Stage 5

Talking about quantity (2)

Nesta aula do nosso curso online de inglês, você aprenderá mais sobre como falar de quantidade.

1 . De quais atividades a seguir você gosta ou não gosta? Determine um número de 1 a 5 para cada uma (5 = você gosta muito; 1 = você detesta).

eating chocolate | playing video or computer games | watching or playing football | travelling by air | watching television | working

2 . Associe as frases (1–6) à frase adequada de (a–f).

1 Joan and Brian like chocolate.

2 Tony, Mark, Brendan and Alan like football.

3 Jan, Mike, Claire, William and Peter like watching television, but Jenny doesn’t.

4 Gary, Tom and Val like playing video games, but Bob, Emma, Charles and Molly don’t.

5 Geoff and Jo dislike travelling by air.

6 Anne, Heidi, Susan and Joy dislike working.

a) Both of them like it.

b) Neither of them like it.

c) None of them like it.

d) Some of them like it.

e) Most of them like it.

f) All of them like it.

Grammar: both / all / some / most / neither / none

3 . Leia as sugestões e, em seguida, complete as frases com uma das palavras abaixo, que expressam quantidade.

all | neither | both | three | quarters | half

1 ……………… of them liked the film. (Bernie and Steve)

2 ……………… of all hospitals need more money. (75%)

3 ……………… of the money is missing. (50%)

4 ……………… of them eat meat. (John and Sarah)

5 ……………… of these eggs are broken. (100%)

4 . Ouça a gravação. Uma empresa acabou de realizar uma conferência. Dois dos representantes, Joe Samson e Sally Jenkins, estão conversando sobre a conferência. Enquanto ouve, observe a programação abaixo e então indique se as frases a seguir (1–8) são verdadeiras ou falsas.

1 Most of the speakers had to start their presentations late.

2 All of the presentations were too long.

3 All of the presentations were boring.

4 Neither Joe Samson nor Sally Jenkins thought Liz Thompson’s presentation was good.

5 Both Joe and Sally thought the lunch was good.

6 The directors answered all of the delegates’ questions.

7 None of the delegates missed the final workshop.

8 Both Joe and Sally think they should tell their manager what they thought of the conference.

20 minutes+

Ouça a gravação novamente. Em seguida, observe o relatório e preencha as lacunas com both, most, none e some.


Word Bank

avoid (verbo) = evitar

awareness (substantivo) = consciência, percepção

conference (substantivo) = conferência

cultural (adjetivo) = cultural

delegate (substantivo) = delegado, representante

director (substantivo) = diretor

disappointment (substantivo) = desapontamento, decepção

dislike (verbo) = ter aversão a, não gostar de

exception (substantivo) = exceção

speaker (substantivo) = orador

workshop (substantivo) = oficina, curso prático


Respostas:

Exercício 2

1-a; 2-f; 3-e; 4-d; 5-b; 6-c

Exercício 3

1 both

2 Three quarters

3 Half

4 Neither

5 All

Exercício 4

1 False. Some of the speakers had to start their presentations late.

2 False. One of the presentations was too long.

3 False. Most of the presentations were boring.

4 False. Both of them thought Liz Taylor’s presentation was good.

5 True

6 False. The directors answered none of the delegates’ questions.

7 False. Most of the delegates missed the final workshop.

8 True

20 minutes+

Some of the speakers …

Most of the presentations …

Sally Jenkins and I both agree that …

The directors answered none of the questions …

Most of the delegates …