sexta-feira, 27 de janeiro de 2023

Verb to be - Past simple


Verb to be – Past tense

Affirmative

I/she/he/it was here.

We/you/they were here

Negative

I/she/he/it was not here. (wasn’t)

We/you/they were not here (weren’t)

Interrogative

Was I/she/he/it here?

Were we/you/they here?
Exercises
Was/Were
Wasn't/Weren't
Was/Were - Questions

Talking about the past (with exercises)

Irregular verbs list

Exercises
Past Tense - Regular Verbs
Past Tense - Irregular Verbs - 1
Past Tense - Irregular Verbs - 2

terça-feira, 17 de janeiro de 2023

Soft skills

 What are soft skills?

1 - Learn about Soft skills


https://youtu.be/_bZi-34IFxs

 

2 - Do you have any of these skills?  

 

1.            Ability to Work Under Pressure and Time Management

2.            Communication

3.            Decisiveness and confidence

4.            Flexibility and multitasking

5.            Leadership

6.            Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

7.            Problem Solving

8.            Responsibility and dependability

9.            Self-Motivation

10.         Teamwork

 

 

2.1 - Give me a context (in your life) where you developed three of the skills above.

 

2.2 - Give examples, from your life experience, of three of the skills above.

 

 

4 - Include those skills in your CV

 

EXTRA: Are you interested in soft skills? You can learn more!

For example, in this platform: https://up2u.ipleiria.pt/

Or with Google Digital Academy: https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalgarage/courses

Or in EU Academy: https://academy.europa.eu/

 


segunda-feira, 16 de janeiro de 2023

terça-feira, 3 de janeiro de 2023

What are they doing?

1 - Look for pictures (10) to ilustrate these actions.

  • Answer customer questions,
  • Provide customer service,
  • Answer phones,
  • Run cash registers,
  • Refer people to a pharmacist for medical advice,
  • Order pharmacy items,
  • Dispense prescriptions,
  • Package prescriptions,
  • Prepare prescriptions labels,
  • Maintain stock lists,
  • Deliver prescriptions in a rest house or day care,
  • Ensure prescriptions get to the pharmacist,
  • Sell over the counter medicines,
  • Stock shelves,
  • Take in pharmacy deliveries, and
  • Fill out pharmacy paperwork.

2 - Here is a video about the pharmacy technician  daily activities. What are they doing?



We will rock you!

 

Lyrics

Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noisePlaying in the street, gonna be a big man somedayYou got mud on your face, you big disgraceKicking your can all over the place, singin'
We will, we will rock youWe will, we will rock you
Buddy, you're a young man, hard manShouting in the street, gonna take on the world somedayYou got blood on your face, you big disgraceWaving your banner all over the place
We will, we will rock you, sing it!We will, we will rock you
Buddy, you're an old man, poor manPleading with your eyes, gonna make you some peace somedayYou got mud on your face, big disgraceSomebody better put you back into your place
We will, we will rock you, sing itWe will, we will rock you, everybodyWe will, we will rock you, hmmWe will, we will rock youAlright

Explanation

In its simplest explanation, this famous song is about staying motivated, encouraged and positive even when everything seems to be going against you.

Continuous tenses in the lyrics

·        “Playing in the street”

Playing: To do something for enjoyment and entertainment.

·        “Kicking your can (butt) all over the place”

Kicking: To hit something with force using your foot.

·        “Shouting in the street”

Shouting: To increase the volume of your voice to say something or to get someone’s attention.

·        “Waving your banner all over the place”

Waving: To move your hand side to side to greet someone or get someone’s attention.

·        “Pleading with your eyes”

Pleading: To ask someone to do something or allow you to do something.

Talking about here and now