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VOCABULARY
AUNT PARENTS
BROTHER SISTER
BROTHER IN LAW SISTER IN LAW
COUSIN SON
DAUGHTER SON IN LAW
DAUGHTER IN LAW STEPCHILD
FATHER STEPFATHER
FATHER IN LAW STEPMOTHER
GRANDCHILDREN UNCLE
HUSBAND AUNT
WIFE WIDOW
MOTHER WIDOWER
MOTHER IN LAW TWIN
NEPHEW
NIECE
ORPHAN
5. LISTENING: How are they related?
Listen to four conversations about famous people.
How is the second person related to the first person?
Chris
Martin
Gwyneth
Paltrow
Francis
Ford
Coppola
Nicholas Cage
Miley
Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus
Casey Affleck
Jennifer Garner
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CONVERSATION: ASKING ABOUT FAMILIES.
A. LISTEN AND PRACTICE.
Rita: Tell me about your brother and sister, Sue.
Sue: Well, my sister works for the goverment.
Rita: Oh, what does she do?
Sue: I´m not sure. She´s working on a very secret Project right now.
Rita: Wow! And what about your brother?
Sue: He´s a wildlife photographer.
Rita: What an interesting family! Can I meet them?
Sue: Sure, but not now. My sister´s away. She´s not working in the United States this month.
Rita: And your brother?
Sue: He´s traveling in the Amazon.
7. PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
USE
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We use the present continuous to talk about
actions happening now, at the moment.
At the moment Alice
is riding her bike.
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Spelling Rules -ING
Infinitive ING form
to feel feeling
to go going
to work working
to sleep sleeping
The general rule when changing a verb into its -ING form is just to add -ING to the end of the verb.
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Infinitive ING form
to live living
to have having
to make making
to take taking
Spelling exceptions
The following exceptions exist when spelling words ending in ING:
1). If the verb ends in an E we remove the E and add ING.
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Spelling exceptions
Infinitive ING form
to stop stopping
to sit sitting
to plan planning
to get getting
to swim swimming
2). If the verb ends in a consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant and add ING.
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Spelling exceptions
Infinitive ING form
to fix fixing
to enjoy enjoying
to snow snowing
4). But, we do not double the final consonant when the verb ends in W, X or Y or when the final syllable is not emphasized.
14. GRAMMAR FOCUS
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
ARE YOU LIVING AT HOME NOW? YES, I AM. NO, I´M NOT.
IS YOUR SISTER WORKING FOR THE GOVERMENT? YES, SHE IS. NO, SHE´S NOT.
ARE ED AND JILL TAKING CLASSES THIS YEAR? YES, THEY ARE. NO, THEY AREN´T.
15. GRAMMAR FOCUS
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PRESENT CONTINUOUS
WHERE ARE YOU WORKING NOW? I´M NOT WORKING. I NEED A JOB.
WHAT IS YOUR BROTHER DOING? HE´S TRAVELING IN THE AMAZON.
WHAT ARE YOUR FRIENDS DOING THESE DAYS? THEY´RE STUDYING FOR THE EXAM.
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A: Hi, Stephanie. What ________ you
___________________ (do)?
B: Hey , Mark. I____________(stand) in an
elevator, and it´s stuck!
A: Oh, no! Are you OK?
B: Yeah. I – wait! It____________ (move)
Now. Thank goodness!
A: Marci, how ________ you and Justin
_______________(enjoy) your shopping trip?
B: We____________(have) a lot of fun.
A: __________ your brother
____________ (spend) a lot of money?
B: No. Mom. He ____________ (buy) only one
or two things. That´s all!
17. QUANTIFIERS
ALL (100%)
NEARLY ALL (90%99%)
MOST (71%-89%)
MANY (51%-70%)
A LOT OF (41%-50%)
SOME (30%-40%)
NOT MANY (16%-29%)
FEW (1%-15%)
NO ONE (0%) 17
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Exercise
Rewrite these sentences using quantifiers.
1. In the U.S., 75% of high school students go to
college.
2. Seven percent of the people in Brazil are age 65
or older.
3. In India, 0% of the people vote before the age of
18.
4. Forty percent o the people in Sweden live alone.
5. In Singapore, 23% of the people speak English at
home.
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Let´s practice:
Choose 6 quantifiers and write sentences about students in Cecar.
For example:
41% of students in Cecar like English.
A lot of students in Cecar like English.