UNIT 5 AND 6

TECHNOLOGY AND YOU

Wireless:Inalambrico
Headphone: auricular Affordable:Asequible
On the blink: En un abrir y cerrar Guaranteed:Garantizado
First off: Antes que nada
Antique:Antiguo What are you up to? : ¿Ques estás
Fixable: Reparable haciendo?
It is not worth it: No vale la pena Couch Potato: Flojo
Worth: Valer Junk Food:Comida Basura
Upgradate(noun):Actualizacion Pool:Piscina
Blender:Licuadora Athletic field: Campo de atletismo
Juicer:Exprimidor Golf course:Campo de Golf
State(Verb): expresar Track. Pista
Flush(verb):Funcionar Tennis court: Campo de tennis
Clogged:Obstruid@

GRAMMAR : MODAL VERBS

They can express: Suggestion, permission, Certainty and Possibility
There are 9 modals verbs: must, might, may, will, would, can, could, shall, should.

Rule 1: Infinitives come after modal verbs but without “to”.

Rule 2: Modal verbs take no “s” in the 3rd person singular
Rule 3. Modal verbs don’t change their form according to the sentence
Rule 4: Contractions

Might Might not Mightn’t

Must Must not Mustn’t
May May not (None)
Can Cannot Can’t
Could Could not Couldn’t
Will Will not Won’t
Would Would not Wouldn’t
Shall Shall not Shan’t
Should Should not Shouldn’t

Rule 5: With interrogative questions modal verb are used as auxiliaries

HOW TO USE MIGHT: Can be used to show possibility (Podrian)
They might be eating Lunch
She might give us a discount

HOW TO USE MAY: Can be used to show possibility and permission (Pueden)
The teacher may be late today
May I leave now? (quiet formal)

HOW TO USE MUST: probability/logical assumption also necessity

And prohibition
She must be stuck in traffic
I must go home right now

HOW TO USE WILL: Future time, promise/Willingness and ask polite questions
I will leave at 7 o’clock
I will give money to charity this Christmas
Will you help me with this

HOW TO USE WOULD: Polite questions and Invitations/preferences/desires

Would you help me with this?
Would you prefer apples or oranges
I would like a cup of tea

HOW TO USE CAN: Ability, suggestion/option, impossibility and request

I can speak English
You can call him tomorrow
That can’t be her
Can you help me?

HOW TO USE COULD: Past ability, Polite question, possibility/impossibility and suggestion
I could do trigonometry 5 years ago
Could I call you? (podria)
She could be here she couldn’t be here
You could try doing this

HOW TO USE SHOULD: Recommend, the right thing to do, uncertain prediction
You should try this new bar
We should deal with this right now
He should be Home soon, but I’m not sure

HOW TO USE SHALL: Offer, confirmations and promises

Shall I help you with that? (TE ayudo con eso?
I shall meet you there at midnight (Te encontraré alli a media noche)
You shall be the first person to know