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The right choice

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I love tv shows and trivia games. Today Im
going to the right choice. Do you want to
join me, today? If so, first, read what you
are going to learn during this week, and
then take your notebook and come on!

RAP: Resolver problemas del entorno sobre la base de las

funciones comunicativas pertinentes a cada situacin
Target language: Modales. Adjetivos para dar cuenta de
emociones y opiniones, y de las situaciones u objetos.
Informacin personal: datos de identificacin, intereses,
hbitos, datos de la historia familiar.
Function: Identificar problemas del entorno. Discutir
al
respecto de procesos, actitudes, eventos y necesidades
relacionadas
con la situacin problema. Proponer
alternativas de solucin. Predecir las consecuencias de las
alternativas propuestas
Evaluation Criteria: Describe problemas del entorno a partir
de elementos gramaticales y lexicales. Estable interacciones
comunicativas que fundamenten la solucin de los
problemas del entorno. Expresa las causas y consecuencias
de cada alternativa de solucin a partir de las funciones
comunicativas aplicables.

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3.1. I MUST CHANGE MY LIFE
INTRO

3.1 I MUST CHANGE MY LIFE

3.2 TRIVIA GAME

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COMPREHENSION

Answer the following questions about Enriques life.

1.

When did everything change to Enrique?

4.

What activity did not Enrique do two years ago?

a.
b.
c.

Two years ago

When he got a new job and started his career
Both

a.
b.
c.

He went to the university

He shared time with his friends
None

2.

What was Enrique like two years ago?

5.

What does Enrique have to do in his new life?

a.
b.
c.

He was active
He was a busy person
He was very relaxed

a.
b.
c.

He has to pay bills

He must study
Both

3.

Where did most of Enriques activities take place?

a.
b.
c

At the University
At home
At his girlfriends

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LEARN

Look how Betty and Enrique explain some of the different modal
expressions used in the T.V show situation:
Which modal verbs
are there in the
reading?

The modal verbs are:

Modal Verbs

Should
Must
Have to
Can
Could
Might

How Can
them?

use

It is not complicated.
Just pay attention!

A modal verb is
used to make known
communicative
functions like:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Permission
Ability
Obligation
Prohibition
Advice
possibility
probability

ABILITY
Can shows ability
in the present or
future.
E.g she can speak
English.
Could talks about
skills in the past.
E.g she could not
speak English when
she was six.

PERMISSION

INFORMAL
CAN
COULD
MAY

FORMAL

OBLIGATION
Have to say that the
obligation does not
come from the speaker.
And the speaker can not
change it.
E.g they have to respond
different questions about
the daily life.
Must shows that the
obligation comes from
the speaker.
E.g I must change my life.

Can is used to ask

for, give and say
permission.
E.g can I go to the
show?
Could is more formal
and polite than can.
E.g could you lend me
your pensil?
May is more formal
and
polite
than
could.
E.g may I ask you
some questions Sr.?
PROHIBITION
Mustnt talks about a
prohibition
that
comes
from
the
speaker.
E.g we mustnt be lazy
people.
Cant shows that
something is against
the rules.
E.g you cant speak
during the test.

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ADVICE
Should is used to
give recommendations.
E.g you should tidy up
your room.

POSSIBILITY
Could, Might and May
are used with possible
statements in the
present or future. But
they are unsure.
E.g It could be sunny
today
E.g it may go shopping
tomorrow
E.g you might not be on
time.
Can shows a posibility
with general statements
E.g you can burn yourself
with fire
Cant is used when
something is
impossible.
E.g he cant be your dad,
he is dead.

PROBABILITY
Must is used when
the speaker knows
that the statement is
true.
E.g she must eat
healthy, she is a
sportwoman.
Might and May
express a weak
probability.
E.g they might travel
to barranquilla, they
want to know its
carnival.
Should suggests that
the statement is
true.
E.g It is midnight, he
should be at home.

Wow! Modal verbs

are longer useful. I
must practice a lot.

I forgot some tips

Now, you can practice

1.Modal verbs are

not modify. You can
not add s, es or ing.
2.The main verb
does not have
changes too.
E.g I may go
downtown.
MAY is the modal
verb.
GO is the Main verb
3.If you want to use
modal verbs in past,
follow the next
structure.
Subject Modal
verb have main
verb (past parciple)
complement.
E.g you sholud have
arrived earlier, the
meeting ended an
hour ago.

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PRACTICE
I.Now that you know a bit more about Enrique, answer this
questions in order to help him make the right decisions:
1.

What is Enrique like?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Lazy and disinterested

Relaxed but clever
Short and fat
Self-centred or egocentric

2. What is the first that Enrique should do to start

balancing his life?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Enrique must quit school

He should keep eating junk food
He must spend more time in front of the TV
He should organize more his duties in order to maximize his
free time

3. What do you think it is the right choice for Enriques

future at this time?
a.
b.
c.
d.

He must continue going to parties and have fun.

He should take care more of his girlfriend and less of his studies.
He has to pursue a career and become a professional.
He might keep travelling and quit his job and his studies.

4. Based on Enriques bad habits and his desire to change

his life, what do you think it is the healthiest activity choice?
a.
b.
c.
d.

He can ride bicycle on Sunday. It is free.

He can go hiking to a mountain nearby, where he can enjoy
perfect landscapes.
He can start exercising in the gym.
All the above.

5. What cultural activities could he do to have fun and

enjoy himself?
a.
b.
c.
d.

He can go to theaters; there are some free museums and fairs

downtown.
He could stay at home, play video games and watch films
He should go to parties more often and become a party animal
He should do some of the activities in option A, but with his
girlfriend.

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II.Read the following modal expressions and choose the correct communicative function:
1. The contestants have to respond different questions
about the daily life
a.
b.
c.
d.

Permission
Ability
Obligation
Prohibition

2. He can go to theaters; there are some free museums

and fairs downtown.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Obligation
Prohibition
Advice
Possibility

3.

He could stay at home, play video games and watch films.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Permission
Ability
Prohibition
Probability

4. He should take care more his girlfriend as well as his

studies.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Permission
Obligation
Prohibition
Advice

5. I could even start working out in the gym or do some

outdoors
a.
b.
c.
d.

Permission
Ability
Prohibition
Probability

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III.Choose the right modal verb that best completes the
following sentences
1. It _____ be the doctor, I called him because our son is
sick and he is at the door.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Must
Could
Can
May

2. She ____ ride bicycle when she was a little kid. Now,
she ______ do it.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Have to, can

Has to, could
Can, could
Couldnt, can

3.

You ______ smoke in this area, It is not allowed.

a.
b.
c.
d.

Could
Mustnt
May
Cant

4. They have lived in Barranquilla all their life. They

_______ not know where the National Theatre is.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Might
Cant
Has to
Must

5. He _______ break up with his girlfriend. She has

another man.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Should
Have to
Can
Might

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Complete the paragraph with the right
choice from the box
If I want to get in shape I can start taking
some simple steps:

could

should

can

must

can

I __________ stop staying up late watching TV in that way,

I ______ sleep 8 hours. There is always lots of fruit in the
fridge so I know I ________ eat healthy it is just sometimes
I do not always want to, and since I have a bicycle and I
__________ ride it on the weekends. What it is clear is that
I ______ be strong.

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TASK 1
CULTURE & TIPS
Now that Enrique knows a little bit more about what things he
needs to change, you will have to help him create a resolution
chart for a week where you can suggest different activities and give
some pieces of advice related to food, habits and the money he
won in the TV show.

VIDEO

TIP

Write sentences that Enrique can, could, might, may, must, has to
and should do in order to improve his boring life and give some
reasons why you think Enrique can follow this advice.
Follow the next example and make your own chart in a new
document, that you should send to your tutor through the platform.
Please, name your file, like this: Your full name_Task 1

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3.2. TRIVIA GAME

INTRO
Help Enrique answer these general knowledge questions
in or order to win the prize. Choose a question:
WHO GETS THE RIGHT CHOICE?
HISTORY

SCIENCE

MOVIES

COLOMBIA

ENGLISH

HISTORY

1. When did Christopher Columbus

discover America?
a.
b.
c.
d.

October 12th 1492

July 20th 1810
August 7th 1920
July 4th 1790

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2.

Who said: I know that I know nothing

5. What animal looks like a horse, it has black stripes

and can run very fast

a.
b.
c.
d.

Plato
Pythagoras
Socrates
Aristotle

a.
b.
c.
d.

Elephant
Zebra
Pony
Giraffe

3.

When did the first man land on the moon?

6.

Why is Einstein most famous for?

a.
b.
c.
d.

In 1959
In 1945
In 1969
In 1975

a.
b.
c.
d.

He was bad at Maths

His theories inspired the construction of the atomic bomb
His hair style
His theory of relativity

SCIENCE

MOVIES

4.

Whats the third planet of the solar system?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Pluto
Mars
Saturn
The earth

7. Who was the actor that became President of United

States?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Barack Obama
George Bush
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan

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8.

Who has starred the Indiana Jones saga?

11. Who wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude?

a.
b.
c.
d.

George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Val Kilmer
Harrison Ford

a.
b.
c.
d.

9.

Where was The Lord of the Rings filmed?

12. What is the highest mountain in Colombia?

a.
b.
c.
d.

In Iceland
In England
In New Zealand
In Scotland

a.
b.
c.
d.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Julio Cortzar
Gabriel Garca Mrquez
Miguel de Unamuno

Aconcagua
Cocuy
Pico de Coln
Nevado del Ruiz

COLOMBIA

ENGLISH

10. He has been the most famous car racer in the history
of Colombia

13. Water ___ at 100 degrees

a.
b.
c.
d.

Camilo Villegas
Carlos Valderrama
Juan Pablo Montoya
Alvaro Uribe

a.
b.
c.
d.

Does
Does boils
Boil
Boils

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14. A camel ___ live in the dessert for days without any
water
a.
b.
c.
d.

Can
Should
Must
Has to

15. The fist crewed mission _____ land on Mars in

twenty years
a.
b.
c.
d.

May
Should
Must
Could or Might

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SPEAKING
Watch the next video about New York: video 6: New
York City.
Then, try to answer the next questions:
-Have you been to New York City?
-If so. What is your favorite place and thing to do in the
city?
-Why is New York called The big apple?
-If you havent gone to New York, yet. Would you like
to go? Why? What would you do there?

WRITING
Watch the next video about Rock and Roll: video 8: Rock
and Roll.
Then, write a composition about your favorite type of
music. Include its origins, cultural impact, dance style,
singers and so on. Share what you have written in the
thematic forum.

Prepare your answers and get ready to share them

with your tutor and classmates in the online session
thatll be scheduled by your tutor during the week.

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Final Considerations
Remember:

You use should when offering advice.

You use must when expressing obligation.
You use could when expressing oportunity,

ability or permission for a possible future.

You use might when expressing possibility.
You use may when expressing permission or being
allowed to do something, as opposed to whether or not it is

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The activities that you must carry out in this learning
guide are:

Task 1
Online Session
Thematic Forum

physically possible to do it.

You use can when expressing oportunity, ability or
permission in the present time.

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CRDITOS
Lder de Proyecto:
Jairo Antonio Castro Casas
Expertos temticos:
Javier Gmez Zapata
Andrea Gonzlez Mosquera
Ivon Mirit Molina Barrios
Asesor Pedaggico:
Mnica Patricia Osorio Martnez

Programadores:
Diego Rodrguez Ortegn
Jos Felix Arizala Segura
Mayra Durango
Equipo de Diseo:
Gabriel David Surez Vargas
Guillermo Armando Aponte Celis
Jhonny Ronald Narvez Olarte
Julin Mauricio Milln Bonilla
Leonardo Stiglich Campos

Guionistas:
Beatriz Helena Duque Ospina
scar Daro Cardozo Garzn
scar Ivn Pineda Cespedes

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