Unit 4

Unit 4

In this unit we learned about conditionals.
We use conditionals to make reference at result of some situation that probably could happen or could have happened. Therefore, conditionals can be used to make reference of situations in present, in past time and in future.

Example:

Zero conditional: If I have time, I go with you.

First conditional: If I have time, I will go with you.

Second conditional: If I had time, I would go with you.

Third conditional: If I’d had time, I would have gone with you.

Video 

 This video shows us some sentences in second conditional

Modals: Obligation

In English there are different types of modals of obligation (must, have to, have got to, should, ought to. These can be classified in two groups:

Must, have to, have got to: are used to express an obligation.

Should, ought to:  are used to express an advice or recommendation.

Structure

Affirmative 

 Subject + Modal verb + infinitive

 

Negative

Subject + Modal verb (not) + infinitive

I will show you some examples that we did in class. For this topic, the teacher asked us to made groups of three members to do sentences using modals of obligation.

These was the sentences that I did with my team.

Everything is better if we work together!

We must raise awareness about everything that happens around the world.

We have to get better every day, and our world will be better.

We should do something to fight starvation.

We shouldn’t forget that there are people who live in extreme poverty.

We aren’t supposed to be arms arms folded.  

What goes around comes around!

We did a dynamic activity with this part of grammar. For this, we had to make a group of 3 members.

These was the sentences that my team and I did.

This exercise that the teacher asked us to do in group helped us to improve our English because we had the opportunity to talk in English and exchange our ideas with group. Also we learned how to use modals of obligation.

Then we solved the chart of the page 49 in the active book.

Emphasis

Emphasis is used to stick out the importance of what is being said.

We can repeat words to emphasize.

Example: 

These song is very, very old.

Also, to emphasize, we have some words like (so, such, really and just) that we can add in the sentences.

Example:

This movie was so sad. I didn’t like it. 

 He was really surprised to see me.

 

Other way to emphasize is using this words (It is/was…which/that…)

I will show you an example to see the sentences with this method.

Example:

It was Matthew that arrived late to class.

Another way to emphasize is adding do in the sentences of a correct way.

Example:

Maria and Carla did stay in my house!