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Economics and Business Management Unit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Dott.ssa Loi Alessandra 2015-2016. Economics and Business Management Unit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017. Outline. Can / Can’t Verb phrases Present Continuous Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
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Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Dott.ssa Loi Alessandra 2015-2016
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Outline • Can / Can’t • Verb phrases • Present Continuous • Present Simple vs. Present Continuous • The weather • In a clothes shop • Saying prices
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2016 Verbphrasespg. 36 ______________ exercise ______________ to music ______________ the bed ______________ tv ______________ the Internet ______________ on fb ______________ the guitar ______________ to the gym ______________ a coffee Dott.ssa Loi Alessandra 2015-2016
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2016 Verbphrasespg. 36 Do exerciselisten to music Make the bed watch tv Surf the Internet go on fb play the guitar go to the gym Have/make a coffee Dott.ssa Loi Alessandra 2015-2016
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Verbphrases More verbphrases on p. 158 Dott.ssa Loi Alessandra 2015-2016
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - GRAMMAR The verb can Excuse, can you help me? What’s the meaning of the verbCanhere? • Write down examples of can with differentmeanings • Do the ex. 2e on p. 36. Dott.ssa Loi Alessandra 2015-2016
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - GRAMMAR The verb can Canis a modalauxiliaryverb and hastwomainmeanings: ability and possibility. Ability: I can play the piano (I knowhow to play the piano) Possibility: I can come to the party (I have the possibility to come to the party) Request: Canyou help me? (a thirdmeaningfound in questionsasking for something)
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - GRAMMAR The verb can Can’tcomes from cannot and it’s a contractedform Canneverchanges, doesnotadd the –s for the thirdpersonsingular and isfollowed by the verb in the base form (infinitive withoutto): I can play soccer NOT I can to play soccer
Affirmative: I/you/he/she/it/we/theycanrun Negative: I/you/he/she/it/we/theycannot/can’trun Interrogative: Can I/you/he/she/it/we/theyrun? Interrogative negative: Can’t I/you/he/she/it/we/theyrun?
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - GRAMMAR The verb can Esercizio a p. 36 Esercizio 5a p. 133 Grammar Bank
We form the present continuous with the auxiliary verb to be and the gerund of the lexical verb: am, is, are + –ing. Ex. Mr. Timsis sleeping at the moment. She is playing volleyball. They are eating lunch. Esercizi pagg.38-39
FORM [am/is/are + present participle] Examples: You are watching TV. Areyou watching TV? You are not watching TV.
Use of the Present Continuous to talk about the present 1. for something that is happening at the moment of speaking: - I’m just leaving work. I’ll be home in an hour.- Please be quiet. The children are sleeping. 2. for something which is happening before and after a given time: At eight o’clock we are usually having breakfast.When I get home the children are doing their homework. 3. for something which we think is temporary: - Michael is at university. He’s studying history.- I’m working in London for the next two weeks.
4. for something which is new and contrasts with a previous state: -These days most people are using email instead of writing letters. - What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays? -What sort of music are they listening to? 5. to show that something is changing, growing or developing: -The children are growing quickly.-The climate is changing rapidly.-Your English is improving. 6. for something which happens again and again: It’s always raining in London.They are always arguing.George is great. He’s always laughing. Note: We normally use always with this use.
Use of the Present Continuous to talk aboutthe future: • We use the present continuous tense to for something which has been arranged or planned: Mary is going to a new school next term.What are you doing next week?
We use the presentsimple for: • Routine, habits (whatweusually do) • General statements • Permanentsituations We use the presentcontinuous for: • Situations happening at the moment, now (whatwe are doingnow) • Temporarysituations
Molto spesso le espressioni di tempo o gliavverbi di frequenza ci aiutano a capire se usareilpresent simple or continuous. Presentsimple • I usuallystudy on myown. • Sheneverchats on the net. PresentContinuous • At the moment they’re living in townbecause of their job. • In thesemonthsI’mworking part-time.
RevisionQuestionnaire New English file Where / usually/ buy / clothes? Whatlike/ do/ at the weekend? Watch any tv seriesat the moment? Study for an examat the moment?
Q.: What’s the weather like? A.: It’s …
Q.: What’s the weather like? A.: It’s …
Adjectives: cold, hot, cool, warm, good, bad, nice, rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy, snowy, wet, dry, foggy, misty, humid. Exercise p. 40 + p.159 Vocabulary Bank
Adjectives: cold, hot, cool, warm, good, bad, nice, rainy, sunny, cloudy, windy, snowy, wet, dry, foggy, misty, humid. Exercise p. 40 + p.159 Vocabulary Bank
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 What’s your favourite item of clothing? See vocab on p. 42
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 More about clothes
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 How much is it? It’s £ 43.50
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 How much is it? It’s…. £125.47= One hundred and twenty five pounds and forty seven pence. OR one hundred and twenty five pounds forty seven. £12.15 =Twelve pounds fifteen pence OR twelve pounds fifteen.
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 How much is it? It’s…. $ 1,50= one dollar fifty cents USA MONEY
Economics and Business ManagementUnit 5 - Loi A. 2016-2017 Homework Writing on p. 113 Social networking. Write Facebook posts to say what you are doing in London.