BÁSICO 2 - LISTA DE EXERCÍCIOS 02
(BASIC 2 - EXERCISE LIST 02)
1) Complete using in, in the, on, at or at the:
a) I didn’t find Angie _____ work. She was ____ a break.
b) Kyle is not ____ home. He went ____ a trip. I think he is ____ Paris.
c) Dear Bertha, please meet me _____ mall this afternoon.
d) Is Michael _____ shower or is he _____ bed?
e) Let’s study _____ Library, unless you prefer to study ____ school.
f) _____ Egypt, I had dinner _____ best restaurant ____ Cairo.
Vocabulary:
Unless = a menos que, a não ser que.
2) Compare using the adjectives in parentheses. Follow the example:
EXAMPLE:
Cristiano Ronaldo earns $ 82 million a year. Lionel Messi earns
$ 77 million a year. (rich)
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo is richer than Messi.
a) The Amazon River is 6.992 kilometers long. The Nile River is 6.853
kilometers long. (long)
So, the Amazon River is _____________________________________
b) The Burj Khalifa building in Dubai is 828 meters high. The Shanghai
Tower is 632 meters high. (high)
Thus, ____________________________________________________
c) An average human liver weighs 1,6 kilograms. An average human
brain weighs 1,3 kilograms. (heavy)
Hence, ___________________________________________________
d) A Blue Whale’s average mass is 110 tonnes. An African elephant’s
average mass is 4,9 tonnes. (large)
Therefore, ________________________________________________
Vocabulary:
So, thus, hence, therefore = então, logo, assim.
Average = médio.
Liver = fígado.
To weigh = pesar.
Brain = cérebro.
Mass = massa.
Tonne = tonelada.
3) Complete os diálogos. Quando houver adjetivos entre parênteses,
coloque-os na forma comparativa:
a) Mark: What do you think of those sunglasses, Steph?
Stephanie: Which _____ ?
Mark: Those black _____ . They are very cheap.
Stephanie: They are nice, but these blue ____ are ________ (nice).
Mark: Maybe, but they are ________________ (expensive).
b) Jasmin: Hey, Nina. _______ one do you prefer, this white jacket or
that yellow _____ ?
Nina: I ________ the yellow one. The color is ________ (pretty).
c) Raul: Monica, do you like these boots?
Monica: ________ ones?
Raul: These leather ______. They look terrific.
Monica: I don’t know. How about those big _____ over there?
Raul: Those rubber _____? They are nice.
Monica: I think rubber is __________________ leather. (comfortable)
d) Vivian: ________ earrings do you like better, the silver _____ or the
gold _____?
James: I like the silver ones ________ . Silver is ____________ gold for
jewelry. (good)
Vocabulary:
Jewelry = joias.
Terrific = very good.