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English 3
Unit 4 Family Life
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
Use let, make, help, have, get, want, ask and tell to talk about rules and discipline. Talk about their memories using used to and would. Use these topics to talk about the family, friends and childhood.
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Introduction
I am so pissed off, my sister doesnt let me use the phone, and shes always talking with her boyfriend and friends. My mom and dad make me do study and clean the house all the time. My brother is always telling me how nice and good son he is. My dad wont let me go out with my friend because he says the city is not safe anymore. I hate my life.
Our family is one of the most important things in our life, whether we get along or not. But there are certain situations that make us feel frustrated and we have the need to express them.
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Well, in this unit you will learn to use certain verbs to communicate your feeling about your family, friends, work and school. Also you will learn to talk about the memories of your family using the grammatical structures used to and would to express stories from the past. As you can see, these two topics are very common and personal. The fact that you will be able to express your feelings and talk about the happiest memories in your life will help you to communicate better with your friends.
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us me her me
him me us
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My wife drives me crazy, she always makes me drive slowly, she asks me to pick her up from every place she goes, she never lets me go out with my friends and she wants me to buy the groceries. Sometimes I cant stand being with her. In spite of all this, I still love her to death.
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Used to
Use this grammatical structure to talk about past habits or activities that do not happen anymore.
Subject
used to
play
Subject
We
didnt used to
live
in an apartment.
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Used to
Did
Did you
used to
eat
Cheetos?
Yes, I did.
Whword
Where did
you
used to
eat
Would
Use would to talk about regular activities or events in the past. Do not use it to express situations or in negative staments. Form:
Subject would verb in base form complement
would
play
with my friends.
Examples: My dad would always buy chocolates for us. The dog would sleep with me.
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Closing
My grandpa died a couple of years ago; today the whole family will come to my grandmas house to celebrate him. He was a great man, he used to play soccer and read to us stories at night. He would talk to me about his life, and help my dad whenever we had problems. He was a great man and I miss him a lot. In this unit you learned two important topics, the first one: How to express your feelings mainly when you are angry or upset with someone. And in the second topic you learned to talk about your family memories, using the grammatical structures used to and would.
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As you can see it is very important for all the people to express their emotions. Relationships are never easy and most likely someday you will have problems with the people around you. Because we arent the same, we think, feel and have different opinions; it is common to have these confrontations. Also talking about our family and our memories is very important, because it gives us the chance to share with our friends our feelings and stories about the people we care the most.
Bibliography
McCarthy, Michael. Et al. (2008) Touchstone Full Contact 3.Cambridge University Press. Murphy, R., et al. (2009): Grammar in Use Intermediate Student's Book with answers. Cambridge University Press. Heacock, P. (2008): Cambridge Dictionary of American English. Cambridge University Press.
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Credits
Content design: Lic. Adriana Bernardino Mosqueda Academic Coordinator: Lic. Jessica Patricia Garza Macas Content edition: Lic. Ann Elisabeth Mancillas Hinojosa, MAD Production and content editing: Tecnologa Educativa Universidad Virtual, ITESM