UNIT 1 - LIFE PLANS

  

LIFE PLANS 

EXPRESSIONS

• KEEP SOMETHING IN MIND
• CHANGE ONE´S MIND
• MAKE UP ONE´S MIND

GRAMAR - PERFECT MODALS

PERFECT MODALS ARE USED TO TALK ABOUT PAST ACTIONS

 

 

1.SHOULD IS USED TO EXPRESS OBLIGATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS OR ADVICE, GIVING AN OPINION OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED CORRECT

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + SHOULD + INFINITIVE VERB

FOR EXAMPLE

YOU SHOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR AS SOON AS POSIBLE

 

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT + SHOULD + NOT + INFINITIVE VERB

FOR EXAMPLE

YOU SHOULDN’T EAT JUNK FOOD

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

SHOULD + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE VERB

FOR EXAMPLE

SHOULD WE BUY THE HOUSE?

2. MAY IS USED TO ASK FOR PERMISSION OR TO INDICATE PROBABILITY IN THE PRESENT OR FUTURE

FOR EXAMPLE

MAY I TALK TO YOU, PLEASE?

MAY I PHONE YOU LATER? 

THEY MAY START WORKING TOGETHER

SHE MAY HAVE DINNER WITH ME TONIGHT 

3. WOULD IS USED WHEN WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HABITS OR CUSTOMS OF THE PAST

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

HE SAID HE WOULD COME TO MY HOUSE

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WOULDN’T GO TO THE DISCO

 

4. COULD IS THE PAST OR CONDITIONAL FORM OF CAN

FOR EXAMPLE

I COULD PLAY THE PIANO WHEN I WAS FIVE

COULD YOU LEND ME THE BOOK PLEASE? 

5. MUST IS USED TO EXPRESS OBLIGATION OR PROHIBITION

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

YOU MUST RESPECT OLDER PEOPLE

WE MUST WEAR UNIFORM AT SCHOOL

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

STUDENTS MUSTN’T SMOKE AT SCHOOL

WAS - WERE

WHEN WE USE “WAS” (FIRST FORM OF THE PAST SIMPLE IN THE VERB TO BE) WE START THE SENTENCES WITH I, HE, SHE OR IT

 

I WAS AT THE CONCERT

 

TO USE THE "WERE" IN SENTENCES, WE MUST USE IT TOGETHER WITH YOU, THEY OR WE.

 

THEY WERE AT THE CONCERT

Good job guys!