The document provides examples of how to describe problems in English using participles, gerunds, and passive infinitives. It discusses describing issues with restaurants, hospitals, bus stations, and educational facilities. Examples are given for using participles like "torn" and "damaged" as adjectives or their noun forms. The use of "need + gerund/passive infinitive" and "keep + gerund" structures are also explained. Pictures demonstrate identifying issues and solutions, such as a full wastebasket needing to be emptied.

1. What’s wrong with it? Describing problems By Profr. José Ma. Jaramillo S. May 2009

2. Complaints Customer: Waiter, waiter! There’s a fly in my soup! Waiter: Well, don’t shout about it, or the other customers will want one, too

7. Vocabulary A tear torn A damage damaged A chip chipped A dent dented

8. A crack crack Some scratches scratched A stain stained

9. Describing problems To describe problems we can use Participles as adjectives or Nouns. e.g. We can say that something is torn or has a tear in it. Complete the next chart writing the verb as an adjective and as a noun. torn A tear damaged some damage chipped a chip dented a dent Crack a crack Scratched some scratches Stained a stain Verb Participle/adjective Noun Tear Damage Chip Dent Crack Scratch Stain

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15. Describing problems part II By Profr. José Ma. Jaramillo S. May 2009

16. Have you ever seen the tv show program EXTREME MAKEOVER? Well let’s take a look before we start with the next grammar.

21. The window The light bulb The faucet

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