INGLES 2 MEDIO JO - Textos Escolares
INGLES 2 MEDIO JO - Textos Escolares
INGLES 2 MEDIO JO - Textos Escolares
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10<br />
Write at least three other questions you could ask the Hobbiton Manager<br />
before you book a holiday. Ask your partner to answer them.<br />
11 Choose the correct word, say or tell.<br />
a. I get really angry when you tell / say lies.<br />
b. When you see Sean, could you tell / say hello for me?<br />
c. Please, could you tell / say your sister that I can't meet her tonight?<br />
d. They tell / say Georgette is French, but she could also be Canadian.<br />
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK<br />
May / might<br />
1. Study these sentences from the text paying special attention to the<br />
words in bold.<br />
a. You may take the full tour in a horse-drawn carriage.<br />
b. Kids may use the playground facilities or the video room.<br />
c. The cheese farm tour might take an additional 45 minutes.<br />
d. It might take up to four hours by coach or three and a half hours by train.<br />
2. What do the sentences express?<br />
a. Suggestion b. Polite request. c. Possibility.<br />
3. The answer is c - we are expressing that something is possible (we are<br />
making a prediction) now or for the future. The only difference is the<br />
degree of possibility.<br />
a. It may rain tomorrow - it is quite possible it will rain tomorrow(+).<br />
b. It might rain tomorrow -it is less possible it will rain tomorrow(–).<br />
4. Go back to the reading text. Find and copy all the sentences with may or<br />
might. Can you identify the degree of possibility?<br />
12<br />
Choose may or might.<br />
a. Where is he from?<br />
He ______ be from Cataluña because his name is Ignasi Barceló.<br />
b. What do you think you will do on your winter holiday?<br />
I'm not sure yet. We ______ go to Valdivia or Puerto Montt.<br />
c. Look at the clouds! They are heavy and black.<br />
Yes, it ______ rain really soon.<br />
d. Is she from Canada?<br />
She ______ be. Why do you ask?<br />
Because of her accent - she speaks French but with a different accent.<br />
13 Make predictions using may / might and the prompts provided . Write the<br />
sentences in your notebook.<br />
a. class / organise / picnic or a party<br />
b. you / study / gastronomy or marketing<br />
c. your friend / go to Arica or Calama<br />
d. petrol prices / increase or decrease<br />
e. you / see the film "Benjamin Button" on Saturday or on Sunday<br />
Danger<br />
Say and tell mean decir, but<br />
they are used differently.<br />
You say something but you<br />
tell someone something.<br />
I said goodbye / I said<br />
goodbye to Mary, but I am<br />
telling Mary a story.<br />
Certain expressions are<br />
always used with tell: tell<br />
jokes, tell the truth, tell a lie,<br />
while others are always used<br />
with say: say prayers, say<br />
good bye, say hello.<br />
HOW STRANGE! HOW WONDERFUL!<br />
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