Casa do Caminho - English Course – Eleventh English Class: Maio 7th, 2011

What is the date today? (Saturday, May 7th, 2011)
Present Continuous:
I am doing. – Is your English getting better? – He is building his own house.
Present Simple: I do
Past Simple: I did
Past Continuous: I was doing - He was building his own house.

Alex is a bus driver. But now he is asleep in bed. So: he is not driving a bus, he is asleep, but he drives a bus. This is the present simple tense:

I drive – You drive – He/She drives – We drive – You guys drive – They drive.

LOOK AFTER
(present simple)
The nurse looks after the patients at hospital. Nurses look after the patients at hospital.
The mother looks after the kids (son and daughter). Mothers look after kids.
God looks after us.

(present continuous)
The nurse is looking after the patients at hospital. Nurses are looking after the patients at hospital.
The mother is looking after the kids. Mothers are looking after kids.
God is looking after us.

My husband looks after his mother. My husband is looking after his mother.

Pai
Mãe
Marido
Namorado
Avô
Avó
Irmão
Irmã
Tio
Tia
Sogra
Sogro
Cunhada
Cunhado

HOMEWORK (last week): translate into English

cama: bed
xícara: cup – tea cup
panela: pan – pot
frigideira: frying pan
impressora: printer
televisão: television - TV
guarda-roupas: wardrobe
quadro (pintura): picture – painting – paint (e se for quadro a moldura? Frame)
muro: wall
telhado: roof