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Verbs - “To Know” vs. “To Meet” Of course | know Pat - I met him years ago! Relative Pronouns - “How” and “Why” can’t remember how to do this... Indefinite Relative Pronouns — “Whatever” and “However” Vl order, whatever you do... Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns Myself, yourself, himself... Adjective-Preposition Collocations 1 Sad about... angry with... E : What? Tell... m YOU LOOK Hee What are you waiting for? Tell him you are tall, young, beautiful... oy OK. Here's the plan. Tell him to bring a friend. Pll come with you! ‘That way, once you meet, Ifyou dor’t like him... we're out of there! ‘They probably forgot. ‘And, here weare, waiting for them. Capricorn 77 has abad memory. ‘That's clearly one of his... faults. Bad memory! ‘Oht What a couple of losers! And there wewere, waiting for them! To think was PELEEUUEUEUCERTETEEL Unit 2) Don't tell me Capricorn 77 is online! The expression Don’t tell me... indicates surprise or disbelief. And, here we are, waiting for them. Here we are... and the past tense, There we were... followed by a gerund is a way of emphasizing or drawing attention to the action taking place at the moment. To think | was nervous! To think (that)... shows that the speaker is surprised about how he or she reacted at some time in the past. We're out of here! Somebody says this just before leaving a place very quickly. Now what? We say this to mean that we don’t know what to do next. This often happens when our plans go wrong and we need to try something different. | guess... A colloquial form of I think (that...). Let's see how he reacts We use Let’s see... as a suggestion to check something, often by looking. Let’s see how he reacts...is the same as saying, “Let’s see what his reaction is”. Let’s see... can he followed by various relative pronouns: Let’s see where... Let’s see how... Let’s see which... etc. You are looking for your friends. Finally, you find them in the bedroom. miousary | (PDC REEEEEEET ‘You say (choose a response): 1. Here they are to sit quietly in the bedroom! 2. They are here sitting quietly in the bedroom! 3. Here they are sitting quietly in the bedroom! oo00 You met your wife at school. At the time, you did not get along well together. You say to your wife (choose a response): 1. I’m thinking that we hated each other at school! 2. To think that we hated each other at school! 3. I thought we hated each other at school! 000 Every day they show the same TV program. You are tired of seeing it. ‘You say (choose a response): C1 14. Itell you they’re showing the same program again! O 2. Don’t you tell me they're showing the same program again! C1 __ 3. Dor’t tell me they’re showing the same program again! & 3 You and a friend want to know the date. You say to your friend (choose a response): 1. Let's see which the date is today. 2. Let’s see what the date is today. 3. Let’s see how the date is today. 000 Structures Verbs - “To Know” vs. “To Meet” | {In English, verb forms are usually identified by these three tenses: Present (Present Simple), Past (Past Simple) and Perfect (Present Perfect). For “know” and “meet”, these are: Affirmative PRESENT PAST know/knows knew meet/meets met Negative PRESENT PAST don't/doesn’tknow didn’t know don’t/doesn’t meet didn’t meet Question Form PRESENT Pas dojdoes (subject) know? didn't (subject) know? doldoes (subject) meet? didn’t (subject) meet? have/has known, have/has met PERFECT havent/hasn’t known, haven’t/hasn’t met PERFECT haver'tihasn’t (subject) known? haven’t/hasn’t (subject) met? Meet refers to (1) the first time you encounter somebody, (2) chance encounter with somebody, and (3) planned encounter with somebody; e.g. fora “meeting”. © Bruce and [first met while on holiday in Cannes. * I met your sister by chance in the grocery store, © We'll meet at the station tomorrow at 6 o'clock. 2p uontary | When you know a person, you have already met that person before, probably a long time ago, and you have become familiar with him or her. Structures ‘© Tknow that man — he’s a teacher at my son’s school. ‘© Janet and Ihave known each other for years — we first met on a Greek island. how | why how (in what way, by what means) why (for what reason, for what purpose) © Tell me why you're going to sell your car. © Idon’t understand how he managed to open the door. whatever | whoever | whichever whatever (anything possible or likely) whoever (any possible or likely person) whichever: (any possible or likely choice) These pronouns refer to any people (whoever) or things (whatever) that fit the subject or object of a sentence. There are usually lots of candidates to fill this Position. When we are only talking about the things in a limited group of possibilities, we use whichever. © Tl sell the house to whoever wants to buy it © Wecan do whatever you want to do on the weekend, Structures PEPUEEEEQEEEEUEEIOES | i © There are five desserts on the menu — you can order whichever one ‘you like. In the above examples the pronouns are the object of the sentence. They can also be the subject of a sentence, e.g, *© Whoever needs more books can go to the library. © Whatever you decide - let me know hefore you leave, Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns take the same form, but they mean different things. (1) We use reflexive pronouns when the person who does an action, and the person who receives the action, are the same (je. the subject and object of the sentence are the same person). Reflexive SINGULAR PLURAL myself ourselves yourself yourselves himself themselves herself themselves itself themselves (2) A pronoun is called intensive when it refers to somebody doing something without the help of anybody else. In this case, it can also join with by to form an adverbial phrase (by oneself) equivalent to on one’s own: * She enjoyed herself at the party. © He burned himself while he was cooking. A+ Structures Miontry | Intensive PRONOUN myself yourself himself herself Itself ourselves yourselves themselves ‘© They painted the house themselves. ADVERB (by) myself (by) yourself (by) himself (by) herself (by) itselt (by) ourselves: (by) yourselves (by) themselves, ‘© [fixed the computer myself. ADVERB 2 ‘onmy own ‘on your own onhis own. onher own conitsown ‘onour own ‘onyour own on their own ‘These are set phrases, an adjective-preposition combination which takes a noun or agerund. ‘ADJECTIVE PREPOSITION NOUN tired of movies angry about the move happy about promotion good at football interested in books GERUND watching movies moving getting a promotion playing football reading books ‘© ['m tired of watching movies let's do something else. © She's sad about losing her dog. © Areyoubored with this game? PELEEUUEUEUCERTETEEL Unit 2) 06 Complete the sentences below using these prepositions for/about/of/from/in/with 1. She's interested in applying for your job. 2. Pmangry you breaking the glass. 3. They're stressed working for so many hours. 4. Nick’s glad getting promotion. 5. Aren’t you tired waiting for the bus? 6. I feel bad making so many mistakes. e Complete these sentences with the correct form of meet or know 1. Where did you and Billy first meet each other? 2. We the answers to all the questions in the test. 3. Does her daughter how to swim? 4. When do you want to tomorrow? 5. Do you Mary's husband? 6. I want you to my youngest brother, Thomas. e Match the sentences in the first block (1 to 6) with those in the second block (A to F) 1. How was your blind date, Karen? __E__ 2. Tm so tired of being single. 3. My brother got engaged at the weekend. 4. How did you meet Mark, Natalie? 5. Where did they go on their first date? 6. Paul looks very upset today. Is he OK?___ Notary | (PDC REEEEEEET A. He only met his girlfriend 2 months ago. B. They went to a football match! C. Not really, he broke up with his fiancée yesterday. D. A disaster! The guy stood me up! E. Do you know any cute men you can set me up with? F. Through online dating! oO Read the sentences below. Underline the sound [tf] (as in match) in blue, and the sound [3] (asin measure) inred 1. My husband made the decision to change churches. 2. We bought a new television and some cheap kitchen chairs. 3+ My children are doing a lot of revision for their exams. 4. Our team don’t usually lose matches. 5. Ispend my leisure time lying on the couch. 6. It was a pleasure to teach this class this year. e Answer these questions using a suitable intensive pronoun 1. Who fixed your computer for you? Nobody. I fixed it myself. 2. Who told you my sister got engaged last week? Your sister PELEEUUEUEUCERTETEEL Unit 2) 3. Do you want me to phone the dentist for you? No, 4. Can you tidy my bedroom for me? Why don’t you 5. Who cut Paul’s hair? He 6. Does your boss’s secretary answer his emails for him? No, he e ‘Complete these sentences by choosing the correct options (a, b orc) 4. You can invite whoever you want to the party. 2. You can tell me you like. I won’t tell anyone. 3. I'm not going to help you with the exercise, You must do it 4. They didn’t enjoy at the wedding. 5. Til telephone you get to the station. 6. You can leave you finish your report. 7. Let's go to the beach tomorrow, it’s cloudy. 8. I'm going to the best hotel, it costs! 4. (a) whoever (b) whatever (c) wherever 2. (a) whoever (b) wherever (c) whatever 3+ (a) myself (b) herself (c) yourself miousary | (PDC REEEEEEET Eb 4. (a) ourselves (b) themselves (c) yourselves 5. (a) while (b) as soon as (c) as long as 6. (a) once (b) by (c) whoever 7+ (a) once (b) as soon as (c) even if 8. (a) whatever (b) whoever (c) how much eG Complete these sentences using the correct form of the word in brackets 1. Let’s see how he reacts (react). 2. Iam6 (Foot) tall. 3. I'm tired of (wait) for them! 4. That is (clear) one of his faults. 5. He seemed so (patience). 6. They probably (forget). e Rewrite these sentences using “self”, as in the example 1. Idon’t like to travel on my own. I don’t like to travel by myself. 2. Children cannot go on this ride on their own. 3. Do you like working in a team or on your own? 4. When I see Fred, he’s always on his own. PELEEUUEUEUCERTETEEL Unit 2) 5. She prefers to do everything on her own. 6. We prepared dinner all on our own. Go ‘Complete the passage below using these phrases fell in the garden/was sad about/for Susan’s family] cut himself/was tired of[burnt herselfiprobably has) was angryllive on her own/there they were ‘Yesterday was a bad day 1. for Susan’s family. Her father 2. while he was shaving. Her mother 3. while she was ironing her uniform for work. Her youngest brother 4. because Mum said he ‘was too young to travel on the underground by himself. Her other brother, Robert, 5. his girlfriend. (Last week they split up after 10 years together). Her sister said she 6. living at home with all the family. She now wants to 7+ in another town. So, 8. all thinking “what an awful day”, when her gran 9. and hurt herself badly. The doctor says she 10. abroken arm. Ge icosry) as Lexicon esd already ya let sb know, to informar/hacerle ‘as soon as en cuanto saber a alguien baby bebé Let's see how... Veamos/vamos a badly mal ver como... ‘be out of here, to largarse likely probable ‘become, to ponerse/hacerse/ loser perdedor(a) convertirse en memory memoria blame, to culpar might podria blind date cita a ciegas mirror espejo ‘break up, to separarse myself yo mismo(a) by chance por casualidad nickname apodo caring afectuoso/entregado Now what? cAhora qué? cleceién object objeto/ clearly con claridad complemento dating citas/ligar once una vez death muerte once (conj.) una vez que disaster desastre oneself uno mismo document documento online enlinea/ Don'ttellme... No me digas... conectado emergency emergencia ourselves nosotros(as) encounter encuentro mismos(as) encounter, to encontrarse/toparse —_ paint, to pintar even if aungue/incluso si _ peel, to pelar exciting emocionante plan, to planear familiar familiar player jugador(a) fault fallo/defecto probably probablemente fiancée prometida purple morado glad contento(a) react, to reaccionar herself ella misma refrigerator refrigerador/ himself mismo frigorifico kind amable relaxed relajado(a) repeat, to repetir rice arroz ride paseo/vuelta selfish egoista sentence frase/oracién single soltero(a) (unmarried) split up, to separarse stand somebody dejar plantado/dar up, to calabazas a stressed estresado(a) ‘T-shirt camiseta talk to oneself, to hablar solo ‘That way... Asi jPensar que...! well-organized bien organizado whatever lo que sea whichever cualquier whoever quienquiera/ cualquiera Youcan’ttella No puedes juzgar book by its por las cover apariencias yourself tui mismo(a) yourselves vosotros/ustedes mismos(as) _<_ (A) 3.Here they are sitting quietly in the bedroom! (®) 2. To think that we hated each other at school! (a) 1. in 4. about 2, with, about/for 5. of 3, from 6. about (©) 3.Don’t tell me they're showing the same progeam again! (D) 2. Let's see what the date is today. 1. meet 4. meet 2. knew 5. know 3. know 6. meet Notary | (PDC REEEEEEET (D) 1. Myhusband made the decision to change churches. We bought a new television and some cheap kitchen chairs. My children are doing a lot of revision for their exams. Our team don't usually lose matches. spend my leisure time lying on the couch. It was a pleasure to teach this class this year. Ph oumbay oak Se Nobody. I fixed it myself. ) Your sister told me herselE. No, I will phone (him/her/the dentist) myself. Why don’t you tidy it yourself? He cut it himself, No, he answers them (his emails) himself. Oe eee SNe eEE S E a . (@) whatever reacts (H) 1. don’t like to travel by myself. Children cannot go on this ride by themselves. Do you like working in a team or by yourself? ‘When I see Fred, he’s always by himself. She prefers to do everything by herself. Out cat got lost yesterday, but it came home again by itself. We prepared dinner all by ourselves. patient forgot Cs PR ee x for Susan’s family. cut himself burnt herself was angry was sad about was tired of live on her own there they were fell in the garden 10. probably has SON eRe

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