Reading - From Miami to Mexico City/Vocabulary - Phrasal Verbs

Reading - From Miami to Mexico City

​Student's Book - p. 24

Teacher Marcelo Pinheiro

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Question 1

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Look at the photo and the title of ​the blog, and make notes on the following.

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Multiple Choice

1. Where do you think the woman is?

• She's in Miami

• She's in Mexico

• She's in Hollywood

• She's in Spain

Multiple Choice

2. Where do you think she's from?

• She's from Miami

• She's from Hollywood

• She's from Spain

Multiple Choice

3. What is this blog entry about?

• It's about learning English.

• It's about Mexican culture.

• It’s about living abroad.

Before we begin...

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Do you know the meaning of these words?​

Multiple Choice

1. What is the meaning of living abroad?

• morando fora

• estudando fora

• viajando para fora

Multiple Choice

2. What is the meaning of foreigner?

• foragido

• estrangeiro

• nativo

Multiple Choice

3. What is the meaning of pay bills?

• somar contas

• pagar contas

• juntar contas

Multiple Choice

4. What is the meaning of excitement? Choose the best picture.

Multiple Choice

5. What is the meaning of hang out? Choose the best picture.

Multiple Choice

6. What is the meaning of homesick?

• doente em casa

• com saudades de casa

• sofrendo em casa

Multiple Choice

7. What is the meaning of overall?

• Por fim

• Além disso

• No geral

Multiple Choice

8. What is the meaning of regrets?

• Decisões

• Acertos

• Arrependimentos

Multiple Choice

9. What is the meaning of vacation? Choose the right picture.

Question 2

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Read the blog and check your ideas.

Question 3

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Read the blog again and answer the questions.​

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1. What is Becca doing in Mexico?

2. Why does she say that it's "no vacation?"

3. Why is she sometimes tired at the end of the day?

4. How are some other foreigners different from her?

5. How does she suggest dealing with homesickness?

6. How does she deal with comments about her that she doesn't like?​

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Multiple Choice

1. What is Becca doing in Mexico?

• She’s studying.

• She’s working.

• She’s living with her grandparents.

Multiple Choice

2. Why does she say that it's "no vacation?"

• Because she has to do lots of things you wouldn’t do on vacation

• Because she's studying every day. She doesn't have time to have fun.

Multiple Choice

3. Why is she sometimes tired at the end of the day?

• Because she has to speak Spanish all day.

• Because she isn't like the experience of living abroad.

Multiple Choice

4. How are some other foreigners different from her?

• Some were just having fun and she was working all day.

• Some were unhappy and wanted to leave.

Multiple Choice

5. How does she suggest dealing with homesickness?

• If you’re really homesick, go home. Otherwise, keep going because it won’t last forever.

• If you're really homesick, go home and don't return. Mexico maybe isn't a place for you.

Multiple Choice

6. How does she deal with comments about her that she doesn't like?​

• She feels really bad about it and sometimes wants to go back home.

• She tries to ignore them and concentrate on nice people she meets.

1. She’s studying.

2. Because she has to do lots of things you wouldn’t do on vacation

3. Because she has to speak Spanish all-day

4. Some were unhappy and wanted to leave.

5. If you’re really homesick, go home. Otherwise, keep going because it won’t last forever.

6. She tries to ignore them and concentrate on nice people she meets.

Question 3 - Answers​

Vocabulary - Phrasal Verbs (1)

​Student's Book - p. 24

Teacher Marcelo Pinheiro

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Question 2

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Write the correct phrasal verb next to its definition.​

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Multiple Choice

1. meet by chance.

• run into

• bring about

Multiple Choice

2. learn (informally)

• pick up

• hang out with

Multiple Choice

3. tolerate

• put up with

• turn out

Multiple Choice

4. experience (a difficult situation)

• go through

• wear out

Multiple Choice

5. have a particular result

• bring out

• turn out

Multiple Choice

6. spend time with

• break up

• hang out with

Multiple Choice

7. make happen

• wear out

• bring about

​0. wear out (desgastar)

1. run into (encontrar alguém)

2. pick up (aprender)

3. put up with (tolerar algo)

4. go through (vivenciar)

5. turn out (se tornar)

6. hang out with (sair para curtir)

7. bring about​ (acarretar)

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Question 2 - Answers​

Question 1

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Complete these sentences about the blog. Use the correct form of the verbs from the list. ​

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Multiple Choice

1. You have to _______ a lot of new vocabulary.

• pick up

• ran into

• bring about

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2. Being homesick is a phase that you have to ____________.

• turning out

• go through

• wear me out

Multiple Choice

3. It's not nice to hear negative comments, but you have to _____________ them.

• put up with them

• hang out

• run into

Multiple Choice

4. Sometimes you miss the friends you used to _____________.

• bring about

• hang out with

Multiple Choice

5. Speaking another language all day _____________.

• wears me out

• run into

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6. Living abroad in _______________ to be a great experience for me.

• went through

• turning out

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7. I ________ some people who wanted to leave Mexico.

• ran into

• worn out

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8. Living abroad can _________ some challenges and difficulties.

• bring about

• hung out

1. pick up

2. go through

3. put up with

4. hang out with

5. wears me out

6. turning out

7. ran into

8. bring about​

Question 1 - Answers​

Grammar - Omitting Relative Pronouns

​Student's Book - p. 25

Teacher Marcelo Pinheiro

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Question 1

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Read the two sentences from the blog. Where can you put a relative pronoun in each sentence? Are these pronouns the subject or the object of the relative clause? Complete the rule with the words subject and object.

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Multiple Choice

Where can you put a relative pronoun in this sentence?

1. It's a phase you have to go through.

• It's a phase that you have to go through

• It's a phase you who have to go through

Multiple Choice

Where can you put a relative pronoun in this sentence?

2. You start to miss... the friends you used to hang out with.

• You start to miss... the friends that you used to hang out with

• You start to miss... the friends where you used to hang out with

Example 1:

1. The girl who danced with ​me is tall.

(I can't omit it)

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2. The girl who I like is tall.​

( I can omit it)

Example 2:

1. The car which I like is expensive.

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2. The car which was stolen is black.

Question 2

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Read the sentences. Put a check (​✓) if you can omit the relative pronoun in italics or an (x) if you can't omit it.​

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Multiple Choice

1. I ran into some people who couldn't wait to leave.

• (✓) can omit.

• (x) can't omit.

Multiple Choice

2. I've decided to share some of the challenges that living abroad can bring about.

• (✓) can omit.

• (x) can't omit.

Multiple Choice

3. You become one of those foreigners who is unhappy abroad.

• (✓) can omit.

• (x) can't omit.

Multiple Choice

4. There's a new vocabulary that you have to pick up.

• (✓) can omit.

• (x) can't omit.

Multiple Choice

5. There's no country in the world that suits everybody.

• (✓) can omit.

• (x) can't omit.

1. (✗)

2. (✓)

3. (✗)

4. (✓)

5. (✗)

Question 2 - Answers​

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Question 3 - Reduced Relative Clauses

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Read these sentences. Where could you put the words that is and who is? Then check the correct box in the rule.

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Multiple Choice

1. I'm a student living and studying in Mexico.

• I'm a student who is living and studying in Mexico.

• I'm who is a student living and studying in Mexico.

Multiple Choice

2. The experience gained by living abroad is invaluable.

• The experience gained that is by living abroad is invaluable.

• The experience that is gained by living abroad is invaluable.

1. I'm a student who is living and studying in Mexico.

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2. The experience that is gained by living abroad is invaluable.​

Question 3 - Answers​

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​Wrong: Some of the players who are playing in the U.S. can feel homesick.

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​Right: Some of the players playing in the U.S. can feel homesick.​

OTHER IMPORTANT THING.​

If the word after the relative pronoun is a pronoun, you can cross it out. If it's a verb, you can't cross it out.

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Wrong: The countries that they come from might have warm weather.​

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Right: The countries they come from might have warm weather.​

Subject | Subject

Question 4

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Cross out the words/phrases in italics that can be left out.​

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Multiple Choice

1. Baseball players who come from other countries to play in the U.S. often have problems.

• We can cross out.

• We can't cross out.

Multiple Choice

2. Some of the players who are playing in the U.S. can sometimes feel homesick.

• We can cross out.

• We can't cross out.

Multiple Choice

3. [...] people who were brought up on spicy food or exotic fruit don't...

• We can cross out.

• We can't cross out.

Multiple Choice

4. But the biggest problems that they face seem to be the weather and the language.

• We can cross out.

• We can't cross out.

Multiple Choice

5. The countries that they come from might have warm weather all year.

• We can cross out.

• We can't cross out.

Multiple Choice

6. It isn't always easy for players who come from Brazil or Mexico.

• We can cross out.

• We can't cross out.

Multiple Choice

7. [...] to adapt to the snow and cold that they experience in the U.S.

• We can cross out.

• We can't cross out.

Multiple Choice

8. [...] the ones who do, tend to find it easier to adapt.

• We can cross out.

• We can't cross out.

​2. who are

3. who were

4. that

5. that

7. that​

Question 4 - Answers​

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