Transcript Highlights of Unit 4

Future: will, won't
I will buy ….
I won't buy….(I will not)
Will you buy…?
ESTIMATES
EXACTLY
ROUGHLY
AROUND
ABOUT
APPROXIMATELY
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (TE)
COUNTABLE nouns are for things we can count: BOX, TRUCK, MAN, IDEA
have a singular and plural form: 2 boxes, 10 trucks, 4 men, 2 ideas
UNCOUNTABLE nouns - for the things that we cannot count: tea, sugar,
water, air, rice, equipment, money
WITH a singular verb (knowledge is, money is)
NOT!!! plural (We cannot say sugars, breads, knowledges)
NOT!!! a/an
common uncountable nouns:
packaging, alcohol, energy, strategy, information, time, money, research,
evidence, safety, knowledge, accommodation, advice, behaviour, news,
traffic, travel, trouble, weather, work, energy, plastic, sand, electricity,
damage, progress
GADGETS
It‘s for …. ing ….
It enables to….
You can ……
CAUSE AND EFFECT
How does the device (a crank, a pulley…) work?
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•
•
•
You have to…
When X happens, Y happens
If you do X, Y happens
X makes Y happen
Past simple of the verbs BE, HAVE, DO
I
You
He, she, it
We
You
They
Be
was
were
was
were
were
were
Have
had
had
had
had
had
had
• I was in Japan last year
• She had a headache yesterday.
• We did our homework last night.
• They weren't in Rio last summer.
• We didn't have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.
• We didn't do our exercises this morning.
• Were they in Iceland last January?
• Did you have enough money?
• Did you do much climbing in Switzerland?
Do
did
did
did
did
did
did
Past simple of regular and irregular verbs
Positive
Regular verb + ed
Irregular verb
Negative
Question
Did you work?
Short answer
I worked
I did not work.
Yes, I did,
I spoke.
I did not speak. Did you speak? No, I didn´t.
Function:
completed action in a time before now
(He visited his parents last week.)
Signal Words:
often, sometimes, always
last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago.
the other day, ages ago, a long time ago etc.
Spelling
Exceptions in spelling when adding ed
Example
love – loved, like
admit – admitted
travel – travelled
hurry – hurried , carry
Rises and falls
Verb
Noun
Decrease
Reduce
Fall
Lower
Drop
Cut
Go up
Rise
Improve
decrease
reduction
fall
lowering
drop
cut
rise
improvement
Costs decreased by 10%. Costs fell down. Costs were cut by 10%.
• There was a reduction in costs of 10%. Costs went down to 100.
Rise x Raise
• to RISE [raiz] = go up on their own
opposite = to FALL
irregular = rise, rose, risen
• to RAISE [reiz] = go up by st. else
oppostie = to LOWER
regular = raise - raised
Troubleshooting questions
Is it switched on / plugged in / blocked / full…..?
Have you checked the …………?
Have you tried ……/ ing? (Have you tried
switching it on?
What happens when you …….?
How soon can you come?