Unit 11 N.I. 1

It’s a really beatiful city! Adverbs before adjectives/Conjuctions Modal verbs can and should By Profr. José Ma. Jaramillo Salazar. January, 2009

Vocabulary to describe cities!

Adjectives Beautiful Quiet Big Ugly Noisy Relaxing

Interesting Clean Crowded Cheap

Extremely Very Really Pretty Fairly somewhat Adverbs Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs,

What’s your city like? ,[object Object],[object Object]

What’s Monterrey like? ,[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],PUNCTUAL BORING BEAUTIFUL INTELLIGENT SERIOUS STRICT

[object Object],a. What’s Montemorelos like? ________ b. Have you ever gone to Tampico? ________ c. Do you like Monterrey? ________ d. What’s Acapulco like? Have you ________ visited? e. Do you like your city? ________ f. Have you ever gone to Canada? ________ g. What’s your hometown like? ________ 1. Yes, I’ve gone there twice, it’s fairly modern and big. 2. It’s really dirty and crowded on weekends. 3. Yes I like it, it’s not too noisy. 4. No, but I think the beaches are fairly good to swim. 5. It’s extremely boring and quiet, that’s why I moved here. 6. No I don’t. It’s too modern but dangerous at night. 7. Oh yes, it’s really interesting at nights and the night clubs are great.

Conjuctions Conjunctions are used to join words, phrases, and clauses that are balanced as logical equals and.- joins two similar ideas together ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

but.- joins two contrasting ideas ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Though and however.- The meaning are similar but though is much more common than however in conversation. These conjuctions j oins two contrasting ideas but we used them at the end of the sentences. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

My girlfriend is fairly short. She is too beautiful. ____________________________________________________________________ Claudio is really intelligent. He is too crazy. ____________________________________________________________________ Montemorelos has many factories. It’s too dirty. ____________________________________________________________________ Carlos is really serious. He’s very bored. ____________________________________________________________________ The English exam wasn’t very easy. I got 100. ____________________________________________________________________ Living in U. S. A. is too expensive. It’s really safe. ____________________________________________________________________ Guadalajara is a crowded city. It’s too polluted. ____________________________________________________________________ Monterrey is very dangerous at nights. It’s really streesful. ____________________________________________________________________ The “Bioparque Estrella” is a big park. It’s a relaxing place. ____________________________________________________________________ My neighborhood has many stores. They never open on time. ____________________________________________________________________ Snakes are fairly dangerous. They are beautiful. ____________________________________________________________________ Mexico is an interesting city. It has many tourist places. ____________________________________________________________________ Rewrite the statements using the conjuctions and, but, though, however.

They express an ability, permission, wish, suggestion, etc. to do something. Can and should as modal verbs

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Answer these questions about your town or city.

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