Did Dracula really exist?Yes and no. Dracula is a book written by the Irish author, Bram (Abraham) Stoker (1847-1912) who told the story of an evil count from Transylvania (now part of Romania). The nobleman could turn into a vampire bat. He sucked people's blood by biting them on their necks. His victims became his slaves.Dracula was a figment of Stoker's vivid imagination, but in the 1400s there was a cruel ruler of Transylvania known as Vlad the Impaler. He got this nickname because he had awful habits: drive stakes through the bodies of his enemies and left them to die. No doubt Stoker had Vlad in mind when he wrote the book.
(Adapted from The Giant Book of Facts, Octopus Books Ltd., 1989, p 242.In: Compact English Book. P. 92)
vocabularyevil - bad,diabolic count – nobleman to turn into - to transform figment - invention, products of imagination awful - terrible
ruler - person who governs and controls a country
impaler - perforator, piercer mind = mente
Complete the sentences according the text:
1. Dracula is a/an ...
2. Vlad is a/an ...
3. Transylvania is a/an ...
4. Vlad, the nobleman could turn into ...
5. Stoker is a/an
GABARITO DO LIVRO/APOSTILA:
1 = a); 2 = b); 3 = c); 4 = a); 5 = c).
II – Judge the sentences ( V ) ou ( F ) ?
1.___ Dracula didn't have slaves. (have–had–had=ter)
2.___ Dracula is an invented name.
3.___ Dracula became a ruler in the 1400s. (become–became–become = transform)
4.___ Dracula was probably inspired in Vlad the Impaler.
5.___ Bram Stoker died at the age of 56. (expired)
6.___ Romania bought Transylvania. (buy–bought–bought = acquisition by money)
7.___ Stoker gave a nickname to Vlad. (give–gave–given = presented)
8.___ Vlad drove stakes through the bodies of his enemies.(drive–drove–driven=impelled)
9.___ Vlad the Impaler really lived about six thousand years ago. (existed)
10.___ Vlad the Impaler made suffer his friends. (make-made-made = fazer)
THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE- ED SUFFIX
A terminação-ed, usada para formar o passado e o particípio passado dos verbos regulares, possui três tipos de pronúncia:
1. ed com som de /d/-verbos cuja pronúncia da sílaba final faz vibrar as cordas vocais: belonged /d/ --- stayed /d/ --- involved /d/ --- opened /d/
2. ed com som de /t/ - Verbos cuja pronúncia da sílaba final não faz vibrar as cordas vocais: helped /t/ --- walked /t/ --- kissed /t/
3. ed com som de /id/ - Verbos cuja pronúncia final seja t ou d:
interested /id/ --- waited /id/ --- pretended /id/--- ended /id/
Marque a alternativa na qual a transcrição fonética da terminação-ed esteja correta.
1. talked: a) /d/ ----- b) /t/ ----- c) /id/
2. pulled: a) /d/----- b) /t/ ----- c) /id/
3. exported: a) /d/----- b) /t/---- c) /id/
4. stopped: a) /d/----- b) /t/----- c) /id/
5. planned: a) /d/----- b) /t/ -----c) /id/
III – Mark the correct alternative:
1. Which (Quais/al) of the proposition(s) contain/s the correct form of the simple past tense? (Mark a soma do/s item/s correct/s.)(01) Does he find a boat? (find – found – found = encontrar)
(02) He didn’t marry Kim yesterday. (marry = desposar, casar-se)
(04) They didn’t had water. (have – had – had = ter)
(08) They are in Hong Kong today.
(16) They suffered an accident last Tuesday. (suffer = sofrer)
(32) They brought the boat to Hong Kong. (bring – brought – brought = trazer)
a) 03 b) 07 c) 20 d) 48 e) 50
(UFPR) 37 Are killed in Thai crash (adapted)
BANGKOK (AP)* -An airplane carrying tourists to Ko Samui, a resort island in the Gulf of Thailand, crashed (collided) Wednesday during heavy (intense) rains, killing all 37 people aboard.
The Bangkok Airways jet, on a flight (voyage by air) from Bangkok, went down (accident) 10 kilometers from the runway of the airport. The plane was carrying 33 passengers, including 29 foreigners, and a crew (group of plane worker) of four. * AP - Associated Press
2. According to the text it is correct to say that:
(01) The plane was going to Bangkok.
(02) The plane landed safely in the Gulf of Thailand. (aterrissou)
(04) The plane was leaving Ko Samui when it crashed. (leave = sair, partir)
(08) The plane crashed during the weekend.
(16) All passengers and crew members died in the airplane crash.
(32) The majority of the passengers were foreigners.
a) 03 b) 07 c) 20 d) 22 e) 48
3. What information is or are in the text?
(01) The number of people who were in the plane.
(02) The name of the airline to which the plane belongs.
(04) The geographical area where Ko Samui is located.
(08) The weather conditions during the airplane crash.
(16) The names of the people who were killed.
(32) The destination of the Bangkok Airways jet.
(64) The name of the person who was saved after the accident.
a) 12 b) 20 c) 30 d) 47 e) 96
4. "Did you read about the airplane crash in the paper?"
Choose the alternative(s) that can answer the question above.
(01) The student presented an oral report about airplane accidents.
(02) No. I didn't have the time to buy the paper.
(04) A Brazilian airline has two flights a week to San Francisco.
(08) Yes. The accident was terrible. I think everybody died.
(16) Yes, it was awful.
(32) I don't either.
a) 14 b) 26 c) 30 d) 42 e) 48
