Inglês Va Semana 02

Exercício 1

1. Choose the alternative that only has words with a ‘th’ voiced sound /ð/.

a. These, method, that

b. Than, another, they

c. Fourth, month, those

2. Choose the alternative that only has words with a ‘th’ voiceless sound /θ/.

a. Fifth, path, youth

b. Rhythm, sixth, these

c. Other, seventh, although

Exercício 2

Match the people on the left to the facilities where we can find them in an elementary school.

1. The principal, the principal assistant and the secretary.

2. Children during their break.

3. Children at lunch time.

4. Science teacher and Science teacher assistant.

( 2 ) Courtyard

( 4 ) Labs

( 1 ) Administrative offices

( 3 ) Cafeteria

Exercício 3

Read the text about Brazil’s mean Mathematics performance in PISA and complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives given in the box.

Brazil’s mean Mathematics performance

Students in Brazil score 391 points in mathematics, on average – below the OECD average and comparable with Albania, Argentina, Jordan and Tunisia. Among Latin American countries, Brazil performs below Chile, Mexico, Uruguay and Costa Rica, but above Colombia and Peru. Brazil’s mean performance has improved since 2003 from 356 to 391 score points, showing an annualised change of 4.1 score points. Figures accounting for social and demographic changes between 2003 and 2012 show that this improvement in mathematics performance results, for about half, from improvements in the economic, social and cultural status of the student population.

1. Brazilian students score points in Maths are lower than OECD’s average.

2. Teaching Maths practices in Chile, Mexico, Uruguay and Costa Rica seem to be more efficient than those in Brazil.

3. The social, cultural and economic status of the student population in 2003 was worse than the social, cultural and economic status of the student population in 2012.

4. Improvements in the economic, social and cultural status in the student population means that there is a larger percentage of students who live in good conditions in Brazil in 2012 than in Brazil in 2003.

5. Education in Colombia and Peru is farther from good results in PISA than education in Brazil.

6. Well-fed students are easier to teach than students who are hungry.

7. Brazil’s performance in 2012 was better than Brazil’s performance in 2003.