Monday, June 16th 2003

 

Unit 7 – Demands and expectations

 

Workbook p.92 - 2. Le verbe “want” (vouloir)

 

book p.98 - 1. What do they want people to do?

 

1) This man wants his son to do his homework.

    He doesn’t want him to watch television.

 

2) This girl wants her dog to catch the ball.

 

3) This lady wants the teenager to take the dustbin out.

 

4) The teacher wants the pupils to concentrate.

    He would like them to concentrate.
    He doesn’t want them to make mistakes.
    He would like them
not to make mistakes.

 

5) The doctor wants the child to get exercise.

    He is telling him to get exercise.

          is asking

    He doesn’t want him to eat sweet food.

    He is telling him not to eat sweet food.

          is asking

 

 

Tuesday, June 17th 2003

 

Workbook p.94: TO / NOT TO

 

book p.107 - 5 :

1. Sandra’s mother doesn’t want her to go out in the evening.

2. I would like my father to be at home more often.

3. My friend asked me to lend him / her money.

4. The doctor told Laura to eat less sugar / fewer sweets.

5. The teachers would like us to work more.

 

On n’utilise jamais “that” après les verbes “want”, “ask”, “tell” et “would like”.

 

I like playing football.

    

  goût

I would like to play football.

            

     souhait

 

book p.99 - 2 : suggestions

1) Let’s + V                            (ex: Let’s work!)

2) Shall I + V / Shall we + V (ex: Shall we work!)

3) Why not + V                      (ex: Why not work?)

4) Why don’t we + V             (ex: Why don’t we work?)

5) What about + V-ing           (ex: What about working?)

6) How about + V-ing            (ex: How about working?)

 

 

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