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Did you know? Leonardo da Vinci wrote from right to left - you needed a mirror to read his handwriting. He was a genius - he could write one sentence with his right hand and a different sentence with his left hand. He invented scissors. He drew architect's plans but never built a building. He lost most of the paintings and drawings he did in Milan. He had many talents. He made models and in his notebooks there were plans for a tank, a helicopter and a submarine. His scientific observations were a hundred years before his time. 1. Encontre no texto as formas verbais no passado simples dos verbos irregulares: write, make, have, build, lose, do, draw. 2. Quais são as duas formas do verbo to be no passado simples? Complete. Para I, he, she e it é __was__. Para you, we e they é __were__. 3. Complete o texto com o passado simples dos verbos entre parênteses. Marie Curie was (be) a physicist and a chemist. She began (begin) her studies in Poland but in 1891 she left (leave) for France. She studied (study) there and later worked (work) as a scientist at the Sorbonne in Paris. She met (meet) and married (marry) a French scientist, Pierre Curie. They had (have) two children, Irene and Ewa. Maria and Pierre discovered (discover) two radioactive elements, radium and polonium. Pierre died (die) in 1906 in an accident in Paris. Maria got (get) two Nobel Prizes, in 1903 and in 1911. She died (die) in 1934. 4. Read the text below - leia o texto abaixo. Last year I visited my mother and studied French. I didn’t have many problems and I made a lot of friends. I went to the USA and learned English a lot too. I saw different places and had time to take pictures. I didn’t drink beer, I drank only soda. I ate barbecue and slept late on weekends. I started a business and worked a lot. My business helped me learn and understand things. I didn’t want to live in the USA because I love Brazil. My life changed and I had many things to do every day. I also finished what I started in 2003: an English course. I didn’t lose anything, I only won. This was the best year of my life. Everything went fine. - By Paolo Johnson 5. True or False - verdadeiro ou falso A. Paolo had a lot of problems. (.f) B. Paolo didn't make many friends. (f) C. Paolo worked a lot last year. (v) D. Last year was the best year of Paolo's life. (v) 6. Write a text in the Past about Your Last Year. Last year was very good I went to school, studied a lot, was with my friends, talked and had a lot of fun. I didn’t travel much, but I did a lot of different things, like visiting new restaurants, I started hiking, I went to graduation and spent time with my family. Last year I wanted to learn a new hobby, but I only got this year, the crochet. I also started looking for exchanges to improve my English, besides being my dream to go to the united states and get to know their culture and participate in halloween day last year was incredible 7. Translate: Ready for School Tara could hardly wait for school to start. Mom drove her to the store to buy school supplies. They bought pencils, crayons, scissors, and glue. When Tara got home, she wrote her name on all of her supplies. She put them in a paper sack. The next day, Tara went to school, but the principal told her and the other children to go back home. A water leak had flooded the building. Oh no! Tara would have to wait another whole week! Pronto para a escola Tara mal podia esperar o início das aulas. Mamãe a levou até a loja para comprar material escolar . Eles compraram lápis, giz de cera, tesoura e cola. Quando Tara chegou em casa, ela escreveu seu nome em todos os seus materiais. Ela os colocou em um saco de papel. no dia seguinte, Tara foi para a escola, mas o diretor disse a ela e às outras crianças para voltar para casa. Um vazamento de água inundou o prédio. Ah não! Tara teria que espere outra semana inteira! 8. Answer these questions: 1. Maria and Fernando _______ Spanish. a) is b) isn’t c) are d) am 2. They’ve got three _______. a) child’s. b) childrens. c) children. d) child. 3. There’s ______ pencil on the table. a) a b) two c) some d) an 4. My brother’s sixteen. ______ called Tom. a) She’s b) He’s c) It’s d) You’re 5. I’ve got two sisters. ______ bedroom is very big. a) His b) Your c) Their d) Her 6. ______ are you from? a) Where b) What c) When d) Who 7. This is my book. ______ are your books on the table. a) This b) That c) It d) Those 8. ______ are twenty students in my class. a) They b) There c) We d) It 9. There’s a blackboard in the classroom but there aren’t ______ shelves. a) any b) some c) a d) the 10. My parents have got blue eyes but my ______ hair is black. a) father b) fathers c) fathers’ d) father’s 11. _______ you got any apples? a) Has b) Have c) Is d) Do 12. They speak English but they ______ speak French. a) don’t b) do c) does d) doesn’t 13. _______ he play the guitar? a) Do b) Does c) Is d) Don’t 14. I _______ up at 7 o’clock. a) usually get b) get sometimes c) get often d) get usually 15. We like him but he doesn’t like ________. a) we b) he c) they d) us 16. She _______ a black T-shirt today. a) wears b) doesn’t wear c) is wearing d) are wearing 17. I don’t like _______ football. a) play b) playing c) to playing d) doing 18. My friend, Jack, ______ at school yesterday because he was ill. a) isn’t b) was c) were d) wasn’t 19. Where ______ last night? a) did you go b) do you go c) you go d) does she go 20. What _______ to do next weekend? a) do you go b) are you going c) are you doing d) did they go