Sentences: 5 Phrasal Verbs 5 Modals Verbs of Obligation and Advice 5 Future tenses 5 Tag Questions with Be

1. Creating a Blog Activity 8
Ebelin Urquijo Arias
Cod: 49673254
Tutor: Diana K Sánchez Lujan
Código curso: 900003_24
Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia UNAD
Escuela de Ciencias Sociales, Artes y Humanidades ECSAH
Programa de psicología

2. PHRASAL VERBS
Phrasal verbs are mainly used in spoken English and informal texts. (The more formal a
conversation or text, the less phrasal verbs are found.)
Phrasal verbs consist of a verb plus a particle (preposition, adverb). The particle can change
the meaning of the verb completely, e.g.:
I usually get up at five o’clock in the morning then we run to go out because my kid needs
to go to school, when we arrive to the bus station, the bus was full and we couldn’t get on.
so for that reason we get back home again to make a phone call to the principal at school.
Douring the day I have to take care my son at home. And if I have the opportunity to talk to
him I ask about las classes and test and make some questions like: How was the exam?
how did you get on? and inmediatelly he run away fron the place.
MODALS
The modal verbs include can, must, may, might, will, would, should. They are used with
other verbs to express ability, obligation, possibility, and so on. Below is a list showing the
most useful modals and their most common meanings:
Modal Meaning Example
can to express ability I can speak a little Russian.
can to request permission Can I open the window?
may to express possibility I may be home late.
may to request permission May I sit down, please?
must to express obligation I must go now.
must to express strong belief She must be over 90 years old.
should to give advice You should stop smoking.
Would to request or offer Would you like a cup of tea?
would in if-sentences If I were you, I would say sorry.
Modal verbs are unlike other verbs. They do not change their form (spelling) and they have
no infinitive or participle (past/present). The modals must and can need substitute verbs to
express obligation or ability in the different tenses. Here are some examples:

3. 1. if, you head hurts to you, you should take and aspirin, when it hurt
2. You can pay attention in class… if you want to get good grades
3. You cannot leave from the classroom, because you will lost the English class
4. shall we dance miss ? yes, we may dance together
5. may a use your pencil please ! yeah but you must return it back to me..!
FUTURE SENTENCE
It is used to express an action which has not occurred yet and will occur after saying or in
future. For example, “I will go to zoo tomorrow”, in this sentence the person intend for
tomorrow’s visit to zoo. In short, these sentences express actions which will be done in
future.
Rules. Auxiliary verb “will” is used in sentence. 1st form of verb or base form is used as
main verb in sentence.
(1.) Im going to prepare a delicious sandwich now, (2.) but I will think if there are
butter in my freezer. (3.) I will spend all my free time on the beach on my vacations
but when we get back, (4.) My family will Organize a meeting for this New Year
2017, (5.) And we will get the new year together.
TAG QUESTIONS
A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-
question. We use tag questions to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Is that
right?" or "Do you agree?" They are very common in English.
The basic structure of a tag question is:
positive statement negative tag
Snow is white, isn't it?
negative statement positive tag
You don't like me, do you?

4. Notice that the tag repeats the auxiliary verb (or main verb when be) from the statement and
changes it to negative or positive. Here are some examples:
1. Are you bringing the books to school, aren’t you?
2. Is he doing the homework, isn’t he?
3. Are they good friends, aren’t you?
4. Are you still at home my friend, aren’t you?
5. Are we leaving now, aren’t we?