How Much, How Many

Hello, everybody!
Hoje a explicação é sobre How Much/How Many.Parece difícil, mas a explicação e a aplicação é simples, vamos lá:

How much é usado para todos os singulares e contáveis, incluindo líquidos sem seus containeres. Ex.:

• How much wine do we need for tonight?
• How much bread do we have for the breakfast?
• How much cheese is there in the fridge?
• How much milk are you going to buy?
• How much money do you have?
• How much ham would you like?
• How much chocolate would you like?
• How much lettuce is there?

How many é usado para todos os plurais e contáveis. Ex.:

• How many oranges do we need?
• How many cartons of orange juice are there?
• How many bottles of wine do we have?
• How many cartons of milk are there?
• How many eggs are there in the fridge?
• How many apples do you need?
• How many bars of chocolate would you like?
• How many heads of lettuce are there?

Lembrando que contáveis são tudo o que você pode contar: an apple, a pear, an egg, a carrot, a tomato...

Incontáveis são o que não é possível contar, como  cheese, ham, salami (a piece, a pound / two, three pieces/ two, three pounds...), sugar, money... e outros. 

Para atividades extras, acesse How Much/ How Many 1, How Much/ How Many 2, How Much/ How Many 3, How Much / How Many 4, e How Much/ How Many 5. 

How to Make Your Writing Really Beautiful - Part 2

Já publicada a parte 1 de How to Make Your Writing Really Beautiful, segue aqui a continuação. Esse post havia sido publicado há 5 anos atrás, mas eu o revisei e estou republicando-o, por isso manterei a explicação no idioma original. Dúvidas, deixem comentários.

This time, I'll show you some conjunctions that are used to express a "but" relation.

At any rate > whatever happens or even something you say that you are going to say something more exactly

• Well, I won't go home by bus, at any rate.
• I'm not sure if they liked my project. At any rate, some of them went out from room without I could finish it. 

However > Adverb. It means despite this

• I'm thinking about taking a Philosophy course. However, Astronomy looks fascinating.
• He bought a new video game, however, he's thinking about saving money to buy the Playstation 4.

On the other hand > It used when you are comparing two different facts or two opposite ways of thinking

• I'd like to stay at home because it's comfortable, but on the other hand I'd like to go out with my friends tonight. What should I do?
• I like my job, but on the other hand I need another one which pays more.

Although > Conjunction. Despite the fact that, or but

• I decided to leave home for work earlier, although the weather is really bad.
• Although I have spent most part of my money on a new blouse, I saved something to have dinner with my friend tonight.

And there are other conjunctions such as: actually, anyhow, as a matter of fact, even so,, even though, in spite of this/that, nevertheless, on the contrary.
Next step, I'll show you more words to emphasize the best writing. I hope to have helped you all.

English Central Videos

So, to start with, ops, para começar, quero indicar à todos os estudantes deste idioma maravilhoso, o site English Central. Há milhares de videos, em que é possível praticar audio (listening), speaking, pronunciation, e vocabulário. É um site bastante dinâmico, basta apenas ter um bom headphone com microfone.

No English Central há videos para 3 níveis: fácil, média dificuldade e alta dificuldade. É uma excelente ferramenta, tanto para os que estão aprendendo até mesmo para professores, nós que falamos o idioma, mas vivemos no Brasil, e a prática e treino devem ser constantes.

Present Perfect Simple

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Olá, todos. Hoje eu trago um pouco da dúvida que muitos tem, sobre o Present Perfect Simple. Na verdade, o uso dele é simples. Os americanos usam esse tempo todo o tempo!
O Present Perfect Simple serve para expressar uma ação que terminou recentemente, ou uma ação passada que tem resultado no presente. 
Seguem vários exemplos:

The form of the Present Perfect Simple:

Subject + have/has (auxiliary verb in the present simple) + the verb in the past participle + complement.

I have always wanted to buy that house.

Other uses of the Present Perfect Simple:
- puts emphasis on the result
Ex.: Karen has washed the car. (the car is still clean, you can see it)

- an action that is still going on
Ex.: Jimmy has not finished his homework yet. (unfortunately, you can see his task unsfinished)

- an action that stopped recently
Ex.: Ellen has cooked dinner. (note, also, that you don't use time expressions, such as "yesterday", "ago", "last...")

- finished action that has an influence on the present
Ex.: I have lost my car keys.

- an action that has taken place once, never or several times before the moment of speaking
Ex.: I have never been to Norway.

Signal Words of Present Perfect
already, ever, just, never, not yet, so far, till now, up to now. Click on this link and practice a little bit more with these signal words.

Aqui seguem mais alguns links para praticarem online:

Activity link 1;
Activity link 2;
Activity link 3 (hard);
Activity link 4 (hard): 
Activity link 5;
and (many) activity link 6.

Espero tê-los ajudado, pois todos esses links contém ótimos exercícios para praticar!
Hope to have helped you all, because all these links are full of activities ready to activate your learning process!

Pet Peeves

Produzi meu primeiro podcast, I'm so proud! É muito simples, mas o tema é Pet Peeves. O que é isso?
Pet Peeves são coisas que te irritam, como pessoas que ouvem música perto de você, sem seus fones de ouvido, que falam alto, quem usa muito perfume, quem tem o (mau) hábito de estar sempre atrasado e por aí vai. Aqui tem um podcast de mim falando o que acho sobre o assunto.