1. E.E.B. Osvaldo Aranha
Professora: Adriana
Aluna: Débora Maria Laube 2º 6
1. Write T for true and F false according to the text .
1 ( F) Women have been washing , cooking, and cleaning because they really
want.
2 ( T) In the past women rarely went out to the street.
3 (F ) Suffragettes are competing in professional fields no
4 (T) Some women have been presidents and prime ministers
5 ( T) Deep changes happened in the 20th century.
2. Choose the correct alternative according to the text
1. Women have been doing housework:
a) Only recently
b) For a long time
c) Only in the 20th century
2. The street has:
a) given man the right to vote
b) been changing gradually
c) been men’s territory
3. The suffragettes movement :
a) was one of the first signification changes for women
b) saw more women competing in professional fields
c) is happening nowadays
4. Many feminist leagues:
a) are fighting the so-called “macho society”.
b) are changing because of feminist movements .
c) are groups of decent men .

2. 5. Nowadayes:
a) more women are energetic.
b) fewer women are energetic.
c) fewer women are doing housework.
3. Answer the questions according to the text.
1. What are some of the things women have done for centuries?
R:they always stay at home doing domestic work, they were cleaning and cooking for
centuries
2. What has been men’s role day after day?
R:The men were leaving the house day after day to get money. it gave
them economicindependence, and, in most cases, a feeling that superiority.
3. When did significant changes happen for women?
R: The significant changes for women happened to the suffragettes.
4.What did the suffragettes fight for?
R:They fought for the rightof women to vote, then, step by step, women were gaining
new rights and dovetailing intonew movements.
5. What can we see in the professional fields nowadays?
R:Today we see more women competing with men in professional fields. Some
countrieshave women aspresidents and prime ministers.
4. Find the opposites.
(1) always (6) gradually
(2) much (7) secondary
(3) superiority (8) independence
(4) capable (9) nobody
(5) deep (10) less
( 4) incapable (1) never
( 5) shallow ( 2) more
( 7) primary (3) inferiority
( 8) dependence ( 6) rapidly
( 10) little (9) everbody