Index

Objectives Objectives

Reading Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Practice 1

Listening Listening Comprehension

Practice 2

Grammar Grammar

Practice 3

Practice 4

Asking for Corroboration of your ideas: Tag Questions with "be"

Tag Questions with "be"

Tag Questions with "be"

Tag Questions with "be"

Practice 5

Practice 6

Pronunciation Primary and Secondary stress markings.

Practice 8

Practice 9

Practice 10

Writing Composing an article

The Layout of an Article

The Layout of an Article

Practice 11

Practice 12

Writing Assignment

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Objectives


It was a first-class performance, wasnt it?
Functions Objectives
Adding emphasis
Looking for corroboration
Responding to opinions
Use DO/DOES in the affirmative to show
emphasis
Use Tag Questions with be in different
tenses.
Use short answers and expressions of
agreement/disagreement
Write a newspaper article


Objectives


It was a first-class performance, wasnt it?
Functions Objectives
Adding emphasis
Looking for corroboration
Responding to opinions
Use DO/DOES in the affirmative to show
emphasis
Use Tag Questions with be in different
tenses.
Use short answers and expressions of
agreement/disagreement
Write a newspaper article


Listening Comprehension




Grammar


In this unit, we will practice two important functions that have to do with clarifying your position bout a given (any) topic and
that of those youre communicating with. These functions are: a) adding emphasis to something you say and b) looking for
corroboration about something you say. These functions need specific grammar and structures that you will learn in the
following grammar sections. We will learn to add emphasis and to use tag questions to get corroboration of your ideas in the
tenses we have learned so far: simple present and present progressive, simple past and present perfect and present perfect
progressive.
1. Adding Emphasis: using DO/DOES in the affirmative (picture of a person thinking)
Adding emphasis means that you are calling the attention to a specific fact that interests you or your audience, we do so by
using of DO/DOES in the affirmative:
We do have very good local talent, which can contribute to the culture of our town, but I do think
that we should be less ambitious with grand-scale productions
These are the opinions of our news correspondent Jack Sokemgood. He is talking in first person, because he is giving his
own views about a particular topic. If we wanted to change to another person, who will in turn talk about Jacks ideas, we
sould have the following:
Jack Sokemgood does think * that we should be less ambitious with grand-scale productions
Here are more examples:
I do think you can do the job = I have no doubt you can do the job
Or with a Third Person Singular:
The teacher does think * you can do the job = She has no doubt you can do the job