✓ To talk about advantages and disadvantages

of a job.

When choosing a new job.

 What is a ghostwriter?

A person whose job it is to write material for

someone else who is the named author.

They help polishing a book,article,speech,

or writing a corporate publication.

Ghost writers are writers for hire who take money but none of the credit for the work produced.
 What sort of people use a ghostwriter? Why?

Owners of businesses

College students

Famous celebrities
 What do you think the advantages and disadvantages are of being a
ghostwriter,compared to being an author of novels or journalist?
pay
fullfillment

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Anonimity

Public criticism
What about your job?
 Do you understand these words:
journalism

skin

resist refuse/combat/ stop yourself from doing…

to like something so much that you cannot refuse it

Be a sucker for sthg or judge its real.

I have to confess I'm a sucker for musicals.

1. What is your opinion about journalism in Peru?
2. Can you resist reading your emails or Facebook
updates?
3. Are you a sucker for sports? What is your favourite
sport?
What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of your job or
carrer?
✓ To describe past events

When telling a story

Functions = Show interest in a conversation

• Normal response • Stronger response

Uh-huh. Really?
That’s interesting. Wow! That’s amazing!
Oh, I see. That’s incredible /unbelievable!
Right. No way!
You’re joking!
You’re kidding, right?
 What were you doing when the earthquake started?

• Normal response
Uh-huh.
That’s interesting.
Oh, I see.
Right.
• Stronger response
Really?
Wow! That’s amazing!
That’s incredible /unbelievable!
No way!
You’re joking!
You’re kidding, right?
Past actions which happened one
inmediately after the other. Action in progress interrupted by
another past action.
I started university as
soon as I finished school.
I worked. I was strolling when I slipped on a banana
skin.

I was working.
Past habits or states Two or more simultaneous past
actions of certain duration.
I liked riding my bike when I was a
child.. I was ghostwriting an article while you
were giving a press conference.

Complete action,event at a
stated past time.
Background information
I called you yesterday,but you didn’t
answer...
It was pouring with rain and she was
wondering
what to do…
Complete past action(implied
Something happened in the
time reference)
middle of sthg else.
Michael Jackson won many awards in his career.
I was listening to the news at nine o’ clock lastnight.
 Was studying
met
married
returned
Were living
started

experienced
Were attacking
 Make up a story
1. She was sleeping peacefully in her bed when suddenly…
2. We were watching a rather boring film at the cinema when…
3. They were sitting on the plane on their way to Tokyio when….
 Ed-adjectives
Answer how you feel about something or someone?

Alice is worried about her

homework at university. She
looks tired.
 Ing-adjectives
Answer how something or someone makes you feel?

Alice’s job is exciting. She has to get

around the city and then shows a
report.
 bored/boring

He used to like that TV show but now he's bored with it.
That film was so boring that I nearly fell asleep!
 depressed/depressing

He's really depressed. His wife left him and he's just lost his job.
I think it's depressing how much poverty there is in the world.
 Many verbs of emotion
have –ing and –ed adjective forms
• What are some verbs of emotion?
Sample verbs of emotion:

amuse irritate comfort fascinate puzzle satisfy

annoy surprise depress bewilder excite frustrate
bother bore tire interest aggravate amaze
captivate confuse shock intrigue disappoint exhaust
 These verbs can be changed to adjectives by
changing the spelling
• Amaze (verb: You amaze me!)
Amazing (adjective: These students are amazing!)
Amazed (adjective: I am amazed by the students in this class!)

• Interest (verb: Computers interest her.)

Interesting (adjective: Computers are interesting for her).
Interested (adjective: She is interested in computers)
 Other helpful hints:

• Sentences often use the word "by" with adjectives ending in ED.
Greg was challenged by his math homework.

• Sentences often use the word "to" or “for” with adjectives ending in
ING.
Greg’s math homework was challenging to him.
 surprise

✓ Was the girl surprising or surprised?

✓ Was the party surprising or surprised?

 surprise

Was the girl surprising or surprised?

surprised

Was the party surprising or surprised?

surprising
 exhaust

✓ Was the man exhausting or exhausted?

✓ Was the marathon exhausting or exhausted?

 exhaust

Was the man exhausting or exhausted?

Exhausted

Was the marathon exhausting or exhausted?

exhausting
 bore

✓ Was the man boring or bored?

✓ Was the audience boring or bored?

 bore

Was the man boring or bored?

Boring

Was the audience boring or bored?

bored
 satisfy

✓ How does the girl feel? Satisfying or

satisfied?

✓ How is the food? Satisfying or satisfied?

 satisfy

How does the girl feel? Satisfying or satisfied?

Satisfied

How is the food? Satisfying or satisfied?

satisfying
 frustrate

Is the man frustrating or frustrated?

Are computers frustrating or frustrated?

 frustrate

Is the man frustrating or frustrated?

Frustrated

Are computers frustrating or frustrated?

frustrating
 Fascinating
Fascinated

Confusing
Confused

Inspiring
PRONUNCIATION Inspired
Shocking
Shocked

Embarrassing
Embarrassed Disappointing
Disappointed
 Fascinating
Write a short paragraph about your life using the Fascinated
adjectives in exercise 1.
Confusing
Confused
Inspiring

I had an extremely embarrassing Inspired

experience when I started my first job. I Shocking

remember I was shocked when … Shocked

Embarrassing
Embarrassed
Disappointing
Disappointed
 Fascinating
• Normal response Fascinated
Tell your partner more about an experience you
Uh-huh. Confusing
had.
That’s interesting.
Confused
Oh, I see.
Right. Inspiring
• Stronger response Inspired
I had an extremely
Shocking
embarrassing experience Really?
Wow! That’s amazing! Shocked
when I started my first job. That’s incredible /unbelievable!
Embarrassing
No way!
You’re joking! Embarrassed
You’re kidding, right? Disappointing
Disappointed
Functions
What can you do with what you have learned today?

When can you use it?

Give two examples…