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FACOLTÀ DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE, GIURIDICHE E POLITICHE CdL Economia e Gestione Aziendale UNIT 4 a.a. 2014/2015 Olga Denti OUTLINE Review of Unit 2-3 pp. 26-27, 38-39 Unit 4: Can/can’t Like + v-ing Object pronouns Possessive pronouns Olga Denti 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) Olga Denti 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 Olga Denti 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? Olga Denti 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 Olga Denti 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 Olga Denti OBJECT PRONOUNS Object pronouns, which replace nouns, go after the verb or a preposition (with, at, of, from, to, etc.): I call her, I go with them Olga Denti SUBJECT PRONOUNS OBJECT PRONOUNS I ME YOU YOU HE HIM SHE HER IT IT WE US YOU YOU THEY THEM 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 MY YOUR HIS HER ITS OUR YOUR THEIR Olga Denti POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS MINE YOURS HIS HERS ITS OURS YOURS THEIRS It breaks … heart ‘couse I know you’re the one for … Don’t …feel sad, there never was a story, obviously ….’ll never be, oh and … would never know I would never show What … feel, what I need from …, no and … would never know … would never show What I feel, what I need from … … would never show What … feel, what … need from … , no, no … would never know I would never show What … feel, what I need from …, no, no No no …’ll never know No no no …’ll never know No no no, love …, love me, love …, love me, no With every smile comes … reality, irony You won’t find out what has been killing … and … would never know Can’t you see … ? I would never show can’t …see? What … feel, what … need from …, no, no … would never know and … would never know I would never show … would never show What … feel, what … need from …, no What … feel, what … feel, what … feel and You would never know Olga Denti what … need, what … need from …, no http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvY_RHqnOHQ HOMEWORK Exercise p. 49 Describe one of your friends and send the writing to [email protected] Olga Denti