13- Everyday Conversation - New vocab

The following is a dialogue between Wesley and Bruno.They are two students of mine. While studying it, think of the following questions. Read the dialogue as many times as you want.


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1- Can Wesley hear Bruno clearly?
2- Is there something wrong with the telephone?
3- What does Wesley ask Bruno to do?
4- Is Wesley going to hang up and try calling Bruno again?



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### We seem to have a bad connection on the phone


Wesley : I can hardly hear you, Bruno!
Bruno : Oh, we seem to have a bad connection on this phone.
Wesley : Could you speak up, please?
Bruno : I'm talking as loud as I can.
Wesley : I'm going to hang up and call again.
Bruno : All right!
Wesley : Hello, can you hear me now?
Bruno : Oh, yeah! Now it's much better. What do you want from me?
Wesley : Actually, I was worried about you...
Bruno : Worried? What for?
Wesley: Well, I was trying to get a hold of you all day long yesterday.
Bruno : Really?
Wesley: Yeah! I thought you were angry at me.
Bruno : No way!

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The following is a dialogue between João Luís and Renata. While studying it, think of the following questions. Read the dialogue as many times as you want.


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1- Was Renata able to get a hold of João Luís?
2- Was there anyone able to get a hold of him by phone last night?
3- What happened to João's telephone?
4- Did João do anything wrong?

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Renata : What's wrong with your phone, João? I tried to call you all night last night.
João : I'm sorry. No one was able to get through yesterday. My telephone was disconnected by the phone company.
Renata : What happened? Didn't you pay the bill ?
João : Well...er...I forgot.
Renata : This is the second time you forget to pay the bill.
João : Actually I was tied up with other things.
Renata : I know , but try do not put the essencial decisions aside.
João : I got it!!!

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Grammar review

* Well Lari, let's start our grammar review by taking a look on this structure:

Comparative of equality - Comparativo de igualdade

As we are in a competitive world, once in a while we take ourselves comparing people. There are many ways to compare...you can say , for example , that Ellen is as beautiful as Michelle or that J.B. is not so smart as Gabriel. This kind of comparision is called " Comparative of equality"




Comparative of equality

Affirmative = as ......................as


Negative = not so ...................as

not as......................as

Not so * used in negative comparision


*** My brother is as good as my father.

**My brother is not so good as my father

**My brother is not as good as my father



1- Corinthians plays as well as São Paulo.

2- My life is not as easy as your life.

3- English is as difficult as Portuguese.

4- Andrelina is as intelligent as Michelle.

5- Ronaldo is as fat as Jô Soares

6- São Paulo is as dangerous as Rio de Janeiro

7- Sìlvio Santos is as rich as Bill gates

8- English is not so difficult as Portuguese

9- Ronaldo is not as fat as Jô Soares

10- Larissa is as polite as I am.

11- You are as short fuse as my neighbor.

12- This grammar is as easy as take a candie from a kid's mouth.



Vocabulary - Adjectives

* Good

* bad

* badly

* fat

* thin

* tall

* short

* beautiful

* handsome

* cute

* ugly

* rich

* poor

* cheap

* expensive

* calm

* nervous

* dirty

* clean

* easy

* difficult

* dedicated

* lazy

* late

* early

* horrible

* wonderful

* polite

* moody

* large

* tight

* open

* closed

* slow

* fast

* heavy

* soft