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CELTA HCMC 11/5 05/06/2015Assignment 1

Task a) You shouldnt have told her!

Analysis of Meaning: We use the pure modal verb in its negative form shouldnt. It is used to give advice shouldnt have told making reference to a past action. These set up the scene for an uncertain logical deduction: now she knows. This marks an uncertain response from her.Context: What have you just done!? You shouldnt have told her! Annie knows about the surprise party. Now we must think about something else.Checking understanding:Did he spoil the surprise? YesWhat does she know now? She knows about the surpriseIs this a good or a bad thing? Ss answer

Form: used to advise someone about something necessary/unnecessary. Negative form. Past.SubjectShouldNot HavePast participle

YouShouldnthave toldher!

Phonology: Ss need to learn the stress in shouldnt and told as these underline the meaning of the sentence. Have takes a weak form /hv/ instead of /hv/. / j dnt hv tld h! /You shouldnt have told her!

Task b)Ill have finished the decorating by Friday.

Analysis of Meaning: we use future perfect form will have finished to express the action of decorating as already having been completed by Friday. We dont know if the action started, but we know that the action will be completed by Friday.

Context: I started decorating my home today. I am still working on it during this week. Ill have finished the decorating by Friday.Checking understanding:Have I started decorating? YesCould I finish on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday? YesCould I finish on Thursday? YesWill I finish decorating in the future? Yes, by FridayWill I finish on Saturday? No Now? ? ? ? ?Friday Future

Form:we frequently use this form with by or before.SubjectWill/shall/be going toHave + past participle

I llhave + finished the decorating by Friday.

Phonology: / al hv fnt/Ill have finished the decorating by Friday. Students need to know that have takes a weak form / hv/.

Task c)You dont have to come to my party if you dont want to. Analysis of Meaning: In this example we use the semi-modal verb dont have to when it is not necessary to do something but you can if you want. Eg: external social obligations.Context: I would like to invite you to my birthday party this Saturday. You dont have to come to the party if you dont want to. We are going to meet all our colleagues from university.

Checking understanding:Did I invite you to my party? YesIs it optional to come to my party? YesWill I get upset if you dont come to my party? No

Form: negative form -> dont (auxiliary+nt) + have to (auxiliary) + come (main verb)I/you/we/they/he/she/itdonthave tocome

Phonology:You dont have to come to my party if you dont want to./ju dnt hv t km t ma prti f ju dnt wnt t/

Task d)He got away with cheating in his exams.

Analysis of Meaning: When someone achieves something, despite not doing it correctly or properly. The meaning of this phrasal verb (idiom) has various connotations when someone escapes blame for something, not get caught, criticized or punished for doing something wrong. Another meaning of the phrasal verb got away with is to manage to do something bad without being punished or criticized forContext: Show the students a picture of a student sitting at his desk, taking an exam and holding a bunch of small notes he used for cheating. Tell them: It was a difficult exam that I really wanted to pass. I prepared some notes and planed a strategy to cheat in this exam. The teacher wasnt looking when I took out my notes from the pocket. No one found out that I was cheating.Checking understanding:Is cheating in exams allowed? NoHave I got punished or criticized for doing something wrong? NoHave you ever got away with cheating in exams? Ss answers.

Form: Phrasal verb consisting of a verb and a preposition or adverb that modifies or changes the meaning. got away with is an inseparable verb it needs a direct object (he) but this cant go between the verb (got) and the particle (adverb + preposition -> away + with).Phonology: /gt we w/He got away with cheating in the exams.Ss may have difficulties in pronouncing as they may pronounce it t. The stress falls on the first syllable of away.

Task e)She felt disheartened after this match.Analysis of Meaning: when a person feels depressed, afraid, beaten, broken, despondent, dispirited, disappointed, discouraged, unhappy we say that person is disheartened. Disheartened is the flexed form of the verb to dishearten (to make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy). The verbs transforms into an adjective.Context: Show several pictures of two friends attending a football match to activate schemata. Yesterday they went to watch the football game of their favorite team. Their team lost. They were disheartened after match.Checking understanding:Is a disheartened person unhappy? YesWhy? Because that person feels bad about somethingWhat makes me disheartened? An unhappy eventHave you ever felt disheartened? Why? What made you feel like this? Ss answers

Form: Disheartened adjective.Phonology:/dshtnd/Ss in an upper intermediate class should not have problems pronouncing this word. Even so it is helpful for them to know the stress comes on the second syllable heart ht.

Bibliography:1. Grammar for English Language Teachers by Martin Parrot (CUP, 2000)2. Practical English Usage by Michael Swan (OUP, 1980)