Unit 6: GOING OUT

Unit description

This unit focuses on the topic of being out and about. Learners will listen to a radio program about musical events in town that week. They will listen to and take part in a dialogue in which two woman are parting after lunch in a café, and will read instructions for preparing to go out on a big date. The grammar section deals with conjunctions - pairs of, in short answers, and review.

Contents

1. Conjunctions Pairs

2. Entertainment

1. Conjunctions Pairs

Teacher's Explanation

Important issues to bear in mind

Cuando utilizamos EITHER o NEITHER el verbo que esta después de OR o NOR va en singular o en plural dependiendo de si el sustantivo es singular o plural.

Neither John nor his friends are going to the beach today.

Neither John nor his friend is going to the beach today.

Either Mary or her mom studies English.

Either Mary or her parents study English.

He was neither interested nor excited.
(El neither no se puede usar con una megación-el verbo debe ir en afirmativo)

He wasn't either interested or excited. (con verbo negativo también tiene el sentido de NI)

NOT ONLY BUT ALSO une dos sustantivos, dos adjetivos, dos adverbios, dos verbos o dos frases preposicionales. Ambos deben coincidir en tipo de. La misma secuencia aplica para frases con la conjunción BOTH … AND…

He is not only talented but also handsome (Ambos son adjetivos)

She plays not only the guitar but also the violin (Ambos son sustantivos)

I write not only correctly but also neatly (Ambos son adverbios)

They are good not only at Mathematics but also at English (Ambas son frases proposicionales)

Juanes not only plays the guitar but also composes music (Ambos son verbos)

SUGGESTED LINKS TO CONTINUE PRACTICING

CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

http://www.gingersoftware.com/content/grammar-rules/conjunctions/conjunction-exercises/

http://www.curso-ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-intermedio/conjunctions/conjunctions