Count and noncount nouns

Hello everyone!

Today I will talk about nouns that are count and noncount because there are people that have doubt about and sometimes I have doubt if this noun is count or noncount I think it is normal hehehe. Then I will show to you how can we use the word some and any. I hope you enjoy it :)))) just remember I am not fluent in English. I am just here to help each other. ;)

Lets go!

Some nouns are countable

a book  - um livro
two books - dois livros
an egg - um ovo
six eggs - seis ovos.

Some nouns are uncountable

bread - pão
rice - arroz

Some nouns are both!

Do you like ice cream?
We would like three ice creams, please.

Some uncountable nouns :
coffee, tea, wine, soda, apple juice, spaghetti,
yougurt, pizza, cheese, chocolate...
water, salt, money, music, air, snow, jewerly...

i.e: I need a water. I need some water.

The uncountable nouns will never be preceded by the indefinite articles: a/an

a water, a money, a salt, a chocolate, an music.

Some countable nouns:
apples, oranges, bananas, strawberries, peas, carrots, tomatoes,
cookies, hamburgers, french fries...
actors, bags, animals, cars, children...

i.e: Can I have a grapes?  Can I have some grapes?

In plural, it can to be preceded by a lot of pronouns like: some, many, a lot of, few, these, those, my, their, etc. i.e: a key. those keys. - one house. a lot of houses. - a cat. some cats. - a man. these men. 


Then, that is all... I hope to help everyone... Thanks so much for your attention!

Present perfect

Guys estou de volta em tão pouco tempo depois do ultimo post, isso mesmo estou sem nada pra fazer agora vim blogar com voces! Gente comentem pra mim saber que nao estou "falando" sozinha. Assim vou ser forçada a largar esse blog... :/ Só aparece aqui as visualizações, que cresceu muito, mas como vou fazer que voces estao realmente lendo? Entao eu help vcs e vcs help me! Se bem que estou fazendo isso pra nos ajudar por que até eu aprendo um pouco tambem!! SO LET'S GO!

Hoje não vou iniciar com texto não, vou poupar meus dedos um pouquinho. ;P

Vou colocar uns verbos no particípio passado:

been

begun

broken

chosen

gone

grown

forgotten

gotten

given

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Present perfect

Form

Verb to have/has + verb past participle

Usa-se: I have/you have

she has/He has

EX: I have studied Geography

She has written a book.

* Na interrogativa, o presente perfeito é formado colocando o verbo auxiliar have/has no inicio da frase antes do sujeito!

Ex: Have you studied geography?

*Na negativa so colocar o not (haven't hasn't)

Ex: She hasn't written a book.

¨O participio passado dos verbos regulares forma do mesmo modo que o passado simples!

Ex: Infinitive - past- participle

to work- worked - worked

ATENÇÃO: O presente perfeito é usado para expressar ações ou acontecimentos que ocorreram num passado recente, sem definição do momento da ocorrência. A ação ou acontecimento pode ou não estar ainda ocorrendo no presente.

Present perfect continuos

Forma: has/have + been + ing (present participle)

I have been working

She has been working

* O presente perfeito continuo é usado para expressar uma atividade que iniciou no passado e continua no presente

Ex: We've been waiting here for hours!

It's been raining for days.

*Para se referir uma atividade com um resultado no presente

Ex: I'm hot because I've been running

I don't have any money because I've been shopping.

Agora vou colocar alguns exemplos de frases afirmativas e interrogativas.

You have seen that movie many times.

Have you seen that movie many times?

People have traveled to the moon.

Have peole traveled to the moon?

Galera acho que é isso! xoxo see u soon!

bjokas e comentem!!

have to/have got to

Assunto novo gente, desculpem a demora... mas estou aqui pra iniciar um assunto sobre o uso de have to/ have got to. E como é de costume vou iniciar escrevendo um texto, que por sinal achei interessante, um diálogo entre duas pessoas, falando sobre um livro "Visions" de um cientista. Vamos lá!!

Life in the 21st century

A So what's the name of that book you were reading? Is it any good?

B Yeah, it is. It's called Visions, by a scientist named Michio Kaku. It's about the ways that science will change how we live in this century.

A Cool. So, what's going to change?

B Lots of stuff. For instance, computers will be much smaller and cheaper.

A Cheaper is good.

B Oh, yeah! And he says that computer will beeverywhere, like in the furniture, in the walls , in eyeglasses, in our cothes... You'll be able to wear a tiny little computer in your tie.

A But I don't have a tie.

B Well, you could wear it in your scarf! And computer in the future-get this- they will understand your voice! And he says that the internet will be free, and... Oh Yeah... and most people will have robots in their homes that understand speech too.

A Will the robots talk?

B Sure. They'll talk, listen, think... everything.

A Sounds weird. Hey, maybe you could get a robot girlfriend.

B Hey! Anyway, scientist will understand everything about our DNA. They'll have a map of all the human genes, about 100,000 of them, and then they'll be able to predict diseases before we get them.

A Is that good?

B Well, if they know you're likely to get a certain disease, they'll be able to fix your genes before you even get sick. And if you get sick, they'll be ableto produce medicines just for you because they know your personal DNA.

A Cool! What else is going to happen?

B Well, scientists will grow organs-new livers, kidneys, hearts, and lungs.

A Whoa!

B Yeah! and people will live until about 130 or 150.

A 150? Sounds freaky!

B And we'll use new forms of energy, like solar energy, from the sun.

A Don't we already have that?

B Yeah, but it's expensive. If solar energy gets cheaper and easier to use, then everyone will use it, so we'll have less pollution. We'll also have efficient cars that use both eletricity and gas at the same time. I fact, someday cars won't use gas at all.

A Great. My car won't run out of gas anymore. What else is going to happen?

B People will travel to other planets. There may even be time travel some day.

A Wow, this is really interesting. Can I borrow that book?

Have to/Have got to

Form

Has/have+ to+infinitive

Affirmative and negative

I

We Have to/don't have work hard.

You

They

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He\/

She\/

It- has/doesn't have/have to work hard?

Short answer

Do you have to wear a uniform ? Yes I do.

Does he have to go now? No. He doesn't.

Note

The past tense of have to is had to, with did and didn't it the question and negative.

I had to get up early this morning.

Why did you have to work last weekend?

They liked the hotel because they didn't have to do any cooking.

1. Have to expresses a general obligation. The obligation comes from "outside" - perhaps a law, a rule at school or work, or someone in authority.

You have to have a drive's license if you want to drive a car.

(That's the law)

I have to start work at 8:00. (My company says I must)

2. Have got to can be used to express a specific obligation. This is something that must be done "right now".

It is 10:00. I've got to leave.

3. Don't/doesn't have to expresses absence of obligation (it isn't necessary).

You don't have to wash the dishes. I have a dishwasher.

She doesn't have to work on monday. It is her day off.

Isso é tudo por hoje, comentem o assunto que quiser que eu procuro e post bem explicadinho!

Bjokas ;)

"Say" or "Tell"?

Olá meninas!! Eu aqui mais uma vez para postar mais um assunto de inglês. E um assunto que muitas queriam saber a diferença entre o "Say" e o "Tell". Achei bastante interessante e estou compartilhando com vocês. E um rápido exercício abaixo para vocês responderem. Enjoy it.

"Say" or "Tell"?

Instruções: 
We use reported speech to talk about things that people say.  Two verbs that are used to report speech are “say” and “tell”.  This exercise will help you to know when to use each verb.
"Usamos discurso relatado para falar sobre coisas que as pessoas dizem. Dois verbos que são usados ​​para reportar discursos são "dizer" e "dizer". Este exercício vai ajudar você a saber quando usar cada verbo".

Please fill in the blanks with the correct form of “tell” or “say”.

Dicas: 
Use “say” before a noun clause.
Example: Rafael said that he was going to bed.

Use “tell” before an object pronoun.  (The noun clause follows the object.)
Example: Rafael told me that he was going to bed.

Amostra:

This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise.  You can copy and paste it into the box below.  Then fill in your answers.

Jenny: Did you hear what happened?

Sarah: No, _______ me!

Jenny: Yesterday Peggy _______ me that Breanna and Jason are calling off the wedding!

Sarah: How did Peggy find out?  Who ______ her?

Jenny: She _______ that Breanna’s sister _______ everyone at a party last night.

Sarah: I _______ you that those two wouldn’t stay together for very long.

Jenny: When did you _______ that?

Sarah:  I _______ it as soon as Breanna _______ us they were dating!

bjokas voltem sempre! :D

Aula de hoje #Verb to be

Olá!! 

Bom um metodo que achei legal para o blog, já que é para "improve your english" é em geral, então melhorar seu inglês, melhorar sua pronuncia e sua gramatica. Cada vez que eu criar um post de uma aula, vou iniciar com um texto em inglês (qualquer tema) eu vou digitar das minhas queridas apostilas rs. Você vai ler sempre em voz alta. Isso ajuda a sua pronuncia, escrita e listen. Vamos lá para a primeira aula?! :)

first text

A better world for all

Poor people live without fundamental freedoms of action and choice that the better-off take for granted. They often lack adequate food and shelter, education and health, deprivations that keep them from leading the kind of life that everyone values. They also face extreme vulnerability to ill health, economic dislocation, and natural disasters. And they are often exposed to ill treatment by instituitions of the state and society and are powerless to influence key decisions affecting their lives. These are all dimensions of poverty. 

They experience of multiple deprovations is intense and painfull. Poor people's description of what living in poverty means bears eloquent testimony to their pain. For those who live in poverty, escaping it can seem impossible. But it is not impossible. 

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Batter-off - people who have money.

Take for granted - are familiar with.

Bears - shows.

Aula de hoje - Verb To Be

Affirmative

I am 

He is

She is

It is                                      - from the Brazil.

We are

You are

They are

Question

 

Where am I from?

Where is he/she/it/ from?

Where are we/you/they from?

About age...

How old are you? 

I am 21. or             

I am 21 years old. 

NOT

I am 21 years.

I have 21 years.

Possessive adjectives

What is my/your/his/her name?

This is my/your/his/her/our/their house.

Question words

What is your phone number?

Where are you from? 

How are you? 

a/an

It is a ticket/newspaper/magazine.  

We use an before vowel sound

It is an apple/envelope/English dictionary. 

I am a doctor.

I am a student.

NOT

I am doctor.

I am student.

Obs.: Está tudo sem tradução por que meu livro está exatamente assim, e eu acho melhor, né?

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Por hoje é só isso, para o post nao ficar longo. rs 

Até mais!

Bjokas ;)

Quer aprender um pouco da gramatica inglesa?

Veio no lugar certinho... rs


Então pessoal, resolvi fazer esse blog com a intenção de colocar aqui todo o material gramatical que tenho da língua inglês, sei que nem todos tem a santa paciência de digitar num blog tudo de um livro, ou seja, (perder seu tempo). Mas eu vim aqui com essa responsabilidade e disponibilidade de sempre estar postando assuntos de inglês para você, amiga e amigo que sonha em fazer um intercambio para o exterior, mas ainda não sabe falar se quer um "What is your name?" rs, sim verdade, existem pessoas assim. Eu não sou fluente em inglês ainda, preciso melhorar e muito, meu vocabulário principalmente, sempre temos um pouco a mais para poder aprender, né? Então, eu tenho aqui uns livros do curso que fiz de inglês, parei no avançado, por que vou fazer um intercambio para os USA e não quis mais gastar com curso, o que eu tiver de aprender, aprenderei lá, claro pra mim poder ir falando um pouco bem eu preciso "meter as caras" nos livros e tudo que for método para aprender e estudar mais. Acredito que esse blog também irá me ajudar bastante pois vou expor para vocês tudo que estiver na minha apostila do Iniciante A até o Avançado B e vou ser forçada a rever os mesmo assuntos e relembrar (é sempre bom relembrar). Só tenho até o inter-B, pois não fui ate o avançado B, mas tenho aqui apostila do avançado A e B que consegui.  Fiquem ligados e divulguem o blog e quando eu estiver nos states com certeza vou continuar postando aqui dicas melhores ainda para aprender inglês. Espero ajudar a todos. Logo venho postar a primeira "aula" que sera o que eu dei no pré-intermediário. Colocarei aqui todo o conteúdo do livro que eu tenho, e um pouco mais. Fiquem ligados!! 

Bjokas


Vanessa Aquino