH
90 NINETY 90TH NINETIETH
100 ONE HUNDRED 100TH ONE HUNDREDTH
1000 ONE THOUSAND 1000TH ONE THOUSANDTH
The Alphabet
Pronouns

SUBJECT OBJECT POSSESSIVE POSSESSIVE REFLEXIVE

PRONOUNS PRONOUN ADJECTIVES PRONOUNS PRONOUNS

I ME MY MINE MYSELF

YOU YOU YOUR YOURS YOURSELF

HE HIM HIS HIS HIMSELF

SHE HER HER HERS HERSELF

IT IT ITS ITS ITSELF

WE US OUR OURS OURSELVES

YOU YOU YOUR YOURS YOURSELVES

THEY THEM THEIR THEIRS THEMSELVES

Before the After or without a The subject and the

After the verb Before a noun
verb noun object are the same

EG. I LOVE YOU LOVE THIS IS MY THIS BOOK IS

I LOVE MYSELF
YOU ME. BOOK. MINE
Prepositions of Place
Prepositions of Time
Plural of nouns

Boy – boys
GENERAL
+S Friend – friends
RULE
Girl – girls

Actress – actresses
Brush – brushes
Nouns ending in
+ ES Watch – watches
S, SH, CH, O, X, Z
Hero – heroes
Topaz – topazes
Family – families
Nouns ending
-Y + IES Candy – candies
CONSONANT + Y
Cherry – cherries
Leaf – leaves
Nouns ending in - F + VES
Thief – thieves
F, FE - FE + VES
Wife – wives

Kilo – kilos Radio – radios

EXCEPTIONS Photo – photos Roof – roofs
Piano – pianos Stomach – stomachs

Child – children Mouse – mice

IRREGULAR Foot – feet Tooth – teeth
Man – men Woman - women
Verb Tenses
SIMPLE PRESENT
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I I I play?
play do not play DO
You You you play?
He He he play?
She plays She doesn't play DOES she play?
It It it play?
We We we play?
You play You don't play DO you play?
They They they play?

SIMPLE PRESENT - TO BE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I am I am not Am I?
You are You are not Are you?
He He he?
She is She is not (isn't) Is she?
It It it?
We We we?
You are You are not (aren't) Are you?
They They they?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I am playing I am not playing Am I playing?
You are playing You are not playing Are you playing?
He He he playing?
is not (isn't)
She is playing She Is she playing?
playing
It It it playing?
We We we playing?
are not (aren't)
You are playing You Are you playing?
playing
They They they playing?
 SIMPLE PAST
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I I I play?
You You you play?
He He he play?
She She did not (didn't) she play?
played Did
It It play it play?
We We we play?
You You you play?
They They they play?

SIMPLE PAST - TO BE
AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
I was I was not (wasn't) Was I?
You were You were not (weren't) Were you?
He He he?
She was She was not (wasn't) Was she?
It It it?
We We we?
were not
You were You Were you?
(weren't)
They They they?