Free English Work- & Textbook Lesson on: www.english-portal.net „At the Stadium“ Dialogue : photo © Paha_L – FOTOLIA Brian: The opponent plays well! Their fast offender is very dangerous He aims very precisely and shoots very hard Linda: Our team is not bad either Our goalkeeper keeps the ball very safe Brian: Exactly, you know this game very well! Would you like to have a delicious hot dog? Linda: Yes, together with a cold beer That would be fantastic Brian: I will bring you a beer Linda: Hurry up, because our good sweeper hurt himself Brian: Here is your beer It is actually warm Linda: And the hot dog is cold Hahaha It looks good though, and hmmmm tastes very good too! A wonderful goal has been scored Unfortunately for the opposing team Brian: Oh, I don’t know if we have a chance The opponent plays very hard and fast It is getting very difficult Linda: It does not seem to be easy, because our best defender seriously hurt himself Brian: But our team must win, otherwise they cannot play in the World Cup We cannot give the opponent so many chances Linda: The coach should bring in a new player Our midfield players cannot run anymore (c) 2006 by Mag Schaller, Salzburg, www.english-portal.net Get the free monthly lessons on www.english-portal.net 15 Free English Work- & Textbook on: www.english-portal.net Brian: You might be quite right He is still allowed to exchange another player in I would bring in a younger player! Linda: May I have another sip of beer? Brian: Of course Oh, no! That can’t be! 0:2! I think we should go! Linda: Yes me too I should not stay out so late tonight I have to watch out for my little sister! Brian: But we can still go out on another date again, right?! Let us go to the cinema tomorrow! Linda: That would be nice! I not want to miss "Love me, if you can"! Bye! Grammar A: Adverbs : Adverbs modify verbs (adverbs of manner), adjectives/past participle and other adverbs usually by providing information how something is done or the degree of an adjective/past participle (adverbs of degree) or adverb (adverbs of degree) Most adverbs are formed by adding ly or -ally to an adjective There are also adverbs of place and time (e g “there”, “yesterday”), adverbs of frequency (e g “sometimes”, “never”) and sentence adverbials (e g “actually”) Some Exceptions: Good-well, fast-fast, hard-hard, early-early, late-late, high–high, friendly – in a friendly way … “Hardly” means: “almost not”, “Nearly” means: „almost but not quite“… Some adjectives can follow certain verbs (verbs of appearance and sense): e g forms of “to be”, “get”, “grow”, “taste”, “smell”, “feel” … Grammar B: Modal Verbs / Modal Verbs can (expressing ability or possibility) – negative form: “cannot” or can´t”, may (asking for permission or expressing possibility) – negative form: “may not” or “must not” (expressing strong forbiddance), Must (expressing necessity to something) – negative form: “need not (needn´t)” or “do not (don´t) have to”, Should (expressing advice and opinion or expectation) – negative form: “should not (shouldn´t)” : Alternative Forms: be able to (expressing ability), could (expressing general ability or permission) be allowed to (expressing permission), might (expressing possibility and/or that a situation is not real) have to (more impersonal than must) ought to (c) 2006 by Mag Schaller, Salzburg, www.english-portal.net Get the free monthly lessons on www.english-portal.net 16 Free English Work- & Textbook Exercise A on: www.english-portal.net : Fill in the correct form: “adverb” or “adjective” Choose from this box: actually bad best cold cold dangerous delicious difficult easy Exactly fantastic fast fast good good good hard hard precisely safe seriously Unfortunately warm well well wonderful Brian: The opponent plays ! Their offender is very He aims very and shoots very Linda: Our team is not either Our goalkeeper keeps the ball very Brian: , you know this game very ! Would you like to have a hot dog? Linda: Yes, together with a beer That would be Brian: I will bring you a beer Linda: Hurry up, because our sweeper hurt himself Brian: Here is your beer It is Linda: And the hot dog is Hahaha It looks though, and hmmmm tastes very too! A goal has been scored for the opposing team Brian: Oh, I don’t know if we have a chance The opponent plays very and It is getting very Linda: It does not seem to be , because our defender hurt himself Exercise B : Fill in the correct modal verb / auxiliary verb Choose from this box: allowed can can cannot cannot cannot cannot have Let May might should should should would would Brian: But our team win, otherwise they play in the World Cup We give the opponent so many chances Linda: The coach bring in a new player Our midfield players run anymore Brian: You be quite right He is still to exchange another player in I bring in a younger player! Linda: I have another sip of beer? Brian: Of course Oh, no! That be! 0:2! I think we go! Linda: Yes me too I not stay out so late tonight I to watch out for my little sister! Brian: But we still go out on another date again, right?! us go to the cinema tomorrow! Linda: That be nice! I not want to miss "Love me, if you "! Bye! (c) 2006 by Mag Schaller, Salzburg, www.english-portal.net Get the free monthly lessons on www.english-portal.net 17 ... 2006 by Mag Schaller, Salzburg, www .english- portal.net Get the free monthly lessons on www .english- portal.net 16 Free English Work- & Textbook Exercise A on: www .english- portal.net : Fill in the.. .Free English Work- & Textbook on: www .english- portal.net Brian: You might be quite right He is still allowed to exchange... "Love me, if you "! Bye! (c) 2006 by Mag Schaller, Salzburg, www .english- portal.net Get the free monthly lessons on www .english- portal.net 17