Transcript PRESENTATION NAME

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POLITENESS
POLITENESS
CLASS FIVE
 Last Class
 Talking about our families
 Using the present tense for events that are:
 FACTS
 HABITS
 Narrative (Joke)
PRESENT TENSE
 To BE-
am, are, is (age!)
 To Do-
do, does, (auxiliary needed for asking questions)
 To Have- have, has
Sentence
Subject + Verb+Complement
ELEMENTS OF ANY SENTENCE
A SUBJECT
A VERB
AND A REST OF SENTENCE (THAT COMPLETES THE IDEA)
Question
Auxiliary + S+ Main VERB+ Complement
 ANY AUXILIARY WE HAVE SEEN CAN ’OPEN’ A QUESTION
PRESENT TENSE
 Add an <s or es> at the end of the verb in the third person, for
example:
 He read
s fast, Bob likes coffee, She walks slowly, The material breathes….
es he know that?
 Do
es it end?
 Where do
 The train stop
s at every little town, it`s a real milk run.
 PHONE CALL DOCUMENT
The PRESENT tense
1.
READ it individually
 Used for statements
2.
Highlight words you want
support pronouncing
3.
LOOK at the verbs
which are true at the
moment, and may, or
may not continue.
 This tense is also
used for actions
which happen
regularly.

Can you find auxiliaries?
 List those you find in the text
MODALS
•
Are auxiliaries (They help the verb.)
• When do you
expect him back in
the office?
• I didn’t catch what
you just said.
 May, would, can, could,
 have (‘ve)
 Lets go back to our phone
Modals
dialogue and check the speaker’s
intention…
The main verb is always in
the plain form (V1)
 Possibility (may, could, would-
•
express the future
 Future (will)
•
express degrees of
certainty, preference, a fact
or situation that is definite,
probable, possible, or
impossible from the
speaker's point of view
 Permission (can)
•
preference)
SHOULD
 90% certainty (expectation)
 Ex: He should attend the meeting tomorrow.
WOULD
Preference, polite for “want” (with like)
Ex: I would like that very much.
Unfulfilled wish
Ex: I would have learned how to ride a horse but I
am allergic.
COULD
Past ability (pouvait) (‘can’ au passé)
Ex: I could get up early when I was young.
Polite request Ex: Could you teach me with this
math problem?
suggestion (affirmative only) (pourrait)
Ex:You could do some research about this topic to
see whether you have the right answer(or not).
COULD
Less than 50% certainty
Ex: She could be in her office.
Impossibility (negative only)
Ex: That couldn’t be his car because he had an
accident yesterday.
WILL
express willingness:
 I'll wash the dishes if you dry.
 We're going to the movies. Will you join us?
express intention :
 I'll do my exercises later on.
Express a prediction:
 The meeting will be over soon.
 The humidity will be the worst tonight.
 The river will overflow this spring.
CAN
 to express ability (in the sense of being able to do something or knowing
how to do something):He can speak Spanish but he can't write it very well.
 to expression permission
Can I talk use my cell phone here? (Note that can is less formal than may.
 to express theoretical possibility:
Americans can make better cars if they think there's a profit in it.
PRACTICE WITH A PARTNER
 1st Pronunciation of the ‘ll to indicate the future
 2nd Pronunciation od the modal ‘would’ with asking questions
 3rd Pronunciation of ‘has, hasn`t and have, haven’t’
 4th Practice leaving and taking a phone message