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Personal pronouns. We use personal pronouns in place of the person or people that we are talking about. Use the correct personal pronoun. ___ are watching TV. (my mother and I) ___ are in the garden. (the flowers) ___ is riding his bike. (Tom) ___ is from Valencia. (Victoria).
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We use personal pronouns in place of the person or people that we are talking about.
Use the correct personal pronoun • ___ are watching TV. (my mother and I) • ___ are in the garden. (the flowers) • ___ is riding his bike. (Tom) • ___ is from Valencia. (Victoria). • ___ has got a brother. (Diana) • ___ are cooking dinner. (my cousin and his wife) • ___ is sleeping. (the dog) • ___ will always be best friends. (you and I) • ___ are my favorite person. (God)
Modal may/might • 'May' is a modal auxiliary used to modify the mood of a verb. • Is used to express permission or possibility. • The negative of may is “may not”. • Example: I may become a doctor. • May as a question • Example: May I have a glass of water? • In this example “may” is used to ask permission. • “Might” is used to express possibility. • It differs from “may” in that the possibility it expresses is usually smaller. • The negative of might is “might not” • Example: I might become a doctor when I grow up, but I doubt it.
Individual work • Make your own questions using may. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. • Make your own questions using might. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Directions: Circle the correct auxiliary modal verb in each sentence. • Example: if you leave the stove on, the house (may, might) catch fire. 1) When I grow up, I (may, might) become an engineer. 2) There is a small chance the we (may, might) go to the beach this weekend. 3) There is a good change that we (might, may) have to postpone the meeting. 4) Billy and I (may, might) cook dinner tonight. 5) The airplane (might, may) crash. 6) You never know, I (may, might) become president one day.
'May' is used to express : • Permission: • May I go out Mum? • You may eat some cake Jim. • Probability: • He may come late. • He may be on holidays. • Suggestion or reproach with 'might': • He doesn't know what to do; he might ask Wendy. • You might have done the washing-up ! • Wish: • May this year bring you happiness and health ! • May/ might are sometimes used with a past participle : • He might have been killed ! • He may have phoned while I was having a shower.
How to place time expression in sentences. • Time expressions usually go at the end or at the beginning of a sentence. • Yesterday I went to school. • I went to school yesterday. • This week I'm going to New York. • I'm going to New York this week.
Common time expressions 1. In the morning • When I wake up in the morning, I like to drink coffee. • What do you drink in the morning? 2. at night • The stars and the moon come out at night. • Most people sleep at night, but cats usually stay out late.
Will ‘ll) • Sometimes an apostrophe(') takes the place of more than one letter like in will and have.
Individual work Instructions: Write the contraction using will for the following exercises. Example: She’ll (Brenda) come to the party. • ____ (Larry) buy me lunch today. • ____ (the bracelet) be fixed by tomorrow. • ____ (you and I) study tonight. • ____ (Andrea) practice her song until she gets it right! • ____ (John, Peter, and Tom) paint the house next weekend.
References • http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/pronouns-personal.htm • http://www.worksheetworks.com/english/partsofspeech/verbs/past-present-future.html • http://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Modal-Auxiliary-Verbs.htm • http://www.learnamericanenglishonline.com/Red%20Level/R16%20Expressions%20of%20Time.html