Verbos Auxiliares

Objective:

• Identify how to use indirect speech in its various functions, such as statements, questions and commands.

• Distinguish and memorize how to use the different tenses of the passive voice

Results:

Touchstone checkpoint.

Units 7-9

1 What would you have done?

A Complete the story using the correct forms of the verbs and expressions in the box.

When Andrew was growing up, he was careful with his money. He got an allowance every week from his parents, and because he wanted to go to college, he set aside money every month. He opened a savings account that pays good interest, so his savings grew. In college, he didn´t have much money, but he have a budget and stuck to it. He keeps track of the money he spent, and when he bought things, he always pays in cash.

But then, Andrew won $1 million a lottery, and everything changed. He didn’t invests money in stocks and bonds. Instead, he went on a spending spree. He bought a house, a car, clothes, and computers, and he spent a lot on travel and entertainment. Soon he had nothing left, so he applies for a credit card and started charging his every day’s expenses. To pay his college tuition fees, he takes out a loan, which he is still paying off. Andrew has a good job now, but he still hasn’t get out of debt

B Answer the questions using past modals would have, should have, could have, must have, might have, or may have. Discuss your answers with a partner.

1.- What should Andrew have done with the money he won?

Andrew should have invested in stocks or something.

2.- Is there anything he shouldn’t have done?

Yes, He should not have spent money on travel and expensive things.

3.- What would you have done differently? What wouldn’t you have done?

I had invested a good deal. I had not spent on things that would not be able to afford.

4.- How do you think he must have felt after he’d spent all the money?

I think he must have felt frustration and anger.

5.- Why do you think Andrew went on a spending spree?

Because it was easy to have spent money that did not cost win.

C Pair work Take turns retelling Andrew’s story. Use the expressions Apparently, Evidently, and I heard that. Do any parts of it remind you of similar stories or experiences? Share them using That reminds me or That’s like.

“Andrew evidently much excited to know who won the lottery but is not put to think that way could have used that money was not on whims or expensive tastes.

Apparently he did not mind anything that may have occurred in the future to have all that money, I think that although previously been administered well in their learning expenses was not enough to handle a fortune.”

2 How many words can you remember?

B Complete the charts with nouns and adjectives. How many words can you think of to describe personal qualities or emotions? Compare with a partner.

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