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Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche

Learn about modal auxiliary verbs, verb phrases, present continuous, present simple, dates, weather expressions, and more in this outline.

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Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche

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  1. Facoltà di Scienze Economiche, Giuridiche e Politiche CdL Economia e Gestione Aziendale UNIT 5 a.a. 2015/2016

  2. Outline • Can / Can’t • Verb phrases • There is / are • Present Continuous • Present Simple vs. Present Continuous • Dates / Ordinal numbers • The weather

  3. Can is a modal auxiliary verb and has two main meanings: ability and possibility • Ability: I can play the piano (I know how to play the piano) • Possibility: I can come to the party (I have the possibility to come to the party • Request: Can you help me? (a third meaning found in questions asking for something)

  4. Can’t comes from cannot and it’s a contracted form • Can never changes, does not add the –s for the third person singular and is followed by the verb in the base form (infinitive withoutto): • I can play soccer NOT I can to play soccer

  5. Affirmative: I/you/he/she/it/we/they canrun • Negative: I/you/he/she/it/we/they cannot/can’trun • Interrogative: Can I/you/he/she/it/we/they run? • Interrogative negative: Can’t I/you/he/she/it/we/they run?

  6. Esercizio a pag. 36 & • pagg.133-134 Grammar Bank

  7. Verb Phrases • Esercizio a pag. 36 & • pag.158 Vocabulary Bank

  8. We use there is (singular)/ there are (plural) to mean that something is present (c’è, ci sono) • Examples: • There is a white car on this road. It’s a sports car. • There are some new shoes for you. They are here. • Esercizio a pagina 63 & pag. 139 Grammar Bank

  9. We form the present continuous with the auxiliary verb to be and the gerund of the lexical verb: am, is, are + –ing • Ex. I am going to school, she is playing volleyball, they are eating lunch • Esercizi pagg.38-39

  10. We use the present simple for: • Routine, habits (what we usually do) • General statements • Permanent situations We use the present continuous for: • Situations happening at the moment, now (what we are doing now) • Temporary situations

  11. Adjectives: cold, hot, cool, warm, good, bad, nice, rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy, snowy, wet, dry, foggy, misty, humid • Q.: What’s the weather like? • A.: It’s … • Exercise page 40 + pag.159 Vocabulary Bank

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