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Guía didáctica: Communicative Grammar III
UNIT 2: PRONOUNS AND PHRASAL VERBS
Dear student, this second unit tackles the topics of reflexive and reciprocal pronouns, as well as phrasal
verbs. Activities such as cloze, gap-fill, editing and writing exercises are mainly used to learn reflexive
pronouns and phrasal verbs. Let’s study the first topic.
2.1. Reflexive and Reciprocal Pronouns
The focus here is on the meanings and uses of reflexive pronouns (myself, yourself, etc) and reciprocal
pronouns (each other, one another).
At the beginning of this unit in the “Grammar in context” section of your textbook you will see an article
from a psychology magazine called “Self-talk”. First, do the activity “Before you Read” before reading the
article. Then read carefully the article and do the activity “After you Read”.
I suggest you do the following exercise in order to check your comprehension:
Exercise:
What problem did Tom and Sara have?
_______________________________________________________________
Who had a positive reaction to the problem?
_______________________________________________________________
What helped Sara have a positive reaction?
_______________________________________________________________
You can take a look now at the charts in the “Grammar Presentation” section. You will study how to form
a sentence using reflexive and reciprocal pronouns. After that read the explanations and examples in the
“Grammar notes” section. In addition, refer to Appendix 3 on page A-2 of your textbook for a list of verbs
that often take reflexive pronouns. This will help you improve your knowledge of this topic.
Until now you have studied how to form sentences using reflexive and reciprocal pronouns. Now you are
ready to work on the exercises in the sections called “Focused Practice” and “Communication Practice”
in your textbook. These activities will allow you to practice the meanings and uses of reflexive and
reciprocal pronouns.
With these activities we have concluded this topic. If you have any difficulty when doing the exercises,
you can review the “Grammar Notes” section again or you can call me or send me an e-mail. If everything
is clear, let’s study the next topic.
2.2 Phrasal Verbs
Are you ready for phrasal verbs? I’m sure you are! Let me tell you that phrasal verbs consist of a verb and
a particle which often changes the meaning of the verb; for example, the phrasal verb “pick up” (where
“pick” is the verb and “up” is the particle.)
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