Lesson: Essentials/42
From The Grove - Academia de Idiomas
Grammar
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1. May/might
2. May/might
Pronunciation
| Examples | |
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| dress | head |
| bed | many |
| medal | dead |
| fell | pen |
| test | nest |
Vocabulary
- To build - built
- To lay - laid
- House
- Building
- Construction
- Shape
- Size
- Tall
- Short
- Huge
- Structure
- Budget
-photo exercise-
Extra Vocabulary
Construction
- Ladder
- Cement
- Cinder block
- Lumber, wood
- Brick
- Carpenter
- Crane
- Architect
- Foreman
- Blueprint
- Mason
- Steel girder
- Wheel barrow
- Jackhammer
- Earplugs
- Construction worker
- Welder
- Blow torch
- Bulldozer
- Forklift
- Steamroller
- Dump truck
http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/construction/
Slang and Idioms /Phrasal Verbs
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Conversation
- Are you interested in the construction area?
- What´s the worst part of constructing something?
- What´s the best part of constructing something?
- Which do you think is worst, to construct or to remodel? Why?
- Would you like to build a house? What would be so necessary to have in it?
- What´s the favorite room in your house/apartment? Why?
- What´s your favorite color for houses?
- Do you know how to paint a wall?
- Are you afraid of using a ladder? Why?
- Which skill do you think you have to do a home improvement?
Travel…
1.
Review
1. Complete the sentences using may or might:
- a. You ____ well be right.
- b. I told them I ____ go, but wasn't sure.
- c. Students ____ only borrow four books at a time.
- d. The examiner says we ____ leave when we've finished.
- 9. It ____ be very expensive, but it's much better than the others.
- e. I just ____ accept your offer.
- f. You ____ have told me earlier!
- g. You ____ try asking her for help- she knows her stuff.
2. Rewrite the sentences following the model.
- The worker is feelng bad. / tired / sick
- The worker is feelng tired.
- The worker is feelng sick.
- a. The architect is changing the project. / color of the house / decorating the new house
- b. The workers need more bricks to continue the construction. / cinder block / cement
- c. I need a ladder to fix the lamp. /
- d. The foreman has to contract new people or he has to help the others. / to reduce the productivity / extend the deadline (deadline = prazo final)
- e. That crane is huge. / not safe / That dump truck
- f. We´ll buy a lot of board wood to construct the dog´s house. / My neighbor / cat´s
- g. The party next door is very noisy / so
3. Complete the sentences with may / might or can:
- a. I _______ speak French well.
- b. _______ I help you?
- c. I _______ go on holiday to Spain.
- d. She ______ drive.
- e. _______ she eat the last apple?
- f. My mother ______ telephone me today.
- g. I _______ see Brad Pitt when I am in Hollywood.
- h. He _______ see the sea from his apartment.
- i. They _______ run faster than my brother.
4. Text listening
- a. The mason needs to wear the earplugs during work.
- b. They need 2,000 more bricks to finish constructing the wall.
- c. The engineer lost the blueprint.
- d. The crane is rented until tomorrow.
- e. We need the forklift to get these materials.
- f. The wheel barrow is broken.
- g. This cement is not the best one.
5. Choose the right answer acording to the sentence given:
- a. May I eat the last apple?
- b. I may eat steak tonight.
- c. I can see the sea from my apartment
- d. I might see your sister Ana when I am in São Paulo.
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