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Grammar 4

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Grammar 4

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Universidad de Guadalajara

Sistema de educación media superior


Preparatoria Regional de Puerto Vallarta
“Lengua extranjera IV”
Teacher.- José Miguel Zepeda Becerra
4°D Vespertino

Grammar unit 4
Alarcon Melendez Sandy María
Contreras Colmenares Fabricio Yahir
Cueva Recendiz Karla Fernanda
De la Torre Moreno Sebastián
Hernandez Gonzalez Christopher Alan

Wednesday, March 20th 2019


Unit 4: Feeling good
4.1
I had an
accident
Reported speech (commands - requests)
● We use the verb ask to report request and the
verb tell to report commands.
● Don´t changes to not to.
● She told him to go to bed
● He asked me not to do that.
● She asked him to keep a secret.
● She asked me to buy some eggs.
● He asked her to make the dinner.
● She told me to eat my vegetables.
● The architect asked her to carry the plans.
● My mother asked me to take out the trash.
● They told him to buy beer.
● She asked him to wash the car.
4.2
Should
All modal verbs are auxiliary
The verb Should verbs, which means they can
only be used with a main verb.
Affirmative: Modal verbs cannot be a main
I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WE/THEY/ should eat? verb.

Negative: I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WE/THEY The modal verbs are; will, would,


shouldn't eat? shall, should, can, could, may,
might and must. In this module
Questions: should we focus on will and would, and
I/YOU/HE/SHE/IT/WE/THEY eat? shall and should.
● She should take the children with her to
Houston.
● He should lend us the money which we need.
● You should learn at least five new words every
day.
● They should help you with your work.
● It should rain this evening.
● We should ask permission before doing it.
● You should prepare your work more carefully.
● He should take a earlier flight.
● You should go out more often.
● We should be in the meeting next week.
4.3
Health matters
Negative questions - Tag Questions
Haven’t you seen a doctor at all
since then? Tag questions are short questions which
Aren’t you going to get some more we put at the end of a sentence.
in? ● They are formed with auxiliary verb
It isn’t anything serious, is it? (am, is, are, was, were, have, has,
You don’t suffer from any medical do, does, did, can, could, will,
condition, do you? etc.).
You’ll have them by tomorrow, won’t ● We use a positive questions tag with
you? a negative sentence and a negative
questions tag with a positive
We use negative questions when we sentence.
expect
the listener to agree with us or to
express
surprises.
● Jason, you went to the post office yesterday,
didn’t you?
● She hasn’t seen the doctor yet, has she?
● The boys are at school, aren’t they?
● You couldn’t see her, could you?
● Tom believed him, didn’t he?
● Haven’t you been downtown before?
● Don’t you want to come to the theater with us?
● Don’t do you like spaghetti?
● Aren’t you married?
● Didn’t you send the email?
4.4
Pet therapy
Full infinitive & Bare
Full Infinitive ( to + base
form of verb) infinitive. Bare Infinitive ( base form
of verb without to)

I’ve decided to visit We may get a hamster for a


Venezuela this year. pet.

I’m going to the pet store Mom, let me go to the


to buy a parrot. party, please!

Mark is too young to drive. The teacher made me stay


after school to do more
Mark isn’t old enough to
exercises.
drive.
● You sister has gone to finish her homework.
● She wants to see him.
● I’m studying to get a good mark.
● I tried to call her.
● The children need a garden to play in.

● He reads the newspaper every day.


● We come to school by bus.
● He watches his son in the park.
● We always try to arrive on time.
● She does the work of two people.
4.5
Human nature
-ING form:
We can use the -ing form of a verb:

as a noun

as an adjective

as the subject of a verb

as the object of a verb

as the object of a preposition


● I saw a lion chasing a zebra.
● Learning Chinese is not easy.
● We enjoy learning French.
● Some people are not interested in learning German.
● I saw a woman crying on the floor.
● That programme was really boring.
● Swimming is very good for your health.
● The main problem today is rising prices.
● I love swimming.
● I like playing soccer.

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