Índice

Introduction.......................................................................................................................1

Complete the sentences using: am, is, are, am not, isn’t, aren’t........................................2

Change the sentences below into interrogative form........................................................2

Match the numbers and the dates......................................................................................2

Make questions for the sentences given below.................................................................3

What time does her husband leave for work?...................................................................3

Write the time in words. Use A.M or P.M........................................................................3

Choose the correct answer a, b or c...................................................................................4

Write these numbers in full...............................................................................................4

Write fifty names of eatable products, (of any kind) found in Mozambican markets or. .4

Conclusion.........................................................................................................................5
Introduction

The current task is aimed to addressing three basic issues in relation to grammar and its
components. At the beginning, it is going to focus on grammar exercises, where we will
have some basic exercises related to the grammar understanding, at the second position
it will focus on the reading and comprehension of small texts, where the objective is to
test the brain if it is able to read and comprehend small written texts. At the end we are
going to bring a small task which can stimulate the ability of writing and motivate new
learners to muster the written vocabulary. It also important to state that learning a new
language is an activity that can surely rise any intrinsic motivation for other proposes
within the same language.

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Complete the sentences using: am, is, are, am not, isn’t, aren’t.

Peas are red.

a) A football ___ round.

b) Crisps are cheap.
c) You and I are friends.
d) Sunil is fifteen.
e) You aren’t a student.
f) Pedro is English.
g) I am Mozambican.
h) We are Japanese.
i) Marco and Rajiv are in England.

Change the sentences below into interrogative form.

a) He is twelve.
Is he twelve?
b) You are from Germany
Are you from Germany?
c) We are English teachers.
Are we English teachers?
d) She is American.
Is she American?
e) It’s a nice dog.
Is it a nice dog?

Match the numbers and the dates.

a) 27/4 • • the first of January

b) 11/2 • • the fifth of April
c) 4/7 • • the fourth of July
d) 22/10 • • the seventeenth of March
e) 17/3 • • the twenty second of October
f) 31/8 • • the thirty fist of August
g) 05/4 • • the eleventh of February
h) 01/1 • • the twenty seventh of April
i) Write the name of the previous century. Twentieth century.
j) Write the name of the next century. Twenty second century.

Make questions for the sentences given below.

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 a) You always speak Italian with Andrea.
Do you always speak Italian with Andrea?
b) He is coming back to Italy.
Is he coming back to Italy?
c) Her husband leaves for work at 8:30 in the morning.

What time does her husband leave for work?

d) You and Peter live in the same house.

Are you living in the same house with peter?
e) We are having an English breakfast now.
Are we having an English breakfast now?
f) John and Mary often go to bed late?
Do John and Mary often go to bed late?
g) Mike is looking for his suitcase.
Is Mike looking for his suitcase?
h) He usually eats a lot fruits.
Does he usually eat a lot fruits?

Write the time in words. Use A.M or P.M

a) 11:00 – Eleven O’clock A.M

b) 21:23 – twenty three past nine P.M
c) 09:50 – ten minutes to ten A.M
d) 24:30

Section II

1. What does Mary’s father don’t understand?

Mary’s father doesn’t understand that things are different now and she hasn’t
been able to find a job.
2. Does her mother feel the same as her father?
No, she doesn’t.
3. “…my mum gives me some now and then…” what does the word some refers
to?
The word some, refers to money.
4. Ate what age did Mary’s father star working?
Mary’s father started working at the age of 16.
5. Write two mines found in Mozambique.
Moatize and areias pesadas de Chibuto.

Choose the correct answer a, b or c.

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 1. What time does the lesson starts?
2. My parents haven’t got a car.
3. I have a lesson on Tuesday.
4. There isn’t anything in the cupboard.
5. My father is an old man.

Write these numbers in full.

1. 33 – thirty three
2. 4th – fourth

3. 555 – five hundred fifty five

4. 0 – zero
5. 1st – first

Section III

Write fifty names of eatable products, (of any kind) found in Mozambican markets or
shops in English.(5 marks)
Eggs, tomatoes, onions, cassava, bananas, lemon, milk, cucumber, carrots, sweet
potatoes, papaya, watermelon, beans, peas, pumpkin, garlic, meat, cheese, mangoes,
beetroots, cabbage, lettuce, butter, pepper, sausage, bread, rice, potatoes, avocado,
orange, maize, spaghetti, sugar, chiken, pine, soya, maize, cake, biscoits, oil, fisy,
yogurt, coffe, coconuit, tea, salt, wheat flour, apple, noodls.

Five markets

Sector

Water- Namaacha

Rice- Dona Ana

fruit juice- Ceres

sweet’s and bicuits - Tennis

Alcohol drink- Laurentina

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Conclusion

After a great work that was made in group, we could understand that promoting a better
mood for new English language learner is not any easy job because it involves a lot of
stages, with begins from extrinsic motivation, up to intrinsic motivation. We could go
along all this stages in the process of trying to produce the exercise above. In addition
to that, we could note that any exercise should be produced based on the addressee,
because the addressee is the receiver and if he is not able to resolve them, the exercises
where not well made.