Unit 9
What's the structure of causative when you focus on the person?
have (sb) + verb (base form)
get (sb) + infinitive
What elements (words) should we use when we refer to a specific point/period of time in the past?
During
In
Ago
For
From ...to.
What is the function of the folowwing structure?
I should have done my workbook on time.
Expressing regret
DOUBLE POINTS
1. What comes after to/in order to?
2. What comes after for/in order for?
1. a verb
2. a noun (noun phrase)
Which of these sentences is considered as an achievement?
1. In 2015, scientists confirmed the existence of water on Mars.
2. Since the early 1980s. HIV has infected more than 70 million people.
3. In 2003, scientists completed the Human Genome Project.
Sentence number 3.
DOUBLE POINTS
Your carpet is dirty and you cannot clean it by yourself. What will you do?
I will get a laundryman to clean my carpet.
I will have a landryman clean my carpet.
I will have/get my carpet cleaned by a laundryman.
What elements (words) should we use to refer to a period of time that continues into the present?
Since
For
Mention the correct expression to complete each sentece:
1. After/Until I traveled overseas, I hand't known much about different cultures.
2. By the time/Once I finished high school, I had already taken three college courses.
3. As soon as/Before I left college, my mother turned my room into her office.
1. Until
2. By the time
3. As soon as
Complete the sentences:
1. _________ a supermarket to succeed, it has to be clean and well organized.
2. _________ stay popular, a website needs to be accurate and visually attractive.
1. In order for/ for
2. In order to/ to
Mention 3 personal characteristics that a personal trainer needs to be successful. (Use grammar correctly)
For a personal trainer to be successful, he needs to be _____, ______ and ______.
You have an important document in English, and you need it in Spanish to make a presentation for your job. What would you do?
I would get/have my document translated (by a translator).
DOUBLE POINTS
What verb forms are correct in the conversation?
A: What do you think you will do/will be doing five years from now?
B: I'm not sure. Maybe I will get/will have gotten marrien by then.
A: will be doing
B: will have gotten
Why should we use past perfect in the time clauses with until and by the time?
Until I got my driver's license, I had always taken public transportation.
By the time I got my driver's license, all of my friends had already gotten theirs.
Because this shows that one of the past events happened before the other.
Past: 1st, take bus; 2nd, driver's license.
1st, my friends got their license; 2nd, I got mine
DOUBLE POINTS
What are the words that can begin and end a sentence for giving reasons?
Because/due to/for/since/The reason why
Because and since
Ex: Because you're super smart, you will pass the exam.
You will pass the exam because you're super smart.
Mention 4 characteristics of a teenager.
Argumentative, carefree, naive, rebellious.
Making suggestions.
Which one of the following sentences is INCORRECT?:1. Maybe you could practice your English by watching movies.
2. It might be a good idea to practice more your English by watching movies.3. Have you thought about PRACTICING your English by watching movies?
DOUBLE POINTS
Listen the audio, and mention 2 future changes for Space Travel. (CD2, Track 30; Min 1:00)
1. People will be living on other planets within 100 years
2. Humans will have traveled to other galaxies within the next 50 years.
Write sentences to express regret about the following sentences:
1. Ivan didn't save up for a car, so he still has to take public transportation.
2. Tony didn't study Spanish in school, so he's not bilingual now.
1. Ivan should have saved up for a car.
2. Tony should have studied Spanish in school.
Choose the correct words:
1. I had to go downtown today because/because of/due to I needed to mail a pachage at the post office.
2. Due to/For/Since I was only a few blocks from Main Street, I went over to Martin's.
1. because
2. Since
DOUBLE POINTS
Unscramble the following words:
1. ptrtascheao
2. pdeadbleen
3. siytgn
4. ruiatnegametv
1. Catastrophe
2. Dependable
3. Stingy
4. Argumentative
Making suggestions.
Give an advice to this person:
“I want to move to my own place, but I don’t make enough money. What should I do?”
Have you thought about...?
It might be a good idea to...
Maybe you could...
Why don’t you...?
Listen the audio and answer the following questions:
1. When was the first World Cup? (00:38)
2. When was the Chernobyl disaster?
3. How long did it take to build the Titanic?
1. In 1930
2. in 1986
3. From 1900 to 1911./For two years
Complete the following sentences:
1. If I'd finished college, (have a better job)
2. If I'd been wiser, (argue with my boss)
3. I you'd studied harder, (fail the exam).
1. I would have had a better job.
2. I wouldn't have argued with my boss
3. You wouldn't have failed the exam.
Listening (CD 3, Track 8)
Listen to a career coach discuss some factors necessary to work for yourself. Mention three factors that you hear.
1. Knowing your field; research is knowledge and knowledge is power; if your clients trust you, they will come back to you.
What’s the meaning of the following words?
1. Industrious
2. Clever
3. Tough
4. Affordable
1. Hardworking
2. Mentally bright; having quick intelligence
3. Strong; able to deal with difficult conditions
4. Having a reasonable price