Tech-devices from now on

English: Threshold B1.1

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Contenido
DESARROLLO DEL CONTENIDO DEL TEMA ................................................................................................. 4
TEMA 1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 4
Objetivo ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
Introducción ............................................................................................................................................... 4
DESARROLLO DE LOS SUBTEMAS DEL TEMA 1........................................................................................... 5
SUBTEMA 1:................................................................................................................................................ 5
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE WORDS ................................................................................................ 5
SUBTEMA 2:................................................................................................................................................ 7
PHRASAL VERBS.......................................................................................................................................... 7
SUBTEMA 3:................................................................................................................................................ 9
PREPOSITIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 9
PREGUNTAS DE COMPRENSIÓN DE LA UNIDAD ...................................................................................... 13
MATERIAL COMPLEMENTARIO ................................................................................................................ 14
REFERENCIAS ............................................................................................................................................ 15
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 DESARROLLO DEL CONTENIDO DEL TEMA

TEMA 1

. Tech-devices from now on

Objetivo
Develop the four languages skills to express sentences using phrasal verbs and structures
with countable and uncountable nouns.

Introducción
Tech-devices from now on will proceed to know the past tense as a teaching and
learning structure that will allow the student to know the actions of life in previous
moments and situations. These topics to be processed will cover the four second
language learning skills where prior knowledge will be important to the development
of the written and spoken process.
The topic describes countable and uncountable structures, as well as prepositions
and phrasal verbs. The opportunity to connect the student's previous experience to
use different grammatical structures related to the future tense will be observed. In
this way, they will be able to know the use of the future tense according to their
situations and thus locate them correctly in the spoken and / or written context.
 DESARROLLO DE LOS SUBTEMAS DEL TEMA 1

SUBTEMA 1: COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE WORDS

Countable and uncountable nouns are always used to speak about some structures that need
to be counted, they are divided in:
Accounting nouns are those that can be counted and have plurals.
Uncountable, or uncountable nouns are those that cannot be counted and, therefore, have no
plural. In this group we generally include all abstract substances, materials, and qualities.
In some cases, some nouns can be countable or uncountable depending on the function they
perform.
Countable structures.
Accounting nouns in singular cannot be alone, that means, they must be presented with a
determining article for example:
1. Either an indefinite article (a / an).
Example:
• A Blue car.
• An orange book.
2. Defined (the).
• The car.
3. Demonstrative article (this, that ...).
• This ball.
• That pen.
• These two pencils.
• Those four tires
4. A quantifier, such as "some", "few" or "lots of"
• Some colors.
• Few horses.
• A lot of chairs.
5. By a numeral (two, three, four ...).
• Two markers.
• Ten fingers.
6. Accounting nouns in plural, by contrast, are not accompanied by a determinant when
they refer to people or things as a group.
• Pictures look good.
Uncountable structures.
They are those names that cannot be counted in units.
Some characteristic in uncountable nouns are:
1. They do not have a plural form, therefore, as they are singular nouns, the verb always
goes in singular.
• Sugar are good X -------- Sugar is good. *
• Advices are good X ------advice are good (advice does not have plural)
2. We cannot use the article "a / an" with them.
• I give you an advice. X --------I give you the advice. (advice is uncountable).
3. Countless English names often refer to abstract ideas.
• Death, peace, love, fun, work, among others.
• To make them accountable we use expressions like: a bit of, a piece of, an item of, a
slice of, a cup of, a glass of... however many of them are idiomatic expressions.
• Example: a piece of work. (it’s a piece of work) pedazo de trabajo.

Common expressions for noun

Uncountable Countable.
1 How much How many
2 Much Many
3 So much So many
4 Too much Too many
5 Less Few / a few
6 A large amount of A large number of
7 A great deal A great many
8 Little / a little of Several

Expressions such as: some and any can be used for countable and uncountable nouns but the
translation when it goes with the uncountable nouns will depend on the context.
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SUBTEMA 2: PHRASAL VERBS

The phrasal verb structure is a compound verb formed by the combination of a verb and a
grammatical particle, that is, an adverb or a preposition, or even a verb followed by an adverb
and a preposition. These grammatical structures fulfill the function of using a verb that, as
previously stated, when connected with an adverb or preposition, its form changes radically
towards another meaning.

The most usual way to learn them is by practicing daily and using them in speaking conditions.
These structures can be used to speak more as a native speaker. Here, we have a list of some
phrasal verbs, there are more than 150 phrasal verbs.
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Other B1 groups of phrasal verbs that are usually used are:

Phrasal verb Meaning Example:

1 Be into
2 Break down
3 Get into
4 Go for
5 Hang out (with)
6 Look after
7 Look out
8 Put off
9 Run out of
10 Wash up
like She is into swimming since she started
Damage / not working Did you break down the engine?
Start to like I got into my new tablet.
choose She is going for the taste
Spend time with I was hanging out with my friends
Take care of You are taking care of him, aren´t you?
Pay attention She is looking out of him
Postpone/ delay They put off the exams
Finish /not have any Jack ran out of the bike gas
Washing dishes He hates washing up

SUBTEMA 3: PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions are words that by themselves have no meaning. They are useful to indicate
the relationship between two terms, or to unite and give cohesion. They can also be written
next to a verb, possibly modifying its meaning by turning it into a "phrasal verb". They can
indicate origin, destination, address, place among others.
Types of prepositions

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In the previous chart, there are groups of prepositions and how they should be used.
The following examples show how to use them.
Examples:
Prepositions for time and place.
Time:
• They are coming here AT the time of 12:00 pm.
• She was here BY December 24th 2019.
• Rachel got the bus ON time.
• Juan will be here IN November.

Place:
• You are going to move AT 239 St and 2nd Ave.
• We are in front of you BY the pool.
• Mr. Jackson´s office is ON the 4th floor.
• That airport is IN Guayaquil city.
Preposition for direction.

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Examples:
• That woman passes THROUGH the hall.
• That cat was sleeping UNDER the table.
• She came INTO the classroom yesterday.
• Jose was AWAY FROM his job.
• I don´t think that bird is ON the building´s roof.
Prepositional phrases

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Examples:
• IN DEMAND of this group, I asked the major a help.
• My flight is ON TIME, so I get to go.
• Sorry! But you were AT HIGH SPEED and AT RISK of an accident.
• How is that trip? BY AIR or BY SEA.
 PREGUNTAS DE COMPRENSIÓN DE LA UNIDAD

1. WHAT ARE COUNTABLE NOUNS?

Countable and uncountable nouns are always used to speak about some structures that
need to be counted.

2. WHAT ARE UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS?

Uncountable, or uncountable nouns are those that cannot be counted and, therefore,
have no plural

3. WHAT ARE PHRASAL VERBS?

The phrasal verb structure is a compound verb formed by the combination of a verb and
a grammatical particle, that is, an adverb or a preposition, or even a verb followed by
an adverb and a preposition

4. SAY 3 PHRASAL VERBS IN SOME SENTENCES:

He´s off! He´s away from here no, Because he´s against that problem.

5. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PREPOSITIONS?

TIME.
PLACE.
DIRECTION.
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES.
MOVEMENT.
 MATERIAL COMPLEMENTARIO

Los siguientes recursos complementarios son sugerencias para que se pueda ampliar la
información sobre el tema trabajado, como parte de su proceso de aprendizaje autónomo:

Videos de apoyo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCTnesjej8g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCXDqlFjg8o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fbcimg1r1Ms
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 REFERENCIAS

BRITISH COUNCIL. (2020). BRITISH COUNCIL. Obtenido de Countable and uncountable:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/beginner-to-pre-intermediate/countable-and-
uncountable-nouns-1

British English.com. (2020). BRITISH COUNCIL. Retrieved from Pharasal verbs:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/intermediate-to-upper-intermediate/phrasal-
verbs

EF.COM. (2020). Ef.com. Retrieved from Countable and uncountable nouns:

https://www.ef.com/ca/english-resources/english-grammar/countable-and-uncountable-
nouns/

Your dictionary.com. (n.d.). YOUR DICTIONARY. Retrieved from Prepositions:

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/preposition-examples.html