The document is a student worksheet from a Brazilian school. It contains several reading comprehension passages and exercises in Portuguese. The first passage describes a typical day for the pop star Ricky Starr, including sleeping in late while his manager makes arrangements, fans waiting outside the hotel, and his daily routine of traveling to stadiums for concerts. The second passage provides more details about Ricky Starr's fame and success, as well as his daily routine of waking up late, choosing clothes, and giving concerts every day to screaming fans.

1. CENTRO EDUCACIONAL 02 – GG – GUARÁ
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SÉRIE: 1º BIMESTRE DATA:........./........./20.......... NOTA:.................
TEXTO 1 – A DAY IN THE LIFE OF RICKY STARR
PART ONE – WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW?
It’s eleven o’clock in the morning and Ricky Starr is still in bed. He is sleeping in a large room of a famous
hotel. His secretary is writing e-mails. His manager is talking on the telephone, making the final arrangements for
Ricky’s show.
Outside the hotel several policemen are trying to control a crowd. More than a hundred teenagers are
screaming and fighting the policemen. A young girl is saying, “I love you, Ricky!”
Another day is just beginning.
1)It’s eleven o’clock in the morning. What is happening now? Relacione as colunas.
1.Ricky Starr ( ) is talking on the phone.
2.The secretary ( ) are fighting the policemen.
3.The manager ( ) is writing e-mails.
4.Several policemen ( ) are trying to control a crowd.
5.Ricky’s fans ( ) is sleeping.
2)Qual é o tempo dos verbos sublinhados no texto? ................................................................
PRESENT CONTINUOUS – como se forma: presente do verbo to be+ verbo principal + ing.
TEXTO 2 – PART TWO – HE DOES THIS EVERY DAY
Ricky Starr is world-famous. His CDs sell millions of copies. He is twenty years old and he is a star.
He wakes up in a hotel and eats his breakfast in bed, at midday. He finishes his breakfast, chooses some
red clothes and combs his green hair. A car arrives at the back of the hotel. The driver opens the door. Ricky, his
manager, his agent, his make-up man, and several girlfriends get in (it’s a large car).
The car takes them to a stadium. Ricky waits in the dressing room. He looks in the mirror and climbs the
stairs to the stage.
He stands on the stage. He sings. There are hundreds of screams in the air. He sings again. And again, and
again. There are tears in the eyes of Ricky’s fans. There is sweat on Ricky’s face. There is a lot of money in his
manager’s pockets.
Ricky leaves the stage. He does this every day. He is Ricky Starr __ a hero on the stage, just a lonely boy
when he goes home alone.
1)Write T (TRUE) ou F (FALSE) de acordo com o texto. Se for falsa, corrija o verbo da frase.
EXEMPLO: ( F )Ricky wakes up in a stadium. (doesn’t wake up)
a)( ) Ricky eats his breakfast at table.
b) ( ) The pop star chooses some green clothes.
c) ( ) Ricky’s hair is a strange color.
d) ( ) A car arrives in front of the hotel.
e) ( ) Ricky’s girlfriends don’t go with him.
f) ( ) Ricky doesn’t look in the mirror.
g) ( ) Ricky sings more than a song.
h) ( ) Ricky’s show is a big success.
i) ( ) Ricky’s fans don’t cry.
j) ( ) Money and success make everybody happy.
2) They do things every day. Relacione as colunas.
1. Ricky Starr ( ) go to the stadium with him.
2. Several of Ricky’s girlfriends ( ) make his fans cry.
3. Ricky’s car ( ) takes them to the stadium.
4. The driver ( ) sings again and again.
5. Some of Ricky’s songs ( ) opens the door of the car.
6. The manager ( ) gets a lot of money.
3) Qual é o tempo dos verbos sublinhados no texto? ............................................................
4) Complete.
No simple present, normalmente acrescentamos............... ao infinitivo do verbo, quando o sujeito
é........../.........../........... . No entanto, existem certas regras ortográficas, a saber:
a)Quando o verbo termina em ............ e esse ...........vem precedido de .................................
trocamos o ...............por.............. e acrescentamos................. .
b) Quando o verbo termina em ................., acrescentamos................. .

2. c) Quando o verbo termina em ............., .............., ............... e .............., também acrescentamos............... .
5) Fill in the blanks with the present continuous.
a) “What…………………………..…….?”(he, do) “He………...……………………………to his friends.” (talk)
b) Let’s go out. It …………………………………………………………. . (not rain)
c) “……………you………………………..for someone?” (wait) “Yes, I…………………………………..for my girlfriend.”
(wait)
d) At present I……………………………………………..Shakespeare. (read)
e) Look! That horse…………………………………………… . (run)
f) They………………………………………………. a drink now. (have)
6) Complete the sentences with the simple present.
a) I…………………………you. ……………………..you…………………………me? (love)
b) Children usually…………………….. (like) chocolate, but my son………………………. It. (hate)
c) Mary ………………………..(play) basketball very well, but she………………………………...volleyball. (not play)
d) What’s the matter with Fred? He …………………………………………very happy. (not look)
e) The earth ……………………………………around the sun. (move)
f) Where………………………he………………………..? (live)
g) What time…………………….they…………………..TV? (watch)
h) The doctor often……………………………..white. (dress)
i) ………………………she…………………………in New York? (live)
j) ……………………..you………………………….up at 6 o’clock? (get)
TEXTO 3 – MY MISTAKE
John and Bill were drinking beer and talking about their boyhood days. John was still single, but Bill was now
a married man, although he didn’t seem to be very happy about it. Bill was explaining to his friend how one mistake,
one single mistake, sometimes affected the whole life of a man, when his friend interrupted him. He was impressed by
the strange appearance of a woman who was walking towards them. The woman was extremely fat and ugly. Besides,
she was wearing an old-fashioned dress and she had a ridiculous hat on her head.
“Who is that terrible monster?” John asked his friend.
“It’s my wife,” answered Bill, in a low voice.
John was very upset and began to apologize for his mistake.
“It’s not your mistake, my friend,” said Bill. “It’s mine.”
1)Write T for TRUE and F for FALSE. Correct the false statements.
a) ( ) Both friends were drinking and talking about the past.
b) ( ) Bill was married, but his friend wasn’t.
c) ( ) Bill was speaking when his friend interrupted him.
d) ( ) Mistakes are never important.
e) ( ) John didn’t see the woman who was walking towards them.
f) ( ) The woman was thin and beautiful.
g) ( ) Her clothes were very strange.
h) ( ) John didn’t mean to offend his friend.
i) ( ) When Bill said “It’s my wife”, he spoke in a loud voice.
2) Copie os verbos sublinhados no texto que estão no:
a) simple present: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b) past continuous:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c) simple past: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
TEXTO 4 – HOME SWEET HOME
A woman met a strange lady at a party and began to talk to her about her husband. “Do you know,” she said, “for
several months he went out almost every night and did not come home until late, but I stopped that.”
“Oh,” answered the stranger, “how did you do that?”
“Well, one evening when I heard him coming into the house very late, I said, ‘Hello, Jim. Come in.’ He never
went out in the evenings again after that.” The stranger was surprised and said, “But how did that stop him?”
“His name is Fred!”, answered the woman, with a smile.
1) Qual é o tempo dos verbos sublinhados? ...............................................................................................
2) Classifique os verbos sublinhados em regular ou irregular.
3) Qual é o infinitivo dos verbos destacados?
a) met:...........................b) began:...........................c) went:........................ d) stopped:………………………….
e) answered:…………………………… f) heard:…………………………….. g) said:…………………………………………
2) Translate the sentences into Portuguese.
a) A woman met a strange lady at a party. ……………………………………………………………………………………

3. b) The woman began to talk to the lady about her husband. ………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
c) For several months he went out almost every night. …………………………………………………………………………
d) “How did you do that?” …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Choose the correct answer according to the text.
3) The conversation at the party was between
a) ( ) two women who were old friends. b) ( ) a woman and her husband.
c) ( ) a strange lady and her husband. d) ( ) two women who were strangers.
4) The woman’s husband
a) ( ) came home late only when he went to a party.
b) ( ) sometimes did not come home.
c) ( ) always came home late, and he didn’t like it.
d) ( ) often stayed out until very late, and she didn’t like it.
5) The woman called the man Jim
a) ( ) because she didn’t know it was her husband. b) ( ) but that was a clever trick.
c) ( ) because she liked the name. d) ( ) because that actually was his name.
6) After that night
a) ( ) husband and wife stayed at home together.
b) ( ) Jim didn’t go out at night again.
c) ( ) Fred didn’t stay at home until very late.
d) ( ) the woman never called her husband Fred again.
Observações:
1. Usamos o simple past para exprimir uma ação acabada no passado.
2. Usamos o past continuous para exprimir:
a) uma ação incompleta, que estava em andamento em um dado momento do passado.
b) uma ação que estava em andamento quando uma outra aconteceu.
c) duas ações passadas acontecendo ao mesmo tempo.
7) Complete the sentences with the simple past.
a) The Americans astronauts……………………………to the moon in 1969. (go)
b) Shakespeare………………………………….”Hamlet”. (write)
c) The Indians…………………………………..to Brazil before Portuguese. (come)
d) The United States………………………………Vietnam in 1975. (leave)
e) Henry Ford…………………………….the model T car in 1909. (make)
f) Leonardo da Vinci …………………………………..”Mona Lisa”. (paint)
g) George Washington...........................the first president of the United States. (be)
h) Galileo and Isaac Newton…………………………great physicists. (be)
i) Tiradentes……………………………his own life for his country. (give)
j) I…………………………”Star Wars” some years ago. (see)
k) They ……………………………an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945. (drop)
l) He …………………..several times, but it was impossible. (try)
l) The Beatles ……………………………all over the world. (play)
TEXTO 5 – WEATHER – NEW YORK AREA
Today will be mostly sunny and cold in the New York Metropolitan area. High temperatures will be between
30 and 35 degrees. Tonight will be mostly clear, with low temperatures between 20 and 23 degrees. Tomorrow will
be partly sunny. High temperatures will be between 30 and 35 degrees.
1)Escreva (C) CERTO ou (E) ERRADO de acordo com o texto.
a) ( ) Today will be mostly rainy in New York.
b) ( ) Tonight will be mostly clear in New York.
c) ( ) Today will not (won’t) be cold in New York.
d) ( ) Tomorrow will be partly cloudy in New York.
e) ( ) Tomorrow high temperatures will be between 30 and 35 degrees.
WILL é usado para expressar o futuro.
EXEMPLOS: My friend will travel in January.
INTERROGATIVA: Will my friend travel in January?
NEGATIVA: My friend will not / won’t travel in January.