Class 2

Question 1

What is the difference between a person who says they are from New York City (NYC) and someone from Upstate New York?

Answer 1

When someone says that they are from Upstate New York, it means that they are from a suburban or rural area of New York State, and not from the center of New York City (NYC).

Question 2

Not that close…

Answer 2

• The upstate New York is not that close to New York City.
• We are friends, but we are not that close.

Question 3

In which singular person do we conjugate Everyone, Everybody, Somenone, Somebody and Anybody?

Answer 3

In third person.

Question 4

Dream of

Answer 4

• I dream of being a musician.
• Anybody dreams of finding a treasure at the end of a rainbow.
• He dreams of driving a race car.

Question 5

Lots of

Answer 5

• I would like to have lots of money.
• This coffee has lots of sugar.
• Wow, you have lots of action figures in your collection.

Question 6

It’s just like…

Answer 6

Isso é tipo…

Question 7

I lived in Ponte Serrada for ten years.
I lived for ten years in Ponte Serrada.
Which one is considered more natural?

Answer 7

The first one. First we say the place and after the time in.

Question 8

Past of “to be” verb.

Answer 8

I was
You were
He was
She was
It was
We were
You were
They were

Question 9

Has been…

Answer 9

a) My family has been there before.
b) I have been there before.
c) The bomb has been planted.
d) All the possible scenarios have been calculated. (plural)

Question 10

What do we use in English to say that someone has been to a place, but without specifying when or for how long?

Answer 10

Have/has been.

Question 11

What is the difference between use “have you” and “did you”?

Answer 11

The difference is that when we use “have you”, we are not specifically asking about when or for how long something happened. However, when we use “did you”, it is more specific.

Question 12

“I have been there before.”
“He has been in Florida.”

Turn these into negative sentences.

Answer 12

I have not been there before.
(I haven’t been there before)

He has not been in Florida.
(He hasn’t been in Florida)

Question 13

What is “badly” considered?

Answer 13

An adverb.

An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Question 14

Very Badly

Answer 14

I want this guitar very badly.
He missed the bus and now he feels very badly about being late to work.
She said that she wants these socks very badly.