Avaliação para o 8ºAno - Com resposta

1.    Read the excerpt from the book “How to be British” as you fill in the blanks with the article “the” where necessary or “X” if not needed. (Text for exercises 1 to 3).

Politeness

In order to be a popular guest, and to make a good impression on his British hosts, ____________ the foreign visitor needs to learn how to ______ X apologize. In ______ the street. On ______ the bus. At ______ the hairdresser’s. In ______ the bedroom. Going out and coming in. Sorry is one of the most important words in ______ the vocabulary of any true Brit. And it’s a word that should be always on ______ the lips of any foreigner moving amongst us. Sorry prepares a path, excuses ______ X faults, calms nerves and wipes the slate clean so that we can all be ______ X jolly together and not get upset. Together with ______ X ‘sorry’, ______ the words ‘Please’ and ‘Thank you’ are perhaps the most useful in any foreign visitor’s lexicon. ‘Please’ belongs to a family of ______ X words that includes pleasant, pleasure and pleasing, which is ______ X further proof that it’s nice to be polite. ‘Thank’ comes from ______ the Old English thonc, which has ______ the same root as ______ the word think. Thus, being polite is ______ the same as being thoughtful!

2.    Answer the questions about the text in exercise 1.

a)    What does a visitor need to be a popular visitor in Great Britain?

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The foreign visitor needs to learn how to apologize.

b)    According to the author, what are the most important words in British English?

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The words ‘sorry’, ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.

c)    For the author, what is further proof that it’s nice to be polite?

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The fact that the word ‘please’ belongs to a family of words that includes pleasant, pleasure and pleasing.

d)    Why does the author say “…being polite is the same as being thoughtful.”?

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He says it because ‘Thank’ comes from the Old English word ‘thonc’, which has the same root as the word think.

3.    Write “S” for synonyms or “A” for antonyms of the following words from the previous text. 

(A      ) foreign – local

(A      ) upset – untroubled

(S      ) visitor – tourist

(A      ) pleasant – afflictive      

(S      ) polite – well-mannered            

4.    Fill in the blanks on the following cucumber salad recipe with words from the box.

Preparation                    chopped                 servings                       olive oil                   onion    Salt                    Ingredients             diced

Ingredients________________________________________

• 1/2 English cucumber, sliced

• 2 tomatoes, __________________________________ diced

• Handful of parsley, _____________________________ chopped

• 1/2 red _________________________________ onion, chopped

• 2T extra-virgin __________________________________ olive oil

• Salt __________________________________and pepper to taste

Preparation___________________________________________

Toss all the ingredients in a bowl and garnish with vinegar, oil and salt and pepper to taste.

Makes 4 __________________________________________ servings

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5.    Complete the restaurant conversation with words from the box.

have               like                 and                 moment                    could             you

just                     menus                   anything                   order             have

    a) Waiter: Welcome to ‘The Sicilian’. Here are your ___________________ menus. Today's special is Garlic oil spaghetti. I'll be back to take your ______________________ order in a minute.

    Customer 1 and 2: ____________________________ Thank you.

    b) Waiter: __________________________________ Could I take your order?

    Customer 1: Yes, please. I'd _________________________like the seafood spaghetti.

    c) Waiter: And ___________________________you?

    Customer 2: I'll __________________________have the lasagna.

    c) Waiter: Would you like ________________________ anything to drink?

    Customer 1: I'll _________________________________have a coke, please.

    e) Waiter: ________________________ And for you?

    Customer 2: _______________________ Just water, please.

e)    Waiter: Just a __________________________ moment, please.

6.    Write complete answers to the following questions about the last time you went to a restaurant.

a) What restaurant did you go to?

______________________________________________________________________________

Student’s own answer.

b) Where did you sit?

______________________________________________________________________________

Student’s own answer.

c) What did you order?

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Student’s own answer.

d) What did you have to drink?

______________________________________________________________________________

Student’s own answer.