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Class 2
Introduction
Hello, welcome to our second class. Today we are going to start learning:
1. Family members;
2. Possessive case;
3. Simple Present.
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1. Family Members
Vocabulay: Grandchild/children
Mother Aunt
Father Uncle
Parents Cousin
Daughter Niece
Son Nephew
Child/ Children Mother-in-law
Sister Father-in-law
Brother Parents-in-law
Siblings Daughter-in-law
Grandmother Son-in-law
Grandfather Sister-in-law
Grandparents Brother-in-law
Granddaughter
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2. Possessive Case
What is the possessive case? It’s a shorter and the most common way to
say something/someone “belongs” to something/someone.
E.g.:
The book of Mary. - Mary’s book.
The friendship of Mary and Peter. - Peter and Mary’s friendship.
The car of my father-in-law. - My father-in-law’s car.
The food of my mother is delicious. - My mother’s food is
delicious.
Does the food of Marco taste good? - Does Marco’s food taste
good?
They don’t know the story of my life. - They don’t know my life’s
story.
3. Simple Present
Affirmative form:
I study We study
You study You study
He/She/It
studies
They study
Negative form:
I don’t study We don’t study
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You don’t study You don’t study
He/She/It They don’t
doesn’t study study
Interrogative form:
Do I study…? Do we study…?
Do you study…? Do you study…?
Does he/she/it
study…?
Do they
study…?
Examples:
Affirmative:
I live in Brazil.
You live in Brazil too.
He lives in Campinas.
She’s American. She lives in the U.S.A.
It’s a dog. It lives in the backyard.
You have two brothers.
We cook every day.
They always invite us for dinner.
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Negative:
I don’t live in Brazil.
You don’t live in Brazil too.
He doesn’t lives in Campinas.
She’s American. She doesn’t live in the U.S.A.
It’s a dog. It doesn’t live in the backyard.
You don’t have two brothers.
We don’t cook every day.
They don’t invite us for dinner.
Interrogative:
Do I live in Brazil?
Do you live in Brazil too?
Does he live in Campinas?
She’s American. Does she live in the U.S.A ?
It’s a dog. Does it live in the backyard?
Do you have two brothers?
Do we cook every day?
Do they always invite us for dinner?
Exercises:
1. Tell the relationship between:
a) Homer is Lisa’s _____________.
b) Bart is Marge’s _____________.
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c) Ling is Selma’s ______________.
d) Jackie is Patty’s ___________.
e) Clancy is Maggie’s __________.
2. Write the sentences in the correct order:
a) Mark/not/like/study.
_______________________________________________________.
b) Patrice/works/with/Robin.
_______________________________________________________.
c) Janice/Carlos/always/travel/together.
_______________________________________________________.
d) Maureen/save/money/for/her/trip/?
_______________________________________________________.
e) We/not/prefer/stay/home.
_______________________________________________________.
