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Unit 3
This document contains information about possession and the use of "should" for giving advice in English. It discusses: 1) Formation of possessive adjectives and pronouns in English. 2) The structure of "should" as a modal auxiliary verb used to give advice, make recommendations, and express obligation or probability. 3) Examples of using "should" to offer advice and opinions.
Unit 3
- 1. 1 INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO SUPERIORDE TEPEACA ACADEMIA DE INGLÉS ENGLISH UNIT 3 FIRST SEMESTER. APRIL 2017.
- 2. 2 INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO SUPERIORDE TEPEACA ACADEMIA DE INGLÉS Index. Possession ................................................................................................................................................3 Imperatives and should for advice...........................................................................................................4 Structure of should...............................................................................................................................4 Should for advice, opinions..................................................................................................................5
- 3. 3 INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO SUPERIORDE TEPEACA ACADEMIA DE INGLÉS Possession Se forman añadiendo la letra -s al adjetivo posesivo correspondiente, a excepción de la primera persona singular ('mine') y la tercera persona singular ('his'). Adjetivo Pronombre my mine, el mío, lo mío, la mía, los míos, las mías your yours, el tuyo, lo tuyo, la tuya, los tuyos, las tuyas, el suyo, lo suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas his his, el suyo (de él), lo suyo, los suyos, las suyas her hers, el suyo (de ella), lo suyo, la suya, los suyos, las suyas our ours, el nuestro, lo nuestro, la nuestra, los nuestros, las nuestras your yours, el vuestro, lo vuestro, la vuestra, los vuestros, las vuestras, el suyo... their theirs, el suyo (de ellos, ellas), lo suyo, etc. De igual forma que los adjetivos, los pronombres posesivos son invariables y nunca van precedidos del artículo. Here's your book. Where's mine? / Aquí está tu libro. ¿Dónde está el mío? Is that car yours? / ¿Es tuyo este coche? A friend of his / Un amigo suyo Their house is similar to ours / Su casa es similar a la nuestra
- 4. 4 INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO SUPERIORDE TEPEACA ACADEMIA DE INGLÉS Imperatives and should for advice Should is an auxiliary verb - a modal auxiliary verb. We use should mainly to: Give advice or make recommendations Talk about obligation Talk about probability and expectation Express the conditional mood Replace a subjunctive structure Structure of should The basic structure for should is: Subject + Auxiliary verb should + Main verb Note that: The auxiliary verb should is invariable. There is only one form: should The main verb is usually in the base form (He should go).
- 5. 5 INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO SUPERIORDE TEPEACA ACADEMIA DE INGLÉS Look at the basic structure again, with positive, negative and question sentences: Subject Auxiliary should Not Main verb base + He should work. - You should not go. ? Should we help? Note that the main verb is sometimes in the form: Have + past participle (He should have gone.) Be + -ing (He should be going.) Should for advice, opinions We often use should when offering advice or opinions (similar to ought to): You should see the new James Bond movie. It's great! You should try to lose weight. John should get a haircut. He shouldn't smoke. And he should stop drinking too. What should I wear? They should make that illegal. There should be a law against that. People should worry more about global warming.