UNIT 1: YOURSELF AND OTHERS APPENDIX UNIT 1

Grammar

Present tenses

Present simple

The present simple is used

1. For describing routine actions or habits:
Before breakfast, I go online to check my emails
2. To show that a situation is permanent:
She teaches at a local school
3. When something is always true, or a definite fact:
In autumn, the trees in my garden lose their leaves.

The stative verbs are usually used with the present simple, some common stative
verbs are: agree, believe, think, belong, consider, consist, cost, disagree, exit, like,
hate, have, know, love, matter. Mean, need, own, prefer, realise, remain, remember,
seem, suppose, understand, and want.

Present simple in time clause: when we are talking about the present
simple MUST BE USED after time expressions like when:
Ill send her an email when I get home
Other expressions which are followed by the present simple are: after, as soon as,
before, by the time, next time, once, until.

Present continuous

The present continuous is used

1. To describe a situation which is happening right at this moment
The children are sleeping, so we cant talk too loudy
2. For a situation which is temporary, and will not last permanently
Im doing a training course at work at the moment
3. When talking about changes or developing situations
The number of road accidents are increasing year by year.
4. With always, when we want to show that we are annoyed or surprised by
an action
My brother is always borrowing my laptop without asking me.
5. For future arrangements
Im having dinner with Amy tomorrow night.

Reading and use of English

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Adjectives ending in -ed or -ing

We use adjectives with -ed to describe how somebody feels about something
We use adjectives with -ing to describe the thing or person which causes the feeling

Ex: I feel bored because the film is boring

Forming adjectives

- suffixes:
The most common way to form an adjective in English out of a noun or verb, is to
add a specific ending, which is called suffix. Suffixes are:

ful (beautiful)

able (tolerable)

ant (hesitant)

ic (iconic)

ive (impressive)

ible (permissible)

(i)an (Victorian)

ly (friendly)

ous (gorgeous)

ish (childish)

- prefixes:
A prefix is a particle we add in front of a word, usually to express negative meaning:

un (unlucky)

in (invincible)

il (illegal)

dis (disproportional)

ir (irrelevant)
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im (improper)

Other prefixes modify the meaning of the word but do not form negative
meaning:

pre (pre-emptive)

hyper (hyperactive)

OJO:

- spelling: debemos tener cuidado con el spelling, es probable que tengamos

que cambiar alguna letra de la raz del adjetivo.
Satisfy- satisfactory

- -ible o -able: en caso de duda, utiliza siempre -able. ( excepto con capable y
probable)
Rely- reliable
- Doble cambio: acurdate siempre que a veces la palabra puede tener dos
usos uno positivo y otro negativo, esto depender del sentido de la oracin:
Satisfy satisfactory / unsatisfactory

Actividades UNIT 1:

Listening: exam task

Grammar: exercises 2, 3, 5
Reading (pg 10-11): Exam task, exercise 7
Speaking: prepare the questions of exercise 1 and exercise 7
Reading and use of English (pg 13) exercises 2, 3, 4 and exam task
Writing: exam task