Letras Português e Inglês

Profa. Ma. Tatianne Sousa

Estudos Linguístico-Discursivos em Língua Inglesa IV – 2023.1

General Review

TEXT FOR QUESTIONS 1 AND 2

Read the description of food in Brazil.

In Brazil, people normally have three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Brazilians also
tend to have a lot of snacks between meals. For breakfast, they usually have coffee with milk and
eat bread. They also like to have fruits like bananas, papaya, melon and watermelon, and to drink
juice or yoghurt. Lunch is the main meal of the day. They generally eat a portion of beans and rice
with beef, chicken or fish and salad. Dinner is similar to lunch, but they tend to eat quite late, between
seven and ten in the evening.

The food in Brazil varies from region to region. In Distrito Federal or São Paulo, they like to eat
feijoada on Wednesday or Saturdays. Feijoada is the national dish and it is cooked with beans and
dried meat. In Minas Gerais, cheese bread (or pão de queijo) is a specialty. In Bahia, the food is
very spicy and hot. In the north of Brazil, people eat a lot of fish, but in the south, it is common to
have barbecues and to drink a kind of tea that is served very hot.

I think that coffee is the most typical beverage in Brazil. People drink coffee almost all the time:
for breakfast, at work, in restaurants and so on. They also like to drink beer, and on special occasions
or for celebrations, they drink caipirinha. Caipirinha is a drink made with pinga or vodka mixed with
sugar or honey and crushed lemons.

If you visit to Brazil, you will enjoy their delicious and varied food and drink, and be very
welcomed!

QUESTION 1

Choose the best title for each paragraph.

a. Paragraph 1 1. ( ) Mealtimes
b. Paragraph 2 2. ( ) Food around Brazil
c. Paragraph 3 3. ( ) Drinks in Brazil
d. Paragraph 4 4. ( ) Invitation to Brazil
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QUESTION 2

According to the text, check the TRUE sentences.

I. In Brazil, people tend to eat three big meals every day.

II. Breakfast is the main meal of the day.
III. Feijoada is typical in all Brazilian regions.
IV. Food and drink in Brazil are varied.
V. It is customary to have a sandwich for dinner in Brazil.

The correct sentences are:

a. I, II and III.
b. II, IV and V.
c. III, IV and V.
d. I, III and IV.
e. II, III and IV.

QUESTION 3

Analyse the grammar correction in the following sentences:

I. English people drink a lot tea.

II. I use a coffee machine for make my coffee.
III. This chocolate tastes bitter.
IV. How much biscuits do you want?
V. Could I have a little sugar in my coffee, please?

According to the grammar topics studied, the only correct sentences are:

a. I and IV.
b. I and III.
c. II and V.
d. II and IV.
e. III and V.
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QUESTION 4

Complete the sentences with past simple or past continuous form of the verbs:

• When we (1)___ (arrive) at the cinema, our friends (2)___ (wait) for us.
• My grandfather (3)___ (find) a valuable manuscript while he (4)___ (work) at his attic.
• I (5)___ (not / pay) anything for this painting, it was a present.

The sequence that correctly completes the sentences is:

a. (1) arrived; (2) waited; (3) was finding; (4) was working; (5) didn’t pay.
b. (1) arrived; (2) were waiting; (3) found; (4) was working; (5) didn’t pay.
c. (1) arrived; (2) were waiting; (3) was finding; (4) worked; (5) didn’t pay.
d. (1) were arriving; (2) were waiting; (3) found; (4) was working; (5) wasn’t paying.
e. (1) were arriving; (2) waited; (3) found; (4) was working; (5) wasn’t paying.

QUESTION 5

Read the text.

All Work and No Play

There’s an old saying in English: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Or Jill.
Psychologists tell us we need a balance between work and play to have a healthy lifestyle. And it is
the same for language.

One of the most noticeable features of work language is the technical vocabulary, or jargon,
tat people use. Outsiders won’t understand it. A doctor might look at the face of someone who’s had
a fall and say to a colleague “That’s a nasty perorbital haematoma”. If you were the patient, and
heard this remark, you might be worried. But basically all it means is you’ve got a black eye.

Every profession has its jargon: law, banking, sports, physics, language teaching…
thousands of specialised terms might be used. They add precision. And they also make people feel
they belong together. You know you’re a member of a group when you can comfortably talk shop.

Jargon also saves time. That’s why doctors say such things as BP and SOB (blood pressure,
shortness of breath). It’s quick and convenient.
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But they shouldn’t use such terms to the patient. Work language and leisure language are
two different things. That’s the argument of the Plain English Campaign, which wants specialists to
speak clearly when talking to the public.

It is easy for people to use jargon carelessly and annoy people. It’s worse when it’s used
deliberately, to mislead the public. That’s why we get so angry when we hear people using it to hide
the truth. A politician once admitted that something he had said was “an instance of plausible
deniability”. In other words, he had told a lie!

According to the text, check the TRUE sentences.

I. Psychologists say that work is more important than play.

II. Jargon is language that everybody understands.
III. Jargons can be useful.
IV. Jargon is precise language and it can make communication quicker.
V. The Plain English Campaign wants people to use more jargon.
VI. We get angry when people use jargon to tell lies.

The correct sentences are:

a. I, II, III.
b. II, IV, V.
c. I, IV, V.
d. II, III, IV.
e. III, IV, VI.

QUESTION 6

Complete the job description for a shop assistant using the modal verbs.

1. You _______ be polite to customers. a. must not

2. You _______ have a driving license. b. can
3. You _______ arrive late. c. have to
4. You _______ earn a bonus if you sell a lot of goods. d. don’t have to
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QUESTION 7

Chose the correct ending.

1. They’ve built two amusement parks outside the city…

a. and they are going to build another.
b. two years ago.

2. They went on a rollercoaster last summer and…

a. they love it.
b. they loved it.

3. She’s been to the water park…

a. yesterday.
b. lots of times.

4. We’ve visited a great theme park in South Korea…

a. when we were on holiday.
b. and one in Hong Kong too.

The correct sequence is:

a. 1-a; 2-b; 3-b; 4-b.

b. 1-b; 2-b; 3-b; 4-b.
c. 1-b; 2-a; 3-b; 4-b.
d. 1-a; 2-b; 3-a; 4-a.
e. 1-a; 2-b; 3-b; 4-a.
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QUESTION 8

Choose the correct verb.

1. We ____ lunch with friends tomorrow.

a. are having
b. will have

2. What time ____ them?

a. will you meet
b. are you meeting

3. What do you think ____ tomorrow?

a. is happening
b. will happen

4. She ____ upset if he forgets her birthday.

a. will be
b. is going to be

The correct sequence is:

a. 1-a; 2-b; 3-a; 4-b.

b. 1-a; 2-b; 3-b; 4-a.
c. 1-b; 2-a; 3-a; 4-b.
d. 1-b; 2-a; 3-a; 4-a.
e. 1-b; 2-b; 3-a; 4-a.
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QUESTION 9

Complete the facts with the correct words:

Did you know?

• Carbon dioxide is (1) a. heavyer / b. heavier than air.

• Light travels (2) a. slower / b. more slowly through water than through air, but sound travels
(3) a. more fastly / b. faster.
• People who speak foreign languages are often paid (4) a. more good / b. better than those
who don’t.

The sequence that correctly completes the sentences is:

a. (1) b; (2) b; (3) a; (4) a.

b. (1) b; (2) a; (3) b; (4) a.
c. (1) a; (2) b; (3) a; (4) b.
d. (1) b; (2) b; (3) b; (4) b.
e. (1) a; (2) a; (3) b; (4) b.

QUESTION 10

Analyse the grammar correction focusing on the phrasal verbs in the following sentences:

I. First, switch on your camera and plug it into your computer using the lead.

II. When your photos are downloaded, you can unplug the camera and switch off it.

III. Now you can send your photos to your friends or print out them.

IV. To label your photos, just click on the file name and type a new name in.

V. If your camera battery is low, take out it and charge up it using the charger provided.

The correct sentences are:

a. III, IV and V.
b. I, II and IV.
c. II, III and V.
d. I and IV, only.
e. I and II, only.
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QUESTION 11

Choose the correct verb to complete each sentence (PAY – TAKE – EARN –OWE – SPEND).

1. To buy a new car, many people have to _________ out a loan from the bank.

2. Customers have to _________ their bills within 30 days.

3. In most countries, women still don’t _________ as much money as men.

4. When many students leave university, they _________ a lot of money to the bank.

5. A lot of families _________ most of their money on food and bills.

QUESTION 12

Choose the correct sentence, a or b, for each situation.

(1) If the hotel had a website, they’d get more visitors.

a. The hotel already has a website.
b. The hotel hasn’t got a website.

(2) If the hotel has an internet connection, I’ll send you an email.
a. The hotel might have an internet connection.
b. The hotel doesn’t have an internet connection.
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Answer Key
QUESTION 1
1. ( a )
2. ( b )
3. ( c )
4. ( d )

QUESTION 2
d. I, III and IV.

QUESTION 3
e. III and V.

QUESTION 4
b. (1) arrived; (2) were waiting; (3) found; (4) was working; (5) didn’t pay.

QUESTION 5
e. III, IV, VI.

QUESTION 6
1. c
2. d
3. a
4. b

QUESTION 7
b. 1-b; 2-b; 3-b; 4-b.

QUESTION 8
b. 1-a; 2-b; 3-b; 4-a.

QUESTION 9
d. (1) b; (2) b; (3) b; (4) b.

QUESTION 10
d. I and IV, only.

QUESTION 11
1. take
2. pay
3. earn
4. owe
5. spend

QUESTION 12
(1) b. The hotel hasn’t got a website.
(2) a. The hotel might have an internet connection.