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Nesta aula do nosso curso online de inglês, você aprenderá sobre o uso de verbos preposicionais.
1 . Você faz promessas a si mesmo para marcar o começo de um novo ano? Você consegue manter suas promessas?
2 . Theo decidiu fazer uma lista de promessas de Ano-Novo. Observe seu diário e preencha as lacunas com um dos verbos preposicionais do quadro abaixo.
break down | give up | listen to | borrowed from | look after | talks about | pay back | set up
January 1 again, and I’ve decided to make a few resolutions. Let’s hope I can keep them this year!
1 …………………….. smoking.
2 ……………………. a regular time to go to the gym.
3 ……………………. my boss when he ………………… time management.
4 ……………………. the car so it doesn’t …………….…….… so often.
5 ……………………. the money I …………………..…….… my brother.
3 . Ouça a gravação e verifique as suas respostas do exercício 2.
Grammar: Multi-word verbs (2)
Alguns verbos preposicionais são fáceis de se compreender se você souber o significado de cada palavra.
Toby borrowed money from his brother.
Alguns verbos preposicionais possuem um significado completamente diferente.
I want to give up smoking.
give up = stop doing something
4 . Associe os verbos da coluna à esquerda (1–7) com os significados da coluna à direita (a–g).
1 break down
2 look after
3 find out
4 put off
5 pay back
6 give up
7 pick up
a) arrange to meet or collect
b) stop working
c) return
d) stop doing something
e) discover
f) postpone
g) take care of
5 . Preencha as lacunas com um dos verbos preposicionais do exercício 4.
1 Can you ……………………… the children while I go to the doctor?
2 I must ………………………. the $20 I owe my sister.
3 He wants to ……………………….. more about South America. He’s visiting
Chile next summer.
4 We are starting a diet this week. We are going to ………………….. all fatty
foods.
5 The sales figures aren’t ready yet. We should ………………………… the
meeting until next week.
6 You could ……………… some milk for me when you pass the convenience
store on the corner. Thanks.
20 minutes+
Faça uma lista de cinco promessas pessoais. Use estes verbos preposicionais do quadro abaixo.
listen to | give up | look after | find out | pay back
Word Bank
break down (verbo) = quebrar, deixar de funcionar (carro, máquina)
find out (verbo) = descobrir
give up (verbo) = desistir de, abandonar
look after (verbo) = tomar conta de
pay back (verbo) = pagar a, reembolsar
pick up (verbo) = apanhar, pegar
put off (verbo) = adiar
Respostas:
Exercício 2
1 Give up
2 Set up
3 Listen to, talks about
4 Look after, break down
5 Pay back, borrowed from
Exercício 4
1-b; 2-g; 3-e; 4-f; 5-c; 6-d; 7-a
Exercício 5
1 look after
2 pay back
3 find out
4 give up
5 put off
6 pick up
20 minutes+
1 I want to listen to more music.
2 I’m going to give up smoking.
3 I want to look after my car better.
4 I’m going to find out about taking swimming lessons.
5 I’m going to pay back the money I borrowed from my brother.