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At the Stadium

Dialogue 5

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Brian: The opponent plays well! Their fast offender is very dangerous. He aims very precisely and shoots very hard. Linda: Our team is not bad either. Our goalkeeper keeps the ball very safe. Brian: Exactly, you know this game very well! Would you like to have a delicious hot dog? Linda: Yes, together with a cold beer. That would be fantastic. Brian: I will bring you a beer. Linda: Hurry up, because our good sweeper hurt himself. Brian: Here is your beer. It is actually warm. Linda: And the hot dog is cold. Hahaha. It looks good though, and.... hmmmm.... tastes very good too! A wonderful goal has been scored. Unfortunately for the opposing team. Brian: Oh, I dont know if we have a chance. The opponent plays very hard and fast. It is getting very difficult. Linda: It does not seem to be easy, because our best defender seriously hurt himself. Brian: But our team must win, otherwise they cannot play in the World Cup. We cannot give the opponent so many chances. Linda: The coach should bring in a new player. Our midfield players cannot run anymore.
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Brian: You might be quite right. He is still allowed to exchange another player in. I would bring in a younger player! Linda: May I have another sip of beer? Brian: Of course... Oh, no! That cant be! 0:2! I think we should go! Linda: Yes... me too. I should not stay out so late tonight. I have to watch out for my little sister! Brian: But we can still go out on another date again, right?! Let us go to the cinema tomorrow! Linda: That would be nice! I do not want to miss "Love me, if you can"! Bye!

Grammar 5 A: Adverbs
Adverbs modify verbs (adverbs of manner), adjectives/past participle and other adverbs usually by providing information how something is done or the degree of an adjective/past participle (adverbs of degree) or adverb (adverbs of degree). Most adverbs are formed by adding ly or -ally to an adjective. There are also adverbs of place and time (e. g. there, yesterday), adverbs of frequency (e. g. sometimes, never) and sentence adverbials (e. g. actually).

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Some Exceptions: Good-well, fast-fast, hard-hard, early-early, late-late, highhigh, friendly in a friendly way Hardly means: almost not, Nearly means: almost but not quite Some adjectives can follow certain verbs (verbs of appearance and sense): e. g. forms of to be, get, grow, taste, smell, feel

Grammar 5 B: Modal Verbs /

Modal Verbs can (expressing ability or possibility) negative form: cannot or cant, may (asking for permission or expressing possibility) negative form: may not or must not (expressing strong forbiddance), Must (expressing necessity to do something) negative form: need not (neednt) or do not (dont) have to, Should (expressing advice and opinion or expectation) negative form: should not (shouldnt)

Alternative Forms: be able to (expressing ability), could (expressing general ability or permission) be allowed to (expressing permission), might (expressing possibility and/or that a situation is not real) have to (more impersonal than must)

ought to

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Exercise 5 A

Fill in the correct form: adverb or adjective. Choose from this box: actually bad best cold cold dangerous delicious difficult easy Exactly fantastic fast fast good good good hard hard precisely safe seriously Unfortunately warm well well wonderful

Brian: The opponent plays ________! Their ________ offender is very ________. He aims very ________ and shoots very ________. Linda: Our team is not ________ either. Our goalkeeper keeps the ball very ________. Brian: ________, you know this game very ________! Would you like to have a ________ hot dog? Linda: Yes, together with a ________ beer. That would be ________. Brian: I will bring you a beer. Linda: Hurry up, because our ________ sweeper hurt himself. Brian: Here is your beer. It is ________ ________. Linda: And the hot dog is ________. Hahaha. It looks ________ though, and.... hmmmm.... tastes very ________ too! A ________ goal has been scored. ________ for the opposing team. Brian: Oh, I dont know if we have a chance. The opponent plays very ________ and ________. It is getting very ________. Linda: It does not seem to be ________, because our ________ defender ________ hurt himself.

Exercise 5 B

Fill in the correct modal verb / auxiliary verb. Choose from this box: allowed can can cannot cannot cannot cannot have Let May might should should should would would

Brian: But our team ________ win, otherwise they ________ play in the World Cup. We ________ give the opponent so many chances. Linda: The coach ________ bring in a new player. Our midfield players ________ run anymore. Brian: You ________ be quite right. He is still ________ to exchange another player in. I ________ bring in a younger player! Linda: ________ I have another sip of beer? Brian: Of course... Oh, no! That ________ be! 0:2! I think we ________ go! Linda: Yes... me too. I ________ not stay out so late tonight. I ________ to watch out for my little sister! Brian: But we ________ still go out on another date again, right?! ________ us go to the cinema tomorrow! Linda: That ________ be nice! I do not want to miss "Love me, if you ________"! Bye!

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