IECPFALL 2013

NIKKI MATTSON

Grammar 1

Would you rather…

Agenda

1A = evaluations, Boucke 111 (11:20-12:20) DISSA presentation, Boucke 410

(12:20-1:20)

1B = Future Tense

Future (be going to/ PP + time/will)

Be going to I am going to eat lunch after class. He/she/it is going to have a party this weekend. We/you/they are going to go shopping tonight.

Present Progressive + time marker I am flying to LA at 6:00 tonight. He/she/it is leaving tomorrow. We/you/ they are moving next year.

Interviews

handout

Will

S+will+verb (base form) I will call you after class. I think I will need some more time for this

assignment. I will probably go home around 6 tonight.

Negative = won’t I won’t ever call you again. I won’t be done with this assignment on time. I won’t be home until 7 tomorrow.

Will

Use will or be going to for predictions about the future. I think it will/is going to rain tomorrow.

Tell your partner a prediction that you have about… Tomorrow Next week Next year

Will

Use will for a promise. I will call you tomorrow. I will give you the money tomorrow. I will meet you there at 5:00.

Tell your partner three promises.

Will

Use will for an offer to help. I will carry your bag for you. I’ll take you home if you need a ride. I’ll help you with your HW if you need it.

Make three offers of help to your partner.

Practice

Complete handout 1Compare your answers to your partner’s

answers

Complete handout 2Compare your answers to your partner’s

answers

Editing Race

1. I will meets with a career advisor next week.2. I going to discuss my future.3. What you are doing on Monday?4. I go away on the weekend, but I will be back

Monday.5. I am going to give you the money tomorrow.6. Hey! I am going carry your backpack if you want

me to.7. I’m going go to the party later.8. I meeting my friend at 6:00 tonight.9. When they will call you?10.We won’t to eat dinner with you today.

Comparing Tenses

Handout (pgs. 57-58)

Will, May, and Might for Future Possibility

Read pg. 348 out loud with your partner and complete B + C

Will, May, and Might

Use will when you are certain about a prediction. The test will be tomorrow.

Use may or might when you are not certain about something. We might/may complete chapter 6 tomorrow.

You can use may or might to answer future questions. Will you/ Are you going to come over at 7:00 tomorrow? I might/I may.

You cannot make contractions with may or might.Maybe and may be are different (grammatically).

Maybe I will come over tomorrow. I may be ready to come to your house at 6:00 tonight.

Practice

Pg. 351, ex. 2.1

Modals for Advice

What modals do you know for advice? Should (advice)

You should study before the test. Might want to (suggest advice)

You might want to read the chapter before tomorrow. Ought to (stronger advice, less common expression)

You ought to be nicer to your family. Had better (warning, consequence)

You had better eat your dinner or your mother will be very angry.

Try each modal in a sentence with your parnter.

Modals in Reading

Read pg. 360 out loud with your partner and complete B+C

Modals for Advice

Might want to is more polite and less direct than should, ought to, and had better. Try it out with your partner.

Use maybe, probably, or I think with should and ought to soften the advice. Maybe we should turn off our phones before class. We should probably turn off our phones now. I think we should turn off our phones

Try them out with your partner.

Use “why don’t we” to make suggestions softly and politely. Why don’t we study together before the test?

Getting Advice

handout

Practice

Pg. 364 – listen and complete

HW

1B = WB 184-1901A= None