THERES IS/THERE ARE or HAVE/HAS

Muitas vezes os alunos de inglês confundem estes verbos em inglês por causa do português.

É que em português não estamos muito habituados a usar o verbo haver no sentido de existir.

Em português dizemos: “Eu tenho um aparelho de televisão no meu quarto” e também dizemos: “ Tem um aparelho de televisão no meu quarto.” no lugar de “Há um aparelho de televisão no meu quarto”.

Em português ambas as formas estão corretas.

Mas o mesmo não acontece em inglês.

O verbo HAVE (TER) precisa de um sujeito.

Por exemplo: “I (sujeito) have a TV in my bedroom.”

Mas o quando o verbo ter tem o sentido de existir usamos o THERE IS / THERE ARE.

Example: “There is a TV in my bedroom.”(singular) ou "There are two TVs in my bedroom.” (Plural).

Is that all right?

Então NÂO quero mais ouvir ninguém dizendo: has a TV is my bedroom...

Please, never say that again. It’s terrible English.

Agora vamos a prática.

I will describe the pictures below using there is / there are.

I live in a big apartment. There are four bedroom, a living room, a dining rooma kitchen and three bathrooms. There is also a balcony and a laundry. There is an elevator in the building and also a staircase. I usually don’t use the elevator, I prefer to use the stairs. It’s a good way to do exercise. By the way, I live on the tenth floor. There are seventeen floors in my building.

Now it’s your turn. Describe the bedroom below.

Next post: negative and interrogative with THERE TO BE and more exercises.

Have a good one.

Kitchen and some other stuff

Bom, para aqueles que não acharam ou ficaram com preguiça (you lazy guys) de achar What’s in the kitchen. Aí vai:

freezer
refrigerator / fridge
cabinet
stove
microwave
toaster
coffee maker
food processor
dishwasher (What's that dog doing there?)
And now : Where do you find the following?

a pillow?
a blanket?
a sheet?
a laddle?
a fork?
a knife?
a spoon?
a towel?
a bowl?
a plate?
a cup?
a saucer?

By the way: How do you call this in English?

Next post: o verbo haver em inglês: THERE IS / THERE ARE

See you there.

Móveis / FURNITURE

FURNITURE

Now you know the rooms of a house or apartment. Now let’s see what is inside each room.

What’s in the bedroom?

bed

night table
dresser
lamp
rug
curtains
What’s in the living room ?

sofa
easy chair
TV
DVD player
bookcase
picture / painting
carpet
And in the dining room?

table
chairs
sideboard
How about in the bathroom?

mirror
sink
toilet
shower
bathtub
What about in the kitchen?

Now it’s your turn. Send me a email with what you have in the bathroom. Next post I will give the answers.

Bye for now.

HOUSING / MORADIA

HOUSES APARTMENTS AND BUILDINGS

Hoje e nos próximos dias vamos falar de moradia: HOUSING, partes de uma casa, móveis (FURNITURE) e do verbo existir em inglês (THERE IS / THERE ARE)

Vamos começar pelo básico. Existem (there are) dois tipos de moradia.

You can live in a HOUSE

or in an APARTMENT.
E um conjunto de apartamentos formam um BUILDING.
Claro que existem outros tipos de moradias, mas vamos ficar com os mais comuns.

Parts of the house or apartment

Living-room
Bedroom
Bathroom
Dining room
Kitchen
Closet
Laundry
Balcony
Basement (usually in a house)
Attic (usually in a house)
Garden
Backyard
In building you have many floors. The building ilustrated below (abaixo) has 6 floors.
A house can have one or two floors.
If the house has two floors, you have:
upstairs downstairs

Bom, no próximo vamos falar de tudo que existe em uma casa.

Now tell me: DO YOU LIVE IN A HOUSE OR IN AN APARTMENT?

SEE YOU GUYS