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„At the Stadium“

Dialogue 5

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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

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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 do not want to miss "Love me, if you can"! Bye!

Grammar 5 A: Adverbs

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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 5 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 do 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)”

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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

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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 5 B

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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 do not want to miss "Love me, if you ________"! Bye!

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