MODULE VII

TOPICS: Travel Time

FUNCTIONS:

Talking about experiences, customs and habits in

the past. Express the changes that occur in them
and the things around us.

AUTOR: MIGUEL BONETT

Todos Los Derechos Reservados

Centro de Ambientes Virtuales
Universidad Autnoma del Caribe CopyRight
Curso 2011
 NDICE

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3
1. BE/GET USED TO USED TO - WOULD..................................................................... 4
2. THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE A/AN ONE/ONES ............................................................ 4
BIBLIOGRAFA ............................................................................................................................. 8

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 INTRODUCTION

The objective for this module 7 is for the students to know how to agreeing and
disagreeing and also how to make suggestion and reach a decision. Make
assumptions and deductions. Students have to know how to describe pictures,
asking about or recommending places, also giving reasons or examples.
Furthermore how to express similarities and differences.

Make assumptions/deductions
Make suggestions/agree - disagree
Reach a decision
Asking about/recommending places
Giving reasons/examples
Expressing similarities/differences
Describe pictures
Concern

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 UNIDAD 2

1. BE/GET USED TO USED TO - WOULD

Be/Get used to + -ing form/noun/pronoun (= be/get accustomed to, be in the

habit of) expresses habitual actions. For example:

He isnt used to driving on the left. He got used to the noise pollution.

Used to expresses past habitual actions. For example:

He used to play football more when he was 20.

Would expresses past repeated actions and routines but not states. For
example:

When she was 15, she would go swimming every day for an hour.

(also: she used to go) Stative verbs are not used with would. For example:

He used to live in London. (NOT: he would live)

2. THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE A/AN ONE/ONES

A/An

We use a/an:

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 With singular countable nouns when we talk about them in general. For
example: I want to buy a CD. (any CD)

With the verb to be and have (got). For example:

Joe has (got) a car. Its a BMW convertible.

Before Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms when we refer to an unknown person. For example:

A Mr. Smith called you an hour ago. (A person that we dont know.)

To show: a) price in relation to weight (three pounds a kilo), b) distance in

relation to speed (70km an hour), and c) frequency (once a year).

We do not use a/an:

With uncountable nouns or plural countable nouns. We use some instead of

a/an. For example:

Mom needs some coffee and some sugar. He bought her some sweets.

Before an adjective if it is not followed by a noun. For example:

This book is interesting. BUT This is an interesting book.

A(n)/One

We use a/an to refer to an unspecified thing with the meaning any one. We
use one when we are counting, to put emphasis on number. For example:

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She bought a dress. (We are not talking about a specific dress.)

She bought one dress. (She didnt buy two dresses.)

We use one with the words day, week, month, year, winter, morning,
night, etc. Or with a specific day or month to say when something happened,
usually in narration. For example:

One cold winter morning, John decided to go to work late. One Monday, Lucy
was walking home from work.

We can use one day to refer to the future. For example:

One day, you will remember my words.

We use one or one of ... when we mean one person/thing out of many. It
usually contrasts with another/other(s). For example:

One train was full, but the others were empty.

One of my friends is Egyptian.

We use a/an or one with no difference in meaning when counting or

measuring distance, weight, time, etc. For example:

She paid a/one thousand dollars for her new laptop.

I bought a/one packet of crisp.

He spent a/one month birdwatching in Scotland.

One/Ones

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 We use one in the singular and ones in the plural to avoid repeating the noun
when it is clear what we mean. For example:

My car is the one with the dented bumper.

We use a/an with one when there is an adjective before one. For example:

I want to buy a coat I want a fur one. BUT I want to buy a coat. I want one with
a leather collar.

We use one/ones with this/that. For example:

I dont like this pair of jeans, but i like that one.

We use which one (s) in questions. For example:

I like the red hat best. Which one do you like?

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 BIBLIOGRAFA

Evans, Virginia Dooley Jenny (2009). Forum 2. Express Publishing.