DESCRIBING

PROBLEMS
TUTOR: JULIAN ANDRES MEJIA LUCUMI
COURSE: ENGLISH III
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA (UNAD)
DESCRIBING PROBLEMS (warm up)

A:Hello
B:Hello
A: What can I do for you? Does your refrigerator needs
fixing.
B:No, It is the oven this time.
A:Oh, So What’s wrong with it?
B:Well, I think the control temperatura needs to be
adjusted; The oven keeps burning everything I try to cook.
A:Really?, I will have someone look at it right away.
B:Thanks a lot, Technician.
A:Uh, by the way, are you sure it’s the oven and not your
cooking?
DESCRIBING PROBLEMS (presentation)

Structure #1. KEEP + GERUND

Everything keeps burning.
The alarm keeps going off.

Structure #2. NEED + GERUND

The oven needs adjusting.
The alarm needs fixing.

Structure #3. NEED + PASSIVE INFINITIVE

It needs to be adjusted.
It needs to be fixed.
DESCRIBING PROBLEMS (practice)

Describe the problems that you can

appreciate and the things that need to be
done. Write sentences using need with
gerunds or passive infinitives.

Walls (Paint)
The rug (clean)
The window (wash)
The clothes (pick up)
The lamp shade (replace)
The wastebasket (empty)
The ceiling fan (adjust)
The plant (water)
DESCRIBING PROBLEMS (production)
Imagine that you are car
seller and one of your
peers wants to buy this
car, however this car is
not in Good working
conditions apart from
being too expensive.
Describe the problems
you see to get a better
Price.