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“The bus driver”
shift isso significa
turno
that means sai
gets off assento
seat para atender
to meet tipo
kind carregar/arrastar
lugs pesado
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every local Dana Miller is a bus driver. She drives a bus in the city of
spot centro da cidade Philadelphia. She works the night shift. That means she
downtown chamada starts work at 10:00 at night and gets off at 6:00 in the
call joelhos morning. Dana has been driving a bus for 15 years. She
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started when she was 23-years-old. She loves her job
crowded no fundo
in the back raramente most of the time. She gets to see the beautiful city from
seldom fábrica de pretzel her seat. She gets to meet all kinds of people. There is
pretzel factory traz the guitar player. He lugs his heavy guitar on the bus
brings cheiro maravilhoso every Friday night. He plays at a night spot downtown.
wonderful smell sorte baixa People call him Get Low. That is because he likes to play
down luck nota the guitar on his knees. If the bus is not too crowded,
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Get Low plays in the back of the bus. The bus is seldom
stole money arma falsa crowded at night. There is the woman who works at the
fake gun pensamento pretzel factory. Each day the “Pretzel Lady” brings Dana
thought assustado a bag of fresh, soft pretzels. They fill the bus with a
scared assustador wonderful smell! Sometimes Dana’s job is hard. It is hard
scary grande when Dana sees people down on their luck. One time, a
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young woman left her sleeping baby on the bus. There
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great view was a note on the baby's blanket asking for help. Dana
had to call the police. Another time, a teenage boy stole
money from Dana on the bus. He had a fake gun. Dana
thought it was real. She was very scared. Occasionally,
driving the bus can be scary. But most of the time,
driving the bus is great. Dana does not want to work
anywhere else. “How was your night?” Dana’s husband
likes to ask when she gets home. “Good music, good
food and a great view of the city,” she says.
1º) What shift does Dana work? and What night does the guitar player ride the bus?
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4º) The adjectives of the phrase “I am the most intelligent and handsome man alive” are in:
A) No comparativo de superioridade.
B) No comparativo de igualdade.
C) No comparativo de inferioridade.
D) No superlativo.
E) No comparativo de igualdade negativo.
6º) Complete that Mary is saying, putting the adjectives in the parentheses into superlative degree.
Mary:
9º) Mark the correct answer for this phrase. “Health is ___________ than wealth”.
A) good.
B) better.
C) well.
D) best.
E) gooder
10º) Complete the phrase “Love is _____________ feeling for me” with superlative degree of
superiority that complicated, than mark the correct answer.
A) more complicated than.
B) the more complicated.
C) the most complicated.
D) the complicated.
E) the complicatest
The question
11 refers to the
comic strip.
b) Remove from the text all the verbs in the past form and put them in the infinitive form.
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12º) Complete the text with the Simple Past tense of the verbs from the box. Mark the correct sequence.
A) dyed /was/started/beginned/was/turned/married/had/was
B) was/was/ beginned/ started/was/turned/married/had/dyed
C) had/was/started/beginned/was/turned/married/was/dyed
D) was/was/started/beginned/was/turned/married/had/dyed
E) was/was/started/beginned/was/turned/married/had/dyed
Interdisciplinarity
Good luck!