Offers and Requests

Offers and Requests

Lesson objective:

talk about brain functions and mental health regarding social media use, by using modal verbs to express offers and requests.

​Watch and listen to the following video with songs and then answer some questions about them

Multiple Choice

Arianna Grande: I _______ be wiser and realize that I've got...

• should

• can

• could

• will

Multiple Choice

Adele: I _______ offer you a warm embrace. 

• can

• would

• are

• could

Multiple Choice

Sam Smith:  _______ I lay by your side? 

• Can

• Would

• Shall

• Could

Multiple Choice

David Bowie:  Then, we ______ be the heroes, for just one day.

• are

• could

• can

• should

​The verbs you used to complete the songs are called modal verbs. Let's remember what they are used for:

​In English, as you know, there are different verbs that we know. The action verbs, auxiliary verbs (to determine if we have a negative sentence or a question and the tense they are in) and the modal verbs.

​Modal verbs are usually used with an action verb and they usually express specific ideas or intentions or functions of language, such as possibility, necessity, and permission. Check the following example:

I eat fruit. (real situation) --> I should eat fruit. (recommendation)

• ​Shall I tell you some facts about your brain?

• ​Would you like to have a healthier brain?

​Chech the following examples and then, answer the question below:

​What do these questions with the verbs shall and would, want to express?

​Examples expressing offers, using would and shall.-

• Would you help me step away from the computer and do other things?, I really spend too much time online.

• Shall I in​vite you to a yoga class? It would be really helpful for you.

• Would you like to have a healthier life?

​​Examples expressing requests, using can and could.- ( could is usually more formal than can)

• ​Could you do me a favour?

• ​Can you move your right arm for me?

• ​Can the brain control everything we do and perceive?

• ​Could you stop using your phone one hour before going to bed?

Practice 1:​

​Read the following statements and decide if they are Request or Offer.

Multiple Choice

Shall I help you?

• Request

• Offer

Multiple Choice

Could you tell me where the beach is?

• Request

• Offer

Multiple Choice

Can you close the window, please?

• Request

• Offer

Multiple Choice

_________we go to the cinema tonight?

• Shall

• Will

​Practice 2: Choose the correct option

​To complete the sentence as a request or an offer.

Multiple Choice

Manu, ________ I get you some water?

• Would

• Shall

Multiple Choice

________ I call my friend now?

• Would

• Could

Multiple Choice

________ you like some beans for lunch?

• Would

• Will

​In conclusion and regarding the practice exercises we have just done:

• ​Modal verbs are used to express a lot of different functions.-

• ​Can and could are used to express request, when you need someone to do something for you.

• ​Shall and Would express an offer, when you invite someone to do something with you or you offer help a person to do something.

Friday, September 24th ​

​Objective: Develop listening skills by extracting general and specific information about a text, answering true or false questions.

Open Ended

Do you know any famous sports events in Chile?

​Watch the video about one of the most important sports events in Chile. 

Activity 1: listen to a podcast about "the London Marathon" and​ identify information about the following aspects. Take notes in your notebook.

​Ex. 1: Listen and take notes about:

• ​Distance:

• Number of runners:

• ​Fastest woman

• ​Fastest man

​Activity 2: Listen again and decide if the sentences are true or false. Correct the false ones in your notebook.

• ​e.g. The London Marathon is longer than most marathons. False. All marathons are the same distance

• ​a. A Kenyan athlete set the record for the fastest man in 2011.

• ​b. A lot of the runners raise money for charity

• ​c. About 1 million people from around the world watch the event on TV

​Do you know....

​What's the origin of this famous competition?

​It has an historical event that gave origin to this race. Watch the video below.