GOVERNO DO ESTADO DO PIAUÍ

SECRETARIA DA EDUCAÇÃO E CULTURA – SEDUC

CENTRO CULTURAL DE LÍNGUAS PE. RAIMUNDO JOSÉ A. SOARES
RUA 1º DE MAIO, 2371 – PRIMAVERA, CEP: 64.002-510 - (3216-2654/ 3221-7590.

Essential Information
1. The Alphabet

 How do you spell your name/that? It’s C – L – A – R – I – S – S – E.

2. Greetings and Goodbyes

Good morning! / Good! Good night! / Have a good evening.
Good afternoon! Good bye!/ See you tomorrow/ See
Good evening! you later/ See you on _________.
Hello/ Hi/ Hey, ________! Bye/ See you.

3. Everyday Expressions
Formal: Informal:
Yes. Yeah. / Yep.
Thank you. Thanks.
How are you? Hello. / Hi there. / Hey / Hiya.
How do you do? How are you doing? / What’s up.
I’m fine. OK. / Pretty good. / Good.

4. The Numbers

5. Age
 How old are you? I’m . . . (years old)
 How old is he/she? He/She’s 19 (years old).
6. Telephone Number
 What’s your phone number? My phone number is/ It’s 212-726-6388
“two-one-two, seven-two-six,six-three-eight-eight or double eight”.

7. Internet and E-mail Vocabulary

 What’s your e-mail (address)? My e-mail (address) is tom-garcia@gmail.com

(tom hyphen garcia at gmail dot com)

8. Nationality
 Where are you from? I’m from Brazil.
 What’s your nationality? I’m Brazilian.
Nationalities are always written with capital letter.
Countries: I’m from… Nationalities: I’m…
Australia Australian
Chile Chile____
Egypt Egypti____
Indonesia Indonesi____
Germany Germ____
Italy Itali____
Mexico Mexic____
Russia Russi____
The UK (United Kingdom) British
Spain Span____
Poland Pol____
Turkey Turk____
Ireland Ir____
Denmark Dan____
Finland Finn____
Sweden Swed____
China Chinese
Japan Japan____
Lebanon Leban____
Portugual Portugu____
France French
Greece Greek
Netherlands Dutch
New Zealand New Zealander
 9. Marital Status
 What’s your marital status? I’m single/ married/ divorced/ widow – widower
 Are you married? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
 Is she single? Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t.

10. Possessive Case

 How to make possessive forms:
Singular Nouns: + ‘s – This is Mary’s car. That is Tom’s book. He is my brother’s son.
Most Plural Nouns: + ‘ – This is my sisters’ car. That is my parents’ house. It is the boys’ ball.
Plurals without s: + ‘s – The children’s toy are here. The people’s voices are silent. The men’s cars
are black.

11. Family Members

 How to talk about family relationships:

Who’s Mary? She is George’s wife. She is Michael, Tom and Laura’s mother. She is Hannah,
Rachel, David, Bill and Sue ’s grandmother. She’s Martha and Henry ‘s mother-in-law.

Other words for family members

Relatives - parentes
Siblings – irmãos (irmãos + irmãs)