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Geekie One - EF - Mistas - Inglês 6º Ano Level 1 - Cap. 08 - Communication - Simple Present and Present Continuous
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Hello, student. During this chapter we will talk about the different kinds of communication,
and also how to use the simple present and present continuous and their rules. Let's go?
Look at the image below and discuss the questions with a friend.
1.
What elements can you see in the picture?
2.
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Can people communicate using only their voices and words?
3.
What are other ways of communicating?
Communication
What is communication?
There is more than one way of using communication: signs, gestures, symbols, messages
etc.
Look at the items below and check some ways used to establish communication.
Explorando:
ways of communication
PRÁTICA ATIVA
Questão 01
Check the different types of communication and match them to the words.
1.a)
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1.b)
Can you relate the situations on which we use each kind of communication?
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Text messages and social networks
We can communicate using many different resources (you saw some examples on the
previous slide). Text messaging is one of the most used ways of communication nowadays,
Emojis are used in text messages in order to express feelings, emotions etc.
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Emojis
They are ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages to communicate. It's possible to find in
the "emoji keyboard" facial expressions like , flags , animals etc. An emoticon is a
representation of a facial expression such as :-) (representing a smile) formed by various
combinations of keyboard characters and used to convey the writer's feelings or intended tone.
Over the years the process of using emoticons within text, email and social media has been made
easier, allowing the user to simply copy and paste in an emoji, or use the short code which then auto
converts into a graphic. This takes the emoticon to a new level as the choice available includes such a
wide variety of choice. Where the emoticon may express emotions, the emoji also offers objects.
Emoticons
An emoticon is short for 'emotion icon' and is a visual representation of a facial expression or body
posture to convey mood, attitude or emotion used initially in email and text messages. The most well
known is the smiley face. Emoticons can at their simplest be expressed within text by using a series
of punctuation marks (as above) and sometimes letters and special marks.
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Express yourself!
What are the emojis and emoticons you use the most?
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Sugestão para assistir: emojis on the big screen
Hidden inside a smartphone, the bustling city of Textopolis is home to all emojis.
Each emoji has only one facial expression, except for Gene, an exuberant emoji with
multiple expressions. Determined to become "normal" like the other emojis, Gene
enlists the help of his best friend Hi-5 and a notorious code breaker called Jailbreak.
During their travels through the other apps, the three emojis discover a great danger
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It's time to read: texting
Texting is one of the most used ways of communicating. We can say it is practical, quick
and it allows people to talk to each other no matter how distant we are.
Read the text below and check how most teenagers communicate.
For teenagers, texting on mobile phones is the main form of connecting with their friends, according
to a report by the Pew Research Center.
The report also shows that when teenagers do bother with an old-school phone call, it's more often
to contact their parents than their peers. Among its many advantages, teens said texting is a quick
way to say "hi", report where they and their friends are and to get to the point.
This survey has revealed that the average teen texter sends and receives fifty messages a day
compared to making and fielding just five phone calls.
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Besides basic efficiency, one of the reasons behind the meteoric rise in texting is the privacy that the
medium affords. "Teens can text under the radar [...] your teacher or parents won't really know what
you're up to and it doesn't bother people around you", said study co-author Rich Ling, professor at
the IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
HADHAZY, Adam. Teens Prefer Texting vs. Calling... Except to Parents. Disponível em:
<http://www.livescience.com>. Acesso em: 16 set. 2015. (adaptado)
Questão 01
Using applications
As we read on the previous page, one of the most used way of communication among
teenagers is texting.
And one of the most used applications (or apps) for communication is WhatsApp.
• video calls;
• emojis;
• stickers;
• calls.
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Let’s explore this app a little and see some vocabulary in order to use its functionalities.
See the numbers and right after the descriptions of what they do.
WhatsApp interface.
wondershare
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Explorando:
what does it mean?
PRÁTICA ATIVA
Questão 01
wondershare
1.a)
;-)
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1.b)
1.c)
1.d)
1.e)
:(
1.f)
Incorporates objects.
Questão 02
Read the text below and choose the correct definition for the words in bold and
underlined.
Texting has, in many ways, made communication easier by helping people avoid long, unpleasant
phone conversations and making a quick "Hello" much easier. According to the Pew Research Center,
72% of teenagers text regularly, and one in three sends more than 100 texts per day. Clearly, texting
is the preferred method of communication among young people, and that trend is moving upward
toward adults, who are also texting much more frequently. While texting hasn’t been around long
enough for researchers to study its long-term effects on communication, there is circumstantial
evidence that it is rapidly altering the ways people communicate with one another both via text and
in person.
FACE-TO-FACE COMMUNICATION
Texting encourages rapid-fire, single-sentence thoughts, but this style of communication isn’t
conducive to face-to-face communication. Consequently, people who text a lot may be more
uncomfortable with in-person communication and may even use their cell phones to communicate
with people who are in their presence. Parents often report that their teens text during dinner, and
the friend who texts during a group night out is a common phenomenon. The reality may be not that
these people are being rude but that they are uncomfortable with slow-paced, in-person
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communication.
SURFACE-LEVEL COMMUNICATION
Texting increases the frequency of small talk and can be a great asset to people beginning to form a
friendship; they may be much more comfortable texting each other witty one-liners than they are
picking up the phone and calling. But texting is, almost by definition, surface-level communication.
When people communicate primarily via text, they’re much less likely to have meaningful
conversations.
2.a)
2.b)
2.c)
An unimportant conversation.
2.d)
Questão 03
Whether or not you it, modern communication often involves emojis or their predecessor,
emoticons. They’ve even come to replace slang and acronyms—there’s no need to LOL when you can
. As a globally recognizable iconography, we now send them as texts, slap them on photos, and
even respond to communication streams at work with and we all understand. They’re efficient,
sure, but some researchers say that emojis aren’t just sloppy shorthand. Instead, emojis actually
improve our ability to communicate.
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It is correct to say that the text...
Questão 04
Using this picture, tell a story about what the students are doing in Communication Day at
the school.
Reprodução
Language in usage
Before we go into the language, read some examples taken from the text "Teens prefer
texting" and analyse them.
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Ex.: Texting is a quick way.
The other example uses other verbs that don't mix with the to be verb.
Ex.: The average teen texter sends and receives fifty messages a day.
Simple present
It is time to get to know how simple present works. Talk about the things we do in our
daily routine etc.
Form
Let's see how the structure of this tense is used in affirmative, negative and interrogative
sentences.
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Example 1:
Yes, I do.
Example 2:
Example 3:
Third person
In the sentence "The average teen texter sends and receives fifty messages a day", it's
possible to see that the simple present was used to demonstrate general truth,
habits and also repeated actions.
When conjugating verbs in the third person (he, she, it), it is necessary to add:
Example 1:
This example shows the grammar used in a "habit" or a "repeated action" situation.
Example 2:
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He goes to his friend's by bus.
Example 3:
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
► does: is the auxiliary used for the interrogative form + subject + infinitive
Example 1:
Example 2:
Example 3:
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Does he study communication?
Verbs ending in -y
When a verb ends with y and there is a consonant before it, the y changes into ie. Then the
letter s is added.
Example 1:
fly = flies
try = tries
Time expressions
Check some words we can use with the simple present tense.
Example 1:
Example 2:
To be verb
The to be verb does not use auxiliary verbs, it uses only itself.
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But it is conjugated differently depending on the pronoun.
Read the table below for more information on how to use this verb.
Example 1:
Yes, I am.
Example 2:
Is she online?
Example 3:
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Agora é com você
Questão 01
Rewrite the sentences in the simple present with the pronoun indicated in parentheses.
After that say if the sentence is used "to express habits, general truths, repeated actions
1.a)
1.b)
1.c)
1.d)
1.e)
Read the following dialogue and see what mother and daughter are talking about. But first,
answer the questions below with a classmate.
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The girls are having a conversation over the phone.
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How often do you talk to your friends and family on the phone?
Jill: No, I'm not. I'm helping dad with his computer.
Jill: Yes, he's trying to make a presentation for the sales convention.
Mom: Sleeping? Wake him up! He's got soccer practice in a minute!
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Mom: Right, dear. I'll be home by seven. Don't forget homework.
Jill: No problem.
Questão 01
Check the correct statement and correct the wrong ones, based on the dialogue.
Language in usage
In order to improve our communication, it is important to speak using different tenses and
verbs.
Read some examples taken from the text in the previous page.
"He's trying to make a presentation" and "I'm helping dad" are sentences that express
actions happening at the moment of speaking.
Present continuous
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• To describe an action that is going on during this period or a trend.
Form
Now let's see how to use the structure for the present continuous.
Time expressions
Example 1:
Example 2:
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Agora é com você
Questão 01
Using the present continuous, answer the following questions with a classmate.
1.a)
What are you doing at this moment? (Give two examples using present continuous.)
1.b)
What aren't you doing at this moment? (Give two examples using present continuous.)
Verbs' endings
Before adding -ing to the main verbs, it is necessary to observe their endings.
Example 1:
love = loving
Example 2:
make = making
Example 1:
lie = lying
Example 2:
die = dying
► Verbs ending in consonant + vowel + consonant: the last consonant is doubled and -
ing is added
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Example 1:
swim = swimming
Example 2:
stop = stopping
Questão 01
Yes, I am.
1.a)
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1.b)
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1.c)
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Is she sleeping?
1.d)
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1.e)
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Is it working?
Questão 02
2.a)
Why/he/yawn?
2.b)
She/lie/in bed?
2.c)
2.d)
Where/she/sleep?
2.e)
Check the images about daily routines. Write sentences using the present simple.
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1.a)
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1.b)
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Play basketball.
1.c)
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Ride his bike.
1.d)
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Sleep.
1.e)
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1.f)
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Play volleyball.
Questão 02
Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. Hint: they can be
affirmative or negative.
Today is a very special day for me and my friends from Overlea Junior High. We __________
(have) a great time at the Communications Fair at the City Convention Center, so we
__________ (have) classes. Donna and Allan ___________ (enjoy) themselves with the latest cell
phone applications. Daisy ____________ (watch) a documentary video about interpersonal
communication. Tommy and John __________ (try) to understand how TV broadcast works.
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Me? Well, ____________ (attend) any special event. I'm just __________ (walk) around. I ________
(talk) to my friends. This is really communication!
Questão 03
Spot the differences! Compare the scenes 1 and 2. Then write what is different in scene 2.
Use the words in the box and follow the example.
Questão 04
4.a)
ride
4.b)
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swim
4.c)
play
4.d)
sit
4.e)
study
4.f)
wave
4.g)
tie
Questão 05
Using the present continuous, write the negative form of the sentences below.
5.a)
5.b)
5.c)
5.d)
5.e)
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Bill and Paula have breakfast together.
Questão 06
6.a)
6.b)
6.c)
6.d)
6.e)
Questão 07
Using the simple present, change the sentences below into the negative form.
7.a)
7.b)
7.c)
7.d)
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Sue gets to work very early.
7.e)
7.f)
Resumo
• The current means of communication, not only in the virtual context, but also other
possibilities, such as signs, signals, symbols, gestures etc., and the importance of using
online tools to establish communication.
• The use of simple present to talk about habits, repeated actions, facts. In the
affirmative form, it is necessary to add -s, -es or -ies to the verbs endings if the
pronouns used are he, she or it. In the negative form, it is added the auxiliary doesn't
before the main verb; and in the interrogative we use the auxiliary does before the
subject (he, she, it). The pronouns I, you, we, they, the negative auxiliary used is don't
and do for interrogative sentences.
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