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Aumente seus conhecimentos sobre as condicionais do inglês enquanto aprende a justificar suas ações!
1 . Você já teve de justificar suas ações para alguém? Quais eram as circunstâncias? Foi algo fácil ou difícil de se fazer?
2 . Ouça a gravação. Mike Kearney acabou de voltar de uma conferência em Nova York. O patrão dele não está muito satisfeito e está conversando com ele pelo telefone. Diga os motivos do descontentamento do patrão de Mike.
Mike Kearney…
1 … was late for the first conference.
2 … missed his flight.
3 … flew with an expensive airline to get to New York.
4 … took a taxi to get to the airport.
5 … stayed in an expensive hotel.
6 … ate too much.
7 … spent too much money in expensive restaurants.
8 … stayed too long in New York.
9 … spent too much time with just one customer.
10 … didn’t make much money for the company.
3 . Ouça a próxima gravação, na qual Mike se justifica. Antes de ouvir, tente adivinhar quais os possíveis motivos que Mike dará.
1 I didn’t fly with International Air because…
2 I didn’t take the train to the airport because…
3 I stayed at the best hotel in New York so that…
4 I ate in the best restaurants so that…
5 I stayed an extra day because…
6 I spent a whole day with Mr Sato because…
Grammar: Conditionals
Podemos usar as orações condicionais para justificar ações passadas. A forma é If + past perfect ; (oração principal) would / wouldn’t + present perfect .
If I hadn’t left early, I would have got stuck in the traffic.
If I hadn’t flown with Royal Air, I would have missed the beginning of the conference.
4 . Ouça novamente a gravação e relacione as justificativas de Mike, à esquerda, com seus motivos, à direita.
1 If I hadn’t flown with Royal Air,
2 If I hadn’t taken a taxi to the airport,
3 If I hadn’t stayed in the best hotel,
4 If I hadn’t eaten in the best restaurants,
5 If I hadn’t stayed another night,
6 If I hadn’t spent so much time with Mr Sato,
a) our customers would have thought our company was doing badly.
b) I wouldn’t have met our Canadian customers.
c) I wouldn’t have got such a big order.
d) I would have missed the beginning of the conference.
e) I wouldn’t have entertained our customers so well.
f) I would have missed the flight.
5 . Observe as frases a seguir e verifique se elas estão corretas gramaticalmente. Diga quais as frases corretas e corrija as erradas.
1 If I seen you, I would have said hello.
2 If I hadn’t bought so much food, there wouldn’t have been enough for everybody.
3 If we hadn’t took a map with us, we would have got lost.
4 If she hadn’t worked so hard, she would have fail her exam.
5 If we hadn’t spent so long on the project, it wouldn’t have been so successful.
6 If you had woken up earlier, you wouldn’t have been late for work.
20 minutes+
No exercício 2, o patrão de Mike Kearney usa uma expressão formal para mostrar que está furioso: I’m not at all pleased with you. Normalmente, quando estamos irritados ou insatisfeitos, usamos expressões mais curtas. Ouça a gravação e depois escreva as respostas que você ouviu. As palavras no quadro abaixo podem ajudar.
not | a | that’s | What | enough | just | Why | on | That | isn’t | really | earth | great | good | Oh | nuisance
Word Bank
charter flight (substantivo) = vôo charter, vôo fretado
customer (substantivo) = cliente
enough (advérbio) = bastante, suficiente
entertain (verbo) = divertir, distrair
expenses (substantivo) = despesas
trip (substantivo) = viagem
Respostas:
Exercício 2
3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9
Exercício 4
1 d
2 f
3 a
4 e
5 b
6 c
Exercício 5
1 If I had seen you, …
2 ✓
3 If we hadn’t taken a map with us, …
4 … she would have failed her exam.
5 ✓
6 ✓
20 minutes+
1 What a nuisance!
2 Oh, that’s just great!
3 Why on earth not?
4 That really isn’t good enough.