Unit 3 Flashcards

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Discuss your personal and professional hopes and dreams for the future.
- What do you do?
- What are your plans for the next 5 years?
- Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

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Collocations with ‘goal’:

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The most common verbs to use with the word ‘goal’ are ‘set’ for when we create goals
and ‘reach’ or ‘achieve’ for successfully completing the goal:
We have set a short-term goal to increase productivity by 50% this year.
We reached / achieved our goal of increasing productivity by 50% last year.

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Future forms

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Will: To talk about actions in the future, to make predictions…
Ex: I will buy a new car! He will be a good lawyer!

Going to: To talk about something that will happen soon.
Ex: I’m going to play soccer tonight!

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Prepositions of time

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For: when you specify the period of time.
Ex: I’ve been married for 10 years.

Since: When you specify the starting point. (Unfinished action)
Ex: I’ve been married since 2010.

From: When you specify the starting point and the end point.
Ex: I’m home from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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Comparative - 1 or 2 syllables

Double the last consonant +
+ ER
+EST

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Ex: My sister is older than me, but my brother is older than her. He is the oldest.

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Comparative - 2 or more syllables:

Use MORE or MOST

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NY is more beautiful than Chicago. But the most beautiful city to me, is Paris.

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Rules

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  1. CVC: Se o fim da palavra acaba em Consoante - Vogal - Consoante:

HOT
Double T + ER /+EST
Hotter Hottest

Y: Palavras terminadas em Y

HAPPY:
-Y +IER / IEST
Happier Happiest

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