Introductions with Murilo

Question 1

You would have gotten wet if it had rained.

Answer 1

It didn’t rain. You are not wet, but you would be if it had rained.

Question 2

I hope to do a Masters in the future and speaking English is vital for that.

Answer 2

In English we : DO A masters

Vital - very important

Question 3

I would have believed her if she hadn’t lied to me before.

Answer 3

She lied to me in the past so I don’t believe what she says.

Question 4

If I had known you were coming I would have baked a cake.

Answer 4

I didn’t know you were coming so, and I didn’t bake a cake.

Question 5

If I’d known you were in Florianópolis, I’d have visited you.

If I had known you were in Florianópolis, I would have visited you.

Answer 5

You didn’t tell me you were there so I didn’t visit you!

Question 6

I’ve improved my cooking skills since coming to Ireland.

Answer 6

I’ve improved - in the past with present consequences

vs

Last year, I really improved my cooking skills.

Question 7

I’m really not interested in talking about politics.

Answer 7

interested in

I’m interested in cooking.

Question 8

Studying grammar isn’t the problem, it’s putting it into practice that’s really difficult.

Answer 8

put something into practice: to use in actual situations

Question 9

To be honest, the only time I went to Dicey’s was because I was forced to go.

Answer 9

To be forced to= when someone makes you do something that you do not want to do.

Question 10

In my day-to-day, I can express myself quite well. But when I am under pressure, it’s difficult for me to not MAKE mistakes.

Answer 10

In English we MAKE mistakes

Question 11

Today, I watched….

Answer 11

pronunciation /watcht/

Question 12

The problem isn’t speaking, it’s judging myself after.

Answer 12

Be compassionate with yourself always.

You have to live with yourself forever <3

Question 13

I looked it up

Answer 13

looked /lukt/

Question 14

I danced with him but he wasn’t a good dancer.

Answer 14

/danst/

Question 15

I rubbed the dog before I realized he was a stray.

Answer 15

/rubd/

Question 16

I cooked, worked, talked, walked.

Answer 16

cooked /kukt/

worked /wurkt/

talked /taakt/ or /tawkt/

walked /waakt/ or /wakt/

Question 17

I wrote some sentences related to some doubts that I had.

Answer 17

doubts - /dawts/

Question 18

The whole problem with the world is that fools are always so certain of themselves and wise people so full of doubts.

Answer 18

doubts - dawts

Question 19

I would search the internet for possible questions and answers that they might ask me.

Answer 19

that never what

Question 20

Record yourself on WhatsApp

Answer 20

Listen and compare

Question 21

I like The Church. Before the quarantine, I would go to the church once a week. I would drink two or three drinks and get food.

Answer 21

Would, in this case, is used to talk about things in the past that happened often or always:

He would always turn and wave at the end of the street.

Question 22

My sister gave me a letter with pictures from my childhood.

Answer 22

Childhood: the time when someone is a child:

Question 23

My friend came to pick me up.

Answer 23

pick me up: go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one’s car, and according to a prior arrangement.

Question 24

I drink coffee like nobody’s business.

Answer 24

like nobody’s business: very quickly or very much:

Question 25

I**’ve sung** at weddings, Christmas parties, company parties.

Answer 25

**I’ve sung:** past participle of sing