2017.01.25 - Class 13

Housekeeping

We talked about how you will be doing parts of the next practice exam over the next couple of weeks depending on your attendance and other factors. You might want to bring a snack to eat during our break time for the next few classes if you think that will help you.

We also quickly reviewed your homework. You can find the answers to p.36 ex1 in this Quizlet list. I also encourage you to study this list if you need to. The answers for p.36 ex3 are: a) totally, b) extremely, c) absolutely, d) quite, e) very.

I also returned your texts about the photos from 2016, which I really enjoyed! I was not able to finish marking your essays and will return them to you next week.

¿De qué estarán riendo? - translate into English

Speculating or making a supposition

The last time we looked at some photographs, we more or less knew what was happening in them. But often on the First Certificate (and in life) you often have to guess what his happening.

We looked at some ways to do this and considered the following from Spanish grammar:

• Especulación o suposición sobre un hecho en el presente:
1. Tendrá muchos deberes, será por eso que está tan estresada.
2. Debe tener muchos deberes...
3. Es posible que tiene muchos deberes...

We translated these three sentences into English using the modal verbs 'must' and 'might'. We also talked about similar forms such as:

• modal + V    (e.g. 'She might have a problem')
• modal + be + adjective   (e.g. 'She might be upset because ...')
• modal + be + V-ing   (e.g. 'She might be sleeping now')

What about when we want to speculate about what happened, i.e. the past?

• Especulación o suposición sobre un hecho en el pasado:
1. Habrá tenido una avería, por eso no ha llegado.
2. Debió tener una avería...
3. Es posible que tuviera una avería...

We also translated these into English (using 'must have' and 'might have') and


We also considered how to pronounce them in reduced forms:

• must have -> must've -> 'musta'  (must of)
• might have -> 
• could have -> 
• must be ->
• might be ->

Finally, we also used the Grammar section on p.96 in your book to work on the grammar for this a bit more and used the images on p.123 for Speaking part 2 practice.

Whodunnit

On the piece of paper I gave you, write short answers to these three questions:

1. What did you do on Saturday night?
2. What is one of your favorite books or films?
3. What was the last thing you ate before now?

I'll explain what to do after this. Pay attention to your pronunciation - practice using reduced forms.

John Lewis Christmas ad

First, some vocabulary for talking about the video:

I'll explain what we're going to do with this - just putting the links here so we can find them easily.

Still images.

Homework

• p.97 ex3 (write 1 reply to each sentence)
• p.97 ex5 (write 3 sentences about each photo)
• Study recent vocabulary in Quizlet for a quiz next week:
• January Miscellany
• Extreme adjectives

Finally, I do not endorse this video, but thought you might (notice the word 'might'!) find it interesting: