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Network4 AppendGal 24307
Network4 AppendGal 24307
May (poida que, talvez) e might (puidese / podería ser que) could
expresan posibilidade en afirmativa e negativa, aínda que Formas
con might a posibilidade é máis remota. I could play the piano.
May tamén se emprega para dar, pedir ou rexeitar permiso,
He couldn’t play the piano.
ou para facer peticións educadas.
Could you play the piano?
• A firmativa: suxeito + may / might + verbo na forma base.
Yes, we could. / No, she couldn’t.
I may / might miss the bus.
(Poida / Podería ser que perda o autobús.) [posibilidade] Could expresa habilidade ou capacidade e posibilidade no
You may use the printer while you’re here. pasado e tamén se pode empregar para pedir permiso ou
(Podes empregar a impresora mentres esteas aquí.) favores de maneira máis educada que con can.
[permiso]
organización do texto
Paragraph structure It’s hard to imagine Paris without
the Eiffel Tower. This famous tower
Un parágrafo ten tres partes: is the city’s most famous symbol.
primeira oración (opening sentence), que presenta
• A But what do you actually know
a idea principal. about it? opening
corpo do parágrafo (body of paragraph), que amplía
• O First of all, it’s 300 metres tall
a idea principal con información importante. and it weighs 7,000 tons. It’s
derradeira oración (closing sentence), que resume a
• A got 1,671 stairs and five lifts. It
idea principal e a repite con outras palabras. was built in 1889. Back then, it
was the tallest structure in the
world. Its design was also very
Science has always been my favourite opening sentence unusual, as it was designed by an
iron engineer, Gustave Eiffel. The
subject. This is because I’m curious
French Government asked Eiffel
about everything I see around
to build something in honour of
me. I always try to work out how body
an international exhibition. He
everything works. I love taking apart
wanted to design a building with
electrical appliances and putting
a special open shape that showed
them back together. I’ve got an
its iron structure. That is why the
excellent microscope at home and body of paragraph
tower hasn’t got any walls. Some
I often take a close look at different
people thought the building was
things I find. I’m also interested in
unsafe. Others found it to be quite
astronomy and I have gone on many
ugly. But obviously, Eiffel’s design
star-gazing trips with my family.
is original and powerful. Over 250
Maybe one day my parents will buy
million tourists have visited the
me a telescope.
tower and enjoyed its magnificent
To sum up, if you ask me which views of Paris.
subject I enjoy studying the most, the
Clearly, the Eiffel Tower is no
answer will definitely be science.
closing sentence ordinary skyscraper. It has been
one of the world’s favourite
attractions since it was built. closing
Unha noticia
Unha reportaxe sobre un lugar (A news report)
(A report about a place) Nunha noticia cóntase, da maneira máis clara posíbel,
Nunha reportaxe sobre un lugar adoita incluírse o que ocorreu. Primeiro preséntanse os datos máis
información básica arredor do seu emprazamento, importantes e logo subminístranse detalles de maneira
historia e aspecto, e arredor das actividades que se obxectiva. Adoita citarse algunha persoa que sexa
poden facer alí. Tamén se pode dar a opinión arredor experta ou a outras persoas.
do lugar.
➜ Model, Student’s Book, page 96
➜ Model, Student’s Book, page 40
I played
PRETÉRITO PERFECTO you played
he, she, it played
we played
you played
they played
eu xoguei
ti xogaches PRESENT PERFECT PERÍFRASE
el, ela xogou
nós xogamos I have played eu teño xogado
vós xogastes you have played ti tes xogado
eles, elas xogaron he, she, it has played el, ela ten xogado
we have played nós temos xogado
you have played vós tedes xogado
they have played eles, elas teñen xogado