Future: will, won't

I will buy ….

I won't buy….(I will not)

Will you buy…?

ESTIMATES

EXACTLY

ROUGHLY

AROUND

ABOUT

APPROXIMATELY

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (TE)

COUNTABLE nouns are for things we can count: BOX, TRUCK, MAN, IDEA

have a singular and plural form: 2 boxes, 10 trucks, 4 men, 2 ideas

UNCOUNTABLE nouns - for the things that we cannot count: tea, sugar, water, air, rice, equipment, money

WITH a singular verb (knowledge is, money is)

NOT!!! plural (We cannot say sugars, breads, knowledges)

NOT!!! a/an

 

common uncountable nouns:packaging, alcohol, energy, strategy, information, time, money, research, evidence, safety, knowledge, accommodation, advice, behaviour, news, traffic, travel, trouble, weather, work, energy, plastic, sand, electricity, damage, progress

GADGETS

It‘s for …. ing ….

It enables to….

You can ……

CAUSE AND EFFECT

• You have to…• When X happens, Y happens• If you do X, Y happens• X makes Y happen

How does the device (a crank, a pulley…) work?

Past simple of the verbs BE, HAVE, DOBe Have Do

I was had did You were had did

He, she, it was had did We were had did You were had did They were had did

• I was in Japan last year• She had a headache yesterday.• We did our homework last night.

• They weren't in Rio last summer.• We didn't have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.• We didn't do our exercises this morning.

• Were they in Iceland last January?• Did you have enough money?• Did you do much climbing in Switzerland?

Past simple of regular and irregular verbs

Function: completed action in a time before now

(He visited his parents last week.)

Signal Words: often, sometimes, alwayslast week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago.the other day, ages ago, a long time ago etc.

Positive Negative Question Short answer

I worked

I spoke.

I did not work.

I did not speak.

Did you work?

Did you speak?

Yes, I did,

No, I didn´t.

Regular verb + ed

Irregular verb

Spelling

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed Example

love – loved, like

admit – admittedtravel – travelled

hurry – hurried , carry

Rises and fallsVerb NounDecrease decrease

Reduce reduction

Fall fall

Lower lowering

Drop drop

Cut cut

Go up

Rise rise

Improve improvementCosts decreased by 10%. Costs fell down. Costs were cut by 10%.

• There was a reduction in costs of 10%. Costs went down to 100.

Rise x Raise• to RISE [raiz] = go up on their own

opposite = to FALL

irregular = rise, rose, risen

• to RAISE [reiz] = go up by st. else

oppostie = to LOWER

regular = raise - raised

Troubleshooting questions

Is it switched on / plugged in / blocked / full…..?

Have you checked the …………?

Have you tried ……/ ing? (Have you tried switching it

on?

What happens when you …….?

How soon can you come?