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pretérito perfeito: trabalho de casa novembro 26, 2009

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Caros alunos,

I felt that class went well tonight and hope you felt so, too. It’s starting to gel, no?

Here’s the homework to do between now and Monday, November 30:

1) do the exercises on the pdf I sent today “emprego do pretérito perfeito”

2) start learning the vocabulary for lição 6 by studying the online flashcards (Ponto website)

3) when you are ready with the vocab on roupas , do exercises in the Manual pp.133-134

4) pp.134-138 are practice exercises for the pretérito perfeito (preterit)– if you are short on time, focus on these exercises

5) take a look at the online “practice exercises” for lição 6 and do any that you feel comfortable with that focus on a) preterit and b) new vocabulary of clothing and accessories (appropriate topics for Black Friday, não é? )

Abraços a todos e boas férias (e bom apetite para o  Dia de Ação de Graças!)

 

dever de casa 23 de novembro novembro 19, 2009

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1) Activities Manual pgs 87-89 (4-8); p. 90 (4-12); p.91 (4-13; 4-14)

2) Ponto de Encontro website “practice exercises” lesson 4: AP4-1 A&B; AP 4-2 A&B; AP 4-4

Wednesday class will focus on the past tense pretérito perfeito verb forms and use.

Between Monday evening and Wednesday class, I’d like for you to do some exercises on the preterit tense (simple past, pretérito perfeito)

I will send a pdf by email to help introduce these verb conjugations.

For now,  here are the regular -ar, -er, and -ir verb conjugations in the preterit tense, as well as the conjugation for the verb ir (very irregular, but highest frequency verb in this tense)

Regular -ar verb in pretérito perfeito: falar

eu falei (pronounced fall-eh)

você/ele/ela/o senhor/a senhora falou (pronounced fall-oh)

nós falamos

(note that the nós form is THE SAME as present tense. In Portugal there is an accent on the second vowel)

eles / vocês / as senhoras  falaram

REGULAR -ER VERB in pretérito perfeito: BEBER

eu bebi

você / ele / ela / o senhor bebeu

nós bebemos

eles / vocês / os senhores beberem

REGULAR -IR VERB in pretérito perfeito: ASSISTIR

eu assisti

ela assistiu

nós assistimos

elas / eles / vocês / as senhoras / os senhores assistiram

Here are the exercises, to start with, that I’d like you to do to practice the preterit:

1) Activities Manual pp 92 – 93

2) Ponto online lesson 4 “practice exercises” AP 4-6 A & B

dever de casa: 11 de novembro novembro 5, 2009

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1) Activities Manual páginas 65 à 71

2) Ponto website online “practice exercises”: do all of the exercises under the heading  ”Estruturas”

3) If you’d like, you can send me the graded online “practice exercises” by email. This is done by clicking “submit answers for grading” after completing an exercise. Next scroll to bottom to “email your results”. Here put your name at top and check the “instructor” box and add the email address idiomaesquisito@gmail.com . Send as text. Finally, hit the button “email results”