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The document discusses different ways to use "usually", "used to", "to be used to", and "to get used to" when talking about habits and things that were true in the past or are becoming normal. It provides examples of how to use each phrase to describe regular past activities, no longer true facts, things that are normal, and the process of adapting to changes.
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This document discusses how to report speech in affirmative and negative forms. For affirmative reported speech, use "told" or "asked" followed by the person and an infinitive with "to". For negative reported speech, use a negative infinitive such as "not to".
Reported speech questions
When reporting questions, tenses change as with reported statements. Questions beginning with verbs add "if" or "whether" and change word order to subject + verb without "do/did". For example, "She asked me if I was married" rather than "Are you married?" and "He asked me whether she had phoned" instead of "Did she phone?".
Reported speech
Reported speech is used to tell someone about a past conversation. When using reported speech, verbs change to the past tense and pronouns may change. Reported speech typically uses the structure of "Someone said that..." or "Someone told me that...". It is used to give messages, share news heard from others, or report past events. Examples show direct versus reported speech and how tenses and pronouns are altered in reported statements.
Conditionals 3
The document discusses the third conditional, which refers to hypothetical situations in the past that are contrary to reality. The third conditional uses the past perfect simple in the if-clause (e.g. "if I had had") and the past conditional (would have + past participle) in the main clause (e.g. "I would have bought"). It provides examples comparing the second conditional, which refers to present and future situations, to the third conditional, which refers to past situations that did not actually occur.
Houses
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Let´s talk about homes and houses
The document contains questions about houses and living spaces. It asks about rooms in a house or flat, what is in each room, and what activities are done in each room. It also includes a matching exercise between British and American English terms for rooms and homes, and common sayings related to homes.
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This document contains questions related to hypothetical scenarios involving conditional statements. The questions cover topics such as committing crimes, winning money, time travel, career aspirations, turning enemies into insects, being stranded on an island, witnessing cheating, finding lost items, spending government funds, changing gender, lacking transportation money, being another person, invisibility, fame, mind reading, dating celebrities, and reporting theft.
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This document discusses the use of the second conditional to talk about hypothetical or unlikely situations. It provides examples of using "if + past simple/continuous + would" to describe what someone would do in an imaginary scenario, such as "If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world." The document also notes that other modal verbs like "could" and "might" can be used instead of "would" to express different levels of possibility.
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This document discusses various topics related to education, including experiences with different school systems, favorite subjects, plans for university study, the qualities of good teachers and students, the costs of education in different countries, the value of continuing to learn after graduation, languages taught in schools, and whether education guarantees employment. It also includes prompts for discussion on related issues and definitions of educational terms.
Conditional sentences i
Conditional sentences consist of two clauses: a conditional clause and a main clause. The main clause can only occur if the condition in the conditional clause is met. There are different types of conditional sentences including real/likely conditionals which have a present or future time reference and the condition seems possible to occur, and negative conditions which can be expressed using "unless." Future time clauses use words like "as," "before," and "after" to indicate the condition must be fulfilled at a specific time in the future for the main clause to occur.
Counting stars
The document is a song lyric worksheet that provides exercises to correct, complete, reorder, match and fill in the blanks for the lyrics of the song "Counting Stars" by OneRepublic. The summary focuses on the overall task of completing various exercises to fully form the song lyrics through making corrections, additions, reorderings and matching parts of the lyrics.
The body
This document lists and defines various parts of the human body, including the head, face, neck, back, chest, stomach, arms, legs, hands, fingers, and feet. Key parts identified are the eyebrows, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, chin, and forehead on the face as well as the shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, ankles, and toes.
Vocabulary to describe body and face features
This document provides a list of vocabulary words to describe parts of the face and body as well as their features. It includes terms for eyes, nose, ears, mouth, lips, hair, face shape, and other facial features. It also lists parts of the body like the chest, stomach, arms, legs, and their descriptors. Words are given to describe someone's physical build, hair style, facial hair and hair characteristics like color, length and texture.
Modals of deduction practise
The document discusses modal verbs of deduction such as can't, might, must, and may. It provides examples of using these modal verbs to deduce things like Bob not having much free time with his three jobs, the phone ringing possibly being Jane, Paula's umbrella indicating it must be raining, and Sam potentially being in his bedroom since his location is unknown.
Modal verbs of deduction exercise
The document contains 6 multiple choice questions testing the use of modal verbs - might, must, can't - to express degrees of certainty or possibility in sentences. The questions provide a sentence with a blank and 3 modal verb options to choose from to correctly complete the sentence based on its meaning.
Expressing deduction
This document discusses ways to express deduction and uncertainty in English using modal verbs such as MUST, MAY, MIGHT, and CAN'T. MUST is used when one is 100% certain of something. MAY is used when one is not very sure. MIGHT is used when one is not sure at all. CAN'T is used when something is impossible or untrue. Examples are provided for each modal verb.
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- 1. Usually For present habits use: usually or normally + Present Simple • I usually get up at 8:00 on school days. • I don´t usually go out during the week. • Do you usually walk to work?
- 2. Used to + infinitive We use 'used to‘ + infinitive for something that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens. • I used to smoke a packet a day but I stopped two years ago. • I used to drive to work but now I take the bus.
- 3. We also use it for something that was true but no longer is • There used to be a cinema in the town but now there isn't. • She used to have really long hair but she's had it all cut off. • I didn't use to like him but now I do.
- 4. To be used to + -ing We use 'to be used to + -ing' to say that something is normal, not unusual. • I'm used to living on my own. I've done it for quite a long time. • Hans has lived in England for over a year so he is used to driving on the left now. • They've always lived in hot countries so they aren't used to the cold weather here.
- 5. To get used to + ing We use 'to get used to + ing' to talk about the process of something becoming normal for us. • I didn't understand the accent when I first moved here but I quickly got used to it. • She has started working nights and is still getting used to sleeping during the day. • I have always lived in the country but now I'm beginning to get used to living in the city.