ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE MANUEL DA FONSECA

Curso de Educação e Formação de Instalação e Operação de Sistemas Informáticos – Tipo 2

1º Ano – Ciclo de Formação 2010/2012
ANO LECTIVO 2010/2011

ENGLISH
MODULE 1 – WORK PAPER 7
My Family
A. LOOK at the picture below. Do you recognise them?
WRITE their names.

H __ __ __ __
M __ __ __ __
B __ __ __
L __ __ __
M __ __ __ __ __

B. LISTEN to the text attentively and CHOOSE the best answer to complete the following
sentences.

1. Bart’s father works in a… 4. Bart doesn’t like…

…textile factory.
…fast food.

…scientific project.
…studying.

…nuclear power plant.
…watching TV.

2. Homer is… 5. Lisa behaves like…

…lazy and sometimes a bit silly.
…a baby.

…an expert in his job.
…a silly person.

…a creative person.
…a grown-up.

3. Marge is… 6. Maggie is…

…calm and sweet.
…not very intelligent.

…irresponsible.
…smarter than Homer.

…lazy.
…silly.
READ the text attentively.

THE SIMPSONS live in nice person. She is almost the

complete opposite of Bart except they
a fictional town called Springfield.
both enjoy the cartoons of ‘Itchy and
Homer Simpson is the father of three
Scratchy’. She likes to help the
children and married to Marge. Homer
others and is aware of world problems.
works at the Springfield nuclear power
She behaves like a grown-up.
plant. He is portrayed as a lazy guy
Maggie is the baby of the
who is completely unqualified for his
family. She is full of personality.
job. He’s also shown as an
She is sometimes portrayed as being
irresponsible, silly person.
smarter than Homer.
His wife, Marge, is a good
Almost every little thing in this
mother who has to care about Homer
family is intended to be humorous. In
and the rest of the family most of
general their everyday life is very
the time. She is usually very calm
funny. Though they sometimes argue,
and sweet.
troubles are resolved peacefully.
Bart, their oldest son, is a poor
student who enjoys comic books and
television and hates girls. He likes
telling lies and doesn’t like to show
his weaknesses.
His interests include
skateboarding and comic books.
Lisa, the middle child of the
family, is an excellent student and a

C. MATCH the words on the left with their Portuguese equivalent on the right.

1. fictional e) a) (v.) discutir

2. portrayed o) b) (v.) comportar-se
3. lazy j) c) ambos
4. unqualified s) d) livros de banda desenhada
5. silly p) e) ficcional
6. lies k) f) cheio de…
7. oldest son m) g) crescido(a) / adulto(a)
8. comic books d) h) (v.) estar consciente de
9. weaknesses t) i) tem intenção de ser
10. middle child l) j) preguiçoso
11. both c) k) mentiras
 12. is aware of h) l) filho(a) do meio
13. behaves b) m) filho mais velho
14. grown-up g) n) pacificamente
15. full of f) o) retratado(a)
16. smarter than q) p) tolo(a)
17. is intended to be i) q) mais esperto(a) do que
18. argue a) r) problemas
19. troubles r) s) sem qualificações
20. peacefully n) t) fraquezas

D. ANSWER the following questions on the text.

1. Where do the Simpsons live?

_________________________________________________________________________.
2. How many children do Bart and Marge have?
_________________________________________________________________________.
3. Who is the youngest child?
_________________________________________________________________________.
4. Who is the oldest child?
_________________________________________________________________________.
5. What do Lisa and Bart like watching on TV?
_________________________________________________________________________.
6. What is their everyday life like?
_________________________________________________________________________.

E. CHOOSE the adjectives which best describe each of these characters.

ADJECTIVES:
intelligent lazy helpful simple energetic
responsible nice aggressive honest naughty
hostile bossy bald sweet kind
patient irresponsible silly hardworking clever

Homer Marge Bart Lisa Maggie

hostile responsible hostile intelligent intelligent
lazy patient lazy responsible sweet
bossy nice irresponsible nice clever
irresponsible simple aggressive helpful
bald honest energetic kind
silly sweet naughty clever
F. Look at the pictures and IDENTIFY the jobs.

secretary magician butcher nurse

hairdresser teacher postman musician
road sweeper farmer detective fireman
painter mechanic cook

nuclear technician