UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE HONDURAS

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Module # _4
I. General Information
Subject: English III CODE: INE-0206
Credit Units: 3 Module Duration: 10 days
Introduction
In this module you will learn to use could to ask for favors. You will also learn to
build subject questions.

I. Specific Objectives:
To use could to ask for favors.
To use who/which and simple past tense form to ask subject questions.
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II. Contents
Vocabulary
How to sound impressed: Aaaagh! I can’t get a signal.
Wow, so early! Can you?
No!! I can´t believe it! Is there a public phone near
That’s great! here?
Fantastic!
Incredible! What a fantastic Asking for favors
routine! Question: Could you…..?
Responses:
Five Common Phone I’m really sorry, but I can’t.
Phrases Sure. There you go.
The line’s terrible. Can I call Come on, I can do it tomorrow.
you later? Don’t worry. I’ll get it.
Oh no! My cell battery’s dead. Sorry, it’s Brian’s turn today.
I have no credit. Can I use your That depends. What do you
phone? want?
Ok, I’ll do it now.

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Grammar
Modal Could
Could is a modal that can be used to ask for a favor or request.
We use Could you please + verb + complement
Example: Could you please bring a chair.
Could you please call Karla in.
Subject and Object questions
Usually, when we ask a question, we want to know about the object of the answer:

 What did you lose?

 I lost my purse.

'My purse' is the object of the answer and 'what' is the object of the question. (The
subject of the question is 'you'.)

Here's another example:

 Who did John meet?

 John met Lucy.

'Lucy' is the object of the answer and 'who' is the object of the question.

When we usually learn about how to make a question, we learn about object
questions, because they are the most common type of question. The normal rules
that you learn about making questions, such as inverting the question word and the
auxiliary verb, or adding 'do', 'does' or 'did', are all used in object questions.

However, sometimes we want to ask a question where the thing we want to know is
actually the subject of the answer.

Here's an answer:

 Lucy kissed John.

We can ask about John, in a normal object question:

 Who did Lucy kiss?

But we can also ask about Lucy:

 Who kissed John?

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'Who kissed John?' is a subject question. We don't need to use inversion, or add
'did'. Instead, we just take out 'Lucy' from the answer (which is a normal sentence)
and add 'who'. We generally make subject questions using 'who' or 'what'.

Let's have a look at some more examples:

 James dropped the glass.

 Object question: What did James drop?
 Subject question: Who dropped the glass?

 We will read the book.

 Object question: What will you read?
 Subject question: Who will read the book?

 Amanda washed the car.

 Object question: What did Amanda wash?
 Subject question: Who washed the car?

 The students like their new professor.

 Object question: Who do the students like?
 Subject question: Who likes the new professor?

 I'm buying some bread.

 Object question: What are you buying?
 Subject question: Who is buying some bread?

I. BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Textbook: English ID 1B, Editorial Richmond, 2da Edición.

2. Workbook: English ID 1B, Editorial Macmillan, 2da Edición.
3. Diccionario de Ingles / Español o www.dictionary.com
4. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Open Mind www.macmillanmind.com
5. English Central Website- www.englishcentral.com