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FameLesson 5d

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Would you like to be famous? Why?

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Dancer Writer Scientist Artist

Athlete Director

Vocabulary

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What is a biography?

the story of a real person's life written by someone other than that person

Merriam-Webster. Dictionary. English. Checked from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biography. Web.

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The verb Could

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What is the difference between these sentences?

•Mary can play the piano perfectly.

•Daniel could write and read perfectly when he

was 5.

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CAN is used when we want to express an

ability in the present while COULD is used

when we want to express an ability in the

past.

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Affirmative

I

Could Verb in simple form

YouHeSheIt

WeYou

They

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Negative

I

Couldn´t Verb in simple form

YouHeSheIt

WeYou

They

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Questions

Was I ….. ?Were you ….. ?Was he ….. ?Was she ….. ?Was it ….. ?Were we ….. ?Were you ….. ?Were they ….. ?

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• I could speak French when I was 12.

•They couldn´t write when they were babies.

•Could you swim last summer?

•She could do yoga two years ago.

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Adjectives and Adverbs of Manner

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AdjectivesAdjectives give us characteristics about

someone or something.

NiceTerrible

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AdverbsAdverbs give us a description of how

something happens.

NicelyTerribly

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Terrible TerribleTerribly Terriblemente

Nice AmableNicely Amablemente

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Adjectives

Adjectives are the same in singular or in plural.

That´s a beautiful jacket. That jacket is beautiful.

We use adjectives before nouns and after the verb to be.

I have a trendy shirt. I have trendy shirts.

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AdverbsWe form most adverbs of manner

by adding –ly to the adjectiveQuiet quietly

Careful carefully

Adjectives ending in a consonant + -y, drop the –y and take -ily Easy easily

Adjectives ending in –le, drop the –e and take –y Terrible Terribly

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Irregular Adverbs

Good Well

Fast Fast

Hard Hard

Late Late

Early Early

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SpeakingWhat do you know about these famous people?

Aristotle Barack Obama

Malala Sergey Brin and Larry Page

Salvador Dali