Facoltà  di  Scienze  Economiche,  Giuridiche  e  Poli7che  

CdL  Economia  e  Ges/one  Aziendale  UNIT  8  

a.a. 2015/2016

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Outline    

Future  forms:  Will/be  going  to  (pags.80  &  142);  Adjec/ves:  Compara/ves  &  Superla/ves      (pags.

76-­‐77  &  142);  

 Personality  Adjec/ves  Word  forma/on:  Adverbs  (pags.  84  &  144);  

Would…like  /  do…like?  

P. 142

•  Future  plans  –  I’m  going  to  go  to  the  US  next  month,  I’m  going  to  talk  to  him  tomorrow  

•  Predic/ons  –  I  think  it’s  going  to  rain  (because  it’s  cloudy  and  it’s  very  possible/probable  that  it’s  going  to  rain)  

 

Contracted   Nega/ve   Interroga/ve   Interroga/ve  nega/ve  

I’m  going  to  travel  

I’m  not  going  to  travel    

Am  I  going  to  travel?  

Aren’t  I  going  to  travel?  

he/she/it’s  going  to  travel  

he/she/it  isn’t  going  to  travel  

Is  he/she/it  going  to  travel?  

Isn’t  he/she/it  going  to  travel?  

You//we/they’re  going  to  travel  

You//we/they  aren’t  going  to  travel  

Are  you//we/they  going  to  travel?  

Aren’t  you//we/they  going  to  travel?  

P. 143

P.143

Pag.143  (bis)  

   Be  going  to  P. 143

Be  going  to  

Signal Words: in one year, next week, tomorrow.. Examples: She's going to the exhibition tomorrow. I am going to study harder next year. I'm going to retire next month.

Be  going  to  

In  English,  there  are  many  ways  of  expressing  future  Ame.  One  of  the  most  common  is  the  

"be  going  to"  construcAon.      

Be  going  to  

How to form "be going to" sentences. To make a verb form with “be going to”, you first put the verb “be” into the correct form to agree with the subject, then add “going to”+ the simple form of the verb. Examples: I am going to study Is she going to study? They aren’t going to study.

Be  going  to  

1.We use 'going to' when we talk about plans for the future. Example: I'm going to see my friends later today. 2.We use 'going to' when we want to make a prediction based on evidence we can see now: Look at those black clouds. It's going to rain soon.

•  Will  +  infini/ve  –  instant  decisions,  offers,  promises,  predic/ons  

•  To  be  going  to  –  plans,  predic/ons      

Future  Forms:  Introduc/on  

•  Instant  decisions:  I’ll  give  you  a  ride  to  the  party  

•  Offers:  I’ll  help  you  with  that  homework  •  Promises:    I’ll  do  it  tomorrow  •  Predic/ons:  I  think  sales  will  increase    

Contracted   Nega/ve   Interroga/ve   Interroga/ve  nega/ve  

I’ll  cook   I  won’t  cook  (I  will  not  cook)  

Will  I  cook?   Won’t  I  cook?  

You/he/she/it/we/they’ll  cook  

You/he/she/it/we/they  won’t  cook  

Will  you/he/she/it/we/they  cook?  

Won’t  you/he/she/it/we/they  cook?  

p. 72

p. 140

Pag.142  

p. 141

P. 77

P. 77

P. 77

p.77

p. 76

Compara/ve  &  superla/ve  forms  Adjec7ves  in  the  base  form   Compara7ves     Superla7ves  (THE  +)  

1  SYLLABLE  ADJECTIVES  TALL    SMALL    NICE    Double  Consonant  (CVC)  THIN    FAT  

+  -­‐ER  TALLER  SMALLER  NICER    THINNER  FATTER  

+  -­‐EST    THE  TALLEST  THE  SMALLEST  THE  NICEST    THE  THINNEST  THE  FATTEST  

2  SYLLABLES  ADJS  WITH  Y  HEAVY    TASTY    TINY    

+  -­‐IER    HEAVIER  TASTIER  TINIER  CRAZIER  

+  -­‐IEST    THE  HAVIEST  THE  TASTIEST  THE  TINIEST  THE  CRAZIEST  

2/3/4  or  MORE  SYLLABLES  COMFORTABLE  DANGEROUS    

+  MORE  MORE  COMFORTABLE  MORE  DANGEROUS    

+  MOST  THE  MOST  COMFORTABLE  THE  MOST  DANGEROUS    

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

GOOD – BETTER – THE BEST BAD – WORSE – THE WORST FAR – FURTHER – THE FURTHEST MUCH/MANY – MORE – THE MOST

Remember: we ALWAYS have to use than after the comparative to introduce the person or thing we compare to. E.g., John is taller than Jim. London is more expensive than Cagliari. Superlatives are used to compare one person or thing to a group

Lower degree comparatives & superlatives: they are introduced by less and the least E.g., she is less tall than her brother, that is the least bright colour Same degree comparatives: as … as, so … as E.g., Tom is as intelligent as his sister

Pag.142  (bis)  

SuperlaAves    

p. 143

• We  use  adverbs  to  express  manner  (how):  quickly,  slowly    • While  adjec/ves  qualify  nouns,  adverbs  qualify  verbs:  e.g.,  I  speak  English  very  well  • We  form  adverbs  by  adding  –ly  to  the  adjec/ve:  e.g.,  sad-­‐ly,  bad-­‐ly  • Some  adjec/ves  go  through  a  morphological  change:  e.g.,  happy  –  happily      • Irregular  adverbs:  fast-­‐fast,  good-­‐well,  hard-­‐hard    

Careful Serious

Quiet Generous Stylish

Aggressive Friendly Rude

Careless Funny Nervous Kind Polite Ruthless Unfriendly Fashionable

Personality  Adjec/ves    

• A.  Would  you  like  to  go  to  a  pizzeria?  B.  I  love  ea/ng  pizza!!!  • I’d  like  to  drink  a  cup  of  coffee  v  I  like  drinking  (a  cup  of)  coffee  :  what  is  the  difference?  • I’d  like  to  expresses  something  I’d  like  to  do  in  the  future  or  now  while  I  like  to  expresses  a  general  statement    • In  the  interroga/ve  form,  would  like  to  expresses  offer  –  e.g.,  Would  you  like  to  go  shopping?    

Contracted   Nega/ve   Interroga/ve   Interroga/ve  nega/ve  

I’d  like  to   I  wouldn’t  like  to  

Would  I  like  to?  

Wouldn’t  I  like  to?  

You/he/she/it/we/they’d  like  to    

You/he/she/it/we/they  wouldn’t  like  to  

Would  you/he/she/it/we/they  like  to?  

Wouldn’t  you/he/she/it/we/they  like  to?  

p. 144

p. 144

p. 144

Pag.146  

Pag.146  (bis)  

Travel  blogs  (pag.  85)  

p. 86

COMPLETE:  

ADJECTIVES   ADVERBS  

aggressive  

stylish  

nicely  

dangerous  

polite  

carefully  

quiet  

healthy  

wealthily  

well  

badly  

AdjecAve  &  Adverb  ADJECTIVES   ADVERBS  aggressive   aggressively  stylish   stylishly  nice   nicely  dangerous   dangerously  polite   politely  careful   carefully  quiet   quietly  healthy   healthily  wealthy   wealthily  good   well  bad   badly  

AdjecAve  or  Adverb?    Ac/vity  1.    

Fill  in  the  correct  form  –  Adjec/ve  or  Adverb    1.  Jack  is  a  very_________  learner.  (quick)  2.  Don’t  talk  so___________  !  (loud)  3.  Temperatures  are  going  to  be  very______        today.  (high)  4.  I  am  cold,  /red  and_______    .  (hungry)    5.  He  closed  the  door  _________  .  (angry)      

Ac/vity  1.  ANSWERS  

1.  Jack  is  a  very  quick  learner.  2.  Don’t  talk  so  loudly!    3.  Temperatures  are  going  to  be  very  high  

today.    4.  I  am  cold,  /red  and    hungry.  5.  He  closed  the  door  angrily.        

 Write  an  advert  about  your  town  /city.  

Follow  the  instruc/ons  and  read  the  example  on  page  78.  

Send  it  to  lsoma@unica.it  for  correc/on.      

(2)-­‐-­‐-­‐  

Pag.86  –(1)  

Pag.86  (2)  

Task  2.  Choose  the  correct  forms  among  the  given  ones:    

1)  He  played  a.  Beau/ful      b.  beau/fully  c.  the  most  beau/ful  

 2)  The  TV  is  too…  

a.  Loud    b.  louder  c.  loudly    

3)  English  people  speak…  a.  Fast    b.  fastly  c.  the  faster.  

 

Task  2.  4)  He  reads………in  class.  a.  Good      b.  welly    c.  well  

 5.She  will  go  on  holiday…  

a.  Short    b.  shorter  c.  shortly.    

6.  Our  students  don’t  think  English  is  an…..language  

a.  Easily  b.  easy    c.  the  easiest.  

Task  2  

ANSWERS    1  b  2  a  3  a  4  c  5  c    6.b  

Adverbs  

AdjecAve  or  Adverb?