Olga Denti & Luisanna Fodde

FACOLTÀ DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE, GIURIDICHE E POLITICHE

CdL Economia e Gestione AziendaleUNIT 4

a.a. 2013/2014

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OUTLINE

Review of Unit 2-3 pp. 26-27, 38-39 Unit 4: Can/can’t Like + v-ing Object pronouns Possessive pronouns

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CAN/CAN’T …

Can is a modal auxiliary verb and has two main meanings: ability and possibility

Ability: I can play the piano (I know how to play the piano)

Possibility: I can come to the party (I have the possibility to come to the party

Request: Can you help me? (a third meaning found in questions asking for something)

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CAN/CAN’T…

Can’t comes from cannot and it’s a contracted form

Can never changes, does not add the –s for the third person singular and is followed by the verb in the base form (infinitive without to): I can play soccer NOT I can to play soccer

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CAN/CAN’T

Affirmative: I/you/he/she/it/we/they can run

Negative: I/you/he/she/it/we/they cannot/can’t run

Interrogative: Can I/you/he/she/it/we/they run?

Interrogative negative: Can’t I/you/he/she/it/we/they run

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LIKE + V-ING

Sentiment verbs such as like, enjoy, love, hate, don’t mind (both in the affirmative and in the negative) are followed by the verb in the –ing form

Examples: I love reading books, I like playing football, I enjoy watching crime stories, I hate driving in the rain, I don’t mind wearing those shoes

The same rule is followed by the verbs start, begin, end, finish, stop

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V-ING

The –ing form is obtained from the union of the base form of the verb with –ing. This is also called present participle or gerund

Examples: talk – talking, dream – dreaming, study – studying, stay – staying, love – loving (the –e disappears), drive – driving

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OBJECT PRONOUNS

Object pronouns, which replace nouns) go after the verb or a preposition (with, at, of, from, to …): I call her, I go with them

SUBJECT PRONOUNS

OBJECT PRONOUNS

I ME

YOU YOU

HE HIM

SHE HER

IT IT

WE US

YOU YOU

THEY THEM

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POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Possessive pronouns indicate possession and substitute a possessive adjective followed by a noun: This is my book and that’s yours

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

MY MINEYOUR YOURSHIS HISHER HERSITS ITSOUR OURSYOUR YOURSTHEIR THEIRS

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It breaks … heart ‘couse I knowyou’re the one for …Don’t …feel sad,there never was a story, obviously….’ll never be, oh

and … would never knowI would never showWhat … feel, what I need from …, noand … would never know… would never showWhat I feel, what I need from …

With every smile comes … reality, ironyYou won’t find out what has been killing …

Can’t you see … ?can’t …see?

and … would never knowI would never showWhat … feel, what … need from …, no

and You would never know

… would never showWhat … feel, what … need from … , no, no… would never knowI would never showWhat … feel, what I need from …, no, no

No no …’ll never knowNo no no …’ll never knowNo no no, love …, love me, love …, love me, no

and … would never knowI would never showWhat … feel, what … need from …, no, no… would never know… would never showWhat … feel, what … feel, what … feel

what … need, what … need from …, no

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HOMEWORK

Exercise p. 49 Describe one of your friends and send

the writing to odenti@unica.it