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Section 8B practises:
. intonation, pronunciation of silent letters and can/ can't
. the zero conditional
12 Shadow read the text. Read aloud and copy the intonation as closely as you can. Professional Tip
Pause the audio after each sentence. Repeat each sentence twice before continuing to the next one. Try to copy the exact tone of voice. This is a good technique to use in class too.
Every day I have lunch at the same restaurant near the school. It's a self-service restaurant, a ´por kilo´ - you pay according to how much your food weighs. All the teachers at my school eat there. I usually only have a salad with either chicken or fish. I can't eat two big meals a day. I'm careful about what I eat and try to have red meat only once a week if I can. Then it's back to work at another school. I normally teach eight or nine classes a day.
In the evenings I get home at about 7.00. Like most Brazilians I have to watch the soaps so we generally have dinner after the first one, at about 8.30. Thiago has football training twice a week so we eat later on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If we have meat, vegetables or feijoada, Thiago cooks. If we want rice, I do it because he hates cooking rice. After dinner, we just relax and watch TV or listen to music. We hardly ever go out during the week. We don't usually go to bed before 11.30. Six hours' sleep is enough for me and I can't sleep if I go to bed too early.
13 Pronunciation. English spelling is made more difficult by 'silent letters'. For example: choc
Cross out the silent letters in these words from the text.
every restaurant near school weighs usually two what eight once evenings watch
generally Tuesdays vegetables listen usually enough early
Professional Tip
. When teaching, strike out silent letters in words like this for students to see, copy and remember them.
. Encourage students to keep a page listing 'Words with Silent Letters' in their vocabulary notebooks.
. Encourage students to keep a page listing 'Words with Silent Letters' in their vocabulary notebooks.
14 Complete what Fernanda says. Listen and check. What's the name of this structure?1. I ______ to _____ red meat only once a week if I _____.
2. If we ______ meat or vegetables, Thiago ______.
3. If we _______ rice, I _______ it.
4. I ______ sleep if I ______ to bed too early.
15 Write the names of the tenses and choose a, b , c or d.
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Zero Conditional Form: If we want rice, I cook it. If + __________ + ___________ Use: To talk about: a The past b The future c Right now d Something that is always true. |
16 Read and listen. What's the difference in meaning and form?a) If I go to bed too early, I can't sleep.
b) I can't sleep if I go to bed too early.
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You can also use the zero conditional: . to give advice and orders If you want to earn a lot of money, don't teach. If + present simple + the imperative If you're driving to school in the rush hour, leave early. If + present continuous + the imperative . to talk about scientific laws If you mix yellow and blue, you get green . to talk about something that was always true If I gave private classes, I earned extra money. If + past simple + past simple If is similar to when. When is more certain than if. |
17 Match a sentence from the left and one from the right to make one long If sentence. Listen and check.Example: Students get good exam results. The parents are happy.
If students get good exam results, the parents are happy.
| 1. ____ you arrive early at school, | you don't have time for breakfast. |
| 2. ____ you get up early, | don't worry about everything. |
| 3. ____ you get up late, | you miss your favourite soap on TV. |
| 4. ____ you eat dinner before 8.30, | open a window. |
| 5. ____ you go out during the week, | you get fat. |
| 6. ____ you want to get high marks, | there's time for a cup of coffee. |
| 7. ____ you eat too much rice, | do your homework. |
| 8. ____ you feel hot, | you can do some yoga. |
| 9. ____ you want to be happy, | you get really tired at school. |
18 Match the sentence halves to make famous proverbs. Listen and check. How many of these have equivalents in Portuguese?| 1. If at first you don't succeed, | you must respect yourself. (Spanish Proverb) |
| 2. If you can't beat them, | he's no judge of Jill's beauty. (Benjamin Franklin) |
| 3. If you want your dreams to come true, | join them. (American Proverb) |
| 4. If it ain't broke, | don't fix it. (American Proverb) |
| 5. If Jack's in love, | try, try again. (Scottish Proverb) |
| 6. If you want to be respected, | don't sleep. (Yiddish Proverb) |
19 Complete with can or can't. Listen and check.1. She ____do yoga but she _____ do Tai Chi.
2. ____ she do yoga? Yes she ____.
3. ____ she do Tai Chi? No she _____.
20 Listen. Do you hear can or can't? 1. I can't come to school today.
2. She can see you on Monday morning.
3. My friend can't see the board.
4. Can't they see I'm busy?
5. You can write very well.
6. Can he hear you?
21 Pronunciation. Listen again and repeat the sentences.1) with a British accent
2) with an American accent
What differences can you hear?
22 Update your Portfolio. Describe your typical afternoon and evening routines. Try to use the grammar from this unit. Record your sentences onto your Portfolio cassette.
Examples:
If it rains after school and I can't go for a walk, I sometimes go to the cinema.
I usually go to bed early during the week if I can.
à go to Unit 8 C