Unit 12 Obligation, Permission and Prohibition Exercise

CAN

1. It is used to express the ability to do something.
I can swim very well.
Can he can speak English fluently? - No, he can't.
We cannot sing at all!
2. It expresses the possibility to do something.
We can go to the seaside at last. Our holidays start next week.
3. We use it to say that something is probable.
It can be John. He has blond hair and he is wearing glasses.
4. It expresses the permission to do something.
Why not? You can marry her. She is a nice girl.

MUST

1. It is used for strong obligations.
It is personal, because it expresses the speaker's opinion or will.
I must clean my teeth. I want to be healthy.
You must go there. And do it right now!
2. It means a strong recommendation.
You must see it. It's the best film I've ever seen.
3. We use it to show the certainty of the speaker.
They must be at school by now. It's already 9 o'clock.
4. The opposite of must is need not.
Mum, must I wash up? - No, you needn't. I've already done it.
Must not has a different meaning.
It is used to express prohibition that involves the speaker's will.
We mustn't come late today. Or the teacher will be very angry.
He mustn't enter this room. It is dangerous.

HAVE TO

1) In the affirmative: HAVE TO has a meaning similar to MUST.
I have to go to the school.
2) In the negative: HAVE TO has a different meaning: "you don't need to dot that"
It's Sunday! I don't have to go to school.

EXERCISES:

Exercise with Can & Must
Exercise with Cant & Must - Questions
exercise with Can & Must 2
Exercise Can/can't or Must/mustn't
Exercise Can or Must

Exercise Allowed or Not Allowed

Exercise Have to or Must

Permission, obligation, and prohibition

Permission, Ability, Obligation, Advice...

Exercise Must or Have to...
Must, needn't or mustn't
Obligation

Unit 12 use of Make and Do

Do

We use the verb 'do' when someone performs an action, activity or task.

do a crossword
do the ironing
do the laundry
do the washing
do the washing up

'Do' is often used when referring to work of any kind.

do your work
do homework
do houseworkdo your job

!Note - these activities do not usually produce a physical object.

Make

We use the verb 'make' for constructing, building or creating

make a dress
make food
make a cup of tea / coffee

'Make' is often used when referring to preparing food of any kind.

make a meal - breakfast / lunch / dinner

!Note - these activities usually create something that you can touch.

Quiz of Make and Do

UNIT 11 ADVERBS

ADVERBS OF MANNER.

We use adverbs of manner to describe how we do things or activities.

I work hard.
she sings beautifully.

The formula o use them is :

Pronoun + verb + adverb 

You can visit this two websites to study some adverbs and to check the rules for adverbs.

List of adverbs
Rules and excercise of adverbs

UNIT 10 Simple Past + Ago

The past simple: 

is used to talk about actions in the past that have finished. It talks about 'then'

and definitely excludes 'now'.

• I first went to school 10 years ago.
• He came  a few moments ago.
• We made our last purchase from them over a year ago.

In order to show when an action or situation happened
in the past, particular words and phrases are often used.


 one _____ ago
A singular noun phrase showing a period of time:
 one minute ago
 one hour ago
 one week ago
 one week ago
 one month ago
 one year ago

 

(plural number or expression) _____ ago
A plural noun phrase showing a period of time
is used before ago:
two minutes ago
three hours ago
several days ago
a few weeks ago
a number of months ago
many years ago
  

Exercise past + ago

Excercise 2 past + ago

UNIT 10 Present Perfect For & Since

For and Since for Time

We often use for and since when talking about time.

for + period

A period is a duration of time, for example: 5 minutes, 2 weeks, 6 years. For means "from the beginning of the period until the end of the period." For can be used with all tenses.

since + point

A point is a precise moment in time, for example: 9 o'clock, 1st January, Monday. Since means "from a pointnow." Since is normally used with perfect tenses.

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for a period (from start to end) >===<	since a point (up to now) x===>|
for 20 minutes for three days for 6 months for 4 years for 2 centuries for a long time for ever etc	since 9am since Monday since January since 1997 since 1500 since I left school since the beginning of time etc
all tenses	perfect tenses only

For can be used with all tenses. Here are a few examples:

• They study for two hours every day.
• They are studying for three hours today.
• He has lived in Bangkok for a long time.
• He has been living in Paris for three months.
• I worked at that bank for five years.
• Will the universe continue for ever?

For is NOT used with "all day", "all the time" etc.

• I was there all day. (not *for all day)

Since is normally used with perfect tenses:

• He has been here since 9am.
• He has been working since he arrived.
• I had lived in New York since my childhood.

Since can also be used in the structure "It is [period] since...":

• It is a year since I saw her.
• How long is it since you got married?

 PRACTICE :

For & Since Quiz 
For & Since Excercise 

UNIT 9 Present Perfect

Practice the present perfect:

UNIT 7 Vocabulary Program Types

UNIT 7 Too Much/Too Many/ not Enough.

Form

too + adjective or adverb
too much/many + noun

adjective or adverb + enough
enough + noun

Functions and examples

1. We use 'too' to mean more than sufficient or more than necessary.
It's too late to stop him.
Jerry was too young to watch the movie.
There are too many people on this train, there's nowhere to sit.
You have too much money, give some to me.

2. We use 'enough' to mean sufficient and in a negative sentence to mean less than sufficient or less than necessary.
You're not working fast enough, you won't finish on time.
Your clothes are big enough to fit me.
Have you got enough money to buy me a drink?
Sorry, I haven't got enough food for everyone.

Important points

1. We can use 'enough' without a noun if the meaning is clear.
There's a lot of food but not enough for everyone.

2. We use 'enough of' or 'too much/many of' before pronouns and determiners.
Not enough of my friends are coming to the party.
You've eaten too many of those cakes.


NOW PRACTICE TIME!!!!!


Too much/many
Too much/many/enough 

UNIT 7 Likes, Preferences and Whises.

You use the following verbs to express likes.

Positive: love, like, enjoy, prefer.
Negative: hate and don't like.

PRONOUN + VERB + ING  = I enjoy reading. 


PRONOUN + VERB + INFINITIVE = I like to read.

We use would like for whises or  would prefer


PRONOUN +WOULD LIKE+ TO +VERB = 
I would like to see a movie.
                    


PRONOUN + WOULD PREFER+ TO +VERB =                               I would prefer to see a movie.

NOW!!!!  Practice a little with the next table, write sentences using the information on the table.

Harvest for the world

UNIT 8 WILL +PROBABLY/DEFINITLY/MIGHT

Grammar :
We  use 'will' with adverbs that show a high probability for example: 

Positive sentences                                                            Negative sentences
Pronoun+ will+ definitely+ verb.                                  Pronoun+ definitely +will not or won’t +verb.  
Felipe will definitely come to the class.                Felipe  definitely won’t come to the class.

Other adverbs show a smaller possibility for example:

Pronoun+ will+ probably + verb.      Pronoun+ probably+ will not or won’t +verb. Ramón will probably come to the class.                Ramón probably will not come to the class.

Other adverbs are use without will, they show a smaller possibility for example:

Pronoun+ might + verb.                                             Pronoun+ might not + verb.                      
Hugo might miss the class.                                        Hugo might not miss the class.
X not Hugo will might miss the class

Some Listening Activities

Ok there are some activities for you to practice, they are not similar to the ones we do in the class
but, they can work for you to practice more ok.
tell me if they are very difficult and I will change them....

Saturdays Chores

Vacations Plans 

 Best Dating Ideas 

 Dating and Romance
A Story to Remember 

SEE YA BYE BYE.....

Use of Simple Past & Past Progressive

 

1) Use

Simple Past	Past Progressive
action finished in the past (single or repeated)	action was in progress at a special time in the past
series of completed actions in the past	two actions were happening at the same time (the actions do not influence each other)

2) Form

Simple Past	Past Progressive
regular verbs: infinitive + -ed irregular verbs: 2nd column of the table of the irregular verbs	(was or were) + verb + -ing

3) Examples

Simple Past	Past Progressive
3-1 Affirmative sentences
He played football.	He was playing football.
We played football.	We were playing football.
He sang songs.	He was singing songs.
We sang songs.	We were singing songs.

Simple Past	Past Progressive
3-2 Negative sentences
He did not play football.	He was not playing football.
We did not play football.	We were not playing football.
He did not sing songs.	He was not singing songs.
We did not sing songs.	We were not singing songs.

Simple Past	Past Progressive
3-3 Questions
Did he play football?	Was he playing football?
Did you play football?	Were you playing football?
Did he sing songs?	Was he singing songs?
Did you sing songs?	Were you singing songs?

4) Use

Both tenses are often used in one sentence:

While we were sitting at the breakfast table, the telephone rang.

We were sitting at the breakfast table when the telephone rang.

The signal word while is in the part with the Past Progressive,
the signal word when is in the part with the Simple Past.

ATTENTION!
Past Progressive: we were sitting at the table
Simple Past: the telephone rang.

The action in the Simple Past (pink) interrupts the action in the Past Progressive (blue).

THE RULES TO MAKE COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES

OK  I know that you need to reviw this soooo...
check this link and practice


TABLE OF COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVES

UNIT 6 WEBSITES

 Hello everybody,

I know that you need to practice so, check this exercises oki,

YES/NO QUESTIONS SIMPLE FUTURE
INFORMATION QUESTIONS WITH SIMPLE FUTURE
SIMPLE FUTURE WITH WILL- NEGATIVE CONTRATIONS
TAKE THE CHALLENGE-WILL
TAKE THE CHALLENGE 2 - WILL OR GOING TO
QUESTIONS WITH GOING TO

SEE YOU GOOD LUCK!!!!

Listening Activity

Hi,

This excercise is for listening, you are going to hear a man talking about a trip he made.
listen and answer the questions.

A Trip to London 

what do you think it was easy or not??????

see you in class.

Outline to Write a Story

Hey what up!!!!!    =)

This is a format that you can follow to write a story:

Short Story Analysis Outline Form
Use the table below to fill in your ideas for your own personal short story.

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A. Characters	Protagonist:                                                                                                  Antagonist:
B. Setting
C. Theme
D. Plot	1. Motivation 2. Conflict: man vs. man man vs. environment man vs. himself man vs. animal 3. Complication 4. Suspense 5. Climax 6. Outcome 7. The end

Created by R. Mazurenko, Teacher, Westmount School, Edmonton Public Schools
in conjunction with other teachers at Westmount School

Reading & Writing A Biography

Sample Autobiography - What Should be Included in an Autobiography

Here is a short example of autobiography ideas and topics to include:

1. Full name
2. When you were born
3. Where you were born
4. Your parents names
5. Were you named after anyone? (if you have the name of you father-mother, grandfather-grandmother
6. How many brothers and sisters you have
7. Where in the birth order were you born?
8. Your hair and eye color
9. Do you wear glasses? Yes or No 

Then start adding other important events  in your life. These are things like...

1. Started first grade
2. Birth of siblings
3. Graduated high school
4. A family move
5. Graduated college
6. Periods of employment
7. Death of family members etc.

Some examples of  autobiography questions and memory prompts:

1. My earliest memories as a child are...
2. My happiest moments, as a child, were...
3. The oldest relative that I can remember was...
4. When I "grew up" I wanted to be a ...
5. My favorite toy was...
6. My most memorable babysitter was...
7. My first bike was ... 

UNIT 5 WEBSITES

 Hello guys,

this are links to practice unit 5,

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES  ( Spell the correct word - hang man)
COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVES ( Chose the correct answer and trow the basket ball )
COMPARATIVE & SUPERLATIVE  ( Matching comparatives & superlatives )
SPORTS MATCHING (Match the names of sports)
SPORTS MATCHING 2 ( Match the sounds with the pictures)

bye.

UNIT 4 WEBSITES

 Hi there,

I'm a putting some webs where you can practice.


IRREGULAR VERBS QUIZ  ( Play a quiz to chose the correct verb form)
SIMPLE PAST VS PAST PROGRESSIVE ( chose when you have to use simple past or past progressive)
FEELINGS (paint the feeling pleasant-positives and the unpleasant- negatives)
AN EX.AMPLE OF A BIOGRAPHY (organize the information in the correct order)

see you in class.

CLASS WORK WRITING A STORY