ACTIVITY 281 – WARM BODIES

MODAL VERBS FOR ADVICE

LOOK AT SOME OF THE WAYS WE CAN USE FOR OR TO:

TO: FOR:

TO FOR DESTINATION – WE’RE GOING TO FOR – BENEFITS – YOGURT IS GOOD FOR

PARIS.
TO – WHAT TIME IS IT? – MINUTES
BEFORE THE HOUR – IT’S A QUARTER TO
THREE.
TO – DISTANCE – IT’S ABOUT 1 KM FROM
MY HOUSE TO MY ENGLISH SCHOOL
TO – COMPARING – I PREFER READING TO
WATCHING TV.
TO – GIVING – I GAVE A BOOK TO MY
COUSIN.
TO MOTIVE OR REASON (WITH VERB) – I
CAME HERE TO STUDY ENGLISH WITH YOU.
YOUR HEALTH.
FOR – PERIODS OF TIME – I HAVE LIVED IN
BRASILIA FOR 12 YEARS.
FOR – SCHEDULING – I MADE AN
APPOINTMENT FOR FRIDAY.
FOR – AGREE WITH OR IN FAVOR OF
SOMETHING – ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
FOR – DOING SOMETHING TO HELP SOMEONE
– COULD YOU CARRY THESE BAGS FOR ME?
FOR – MOTIVE OR REASON (WITH NOUN) –
LET’S GO OUT FOR A DRINK?

TO AND FOR:
MOTIVE OR REASON
I CAME TO BRASILIA TO BE PART OF THE SWIMMING TEAM
I CAME TO BRASILIA FOR THE SWIMMING TEAM

I. WATCH THE MOVIE SEGMENT AND FILL IN THE BLANK WITH FOR OR TO. YOU HAVE TO
EXPLAIN WHY YOU CHOSE IT.

1. MANY PEOPLE IN CHICAGO CAME _________ SEE THE MAGIC TRICKS ON A BEAUTIFUL MONDAY
EVENING.
2. IN NEW ORLEANS, THE HYPNOTIST KNEW THE MAN HADN'T GONE ON A BUSINESS TRIP, BUT ON A
TRIP WITH HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, HIS LOVER. THE MAGICIAN MADE HER FORGET EVERYTHING. HE DID IT
______ HER HUSBAND, BECAUSE HE WANTED HIS MONEY.
3. IN NEW YORK, A MAGICIAN SAID HE WOULD GIVE US$100,00 ________ ANYONE WHO COULD
TELL HIM HOW HIS TRICK WAS DONE.
4. HE MADE A MAGIC TRICK __________ THE AUDIENCE'S ATTENTION.
5. MANY PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW, BUT IT WAS A QUARTER _______ TWO.
6. IN LOS ANGELES, THE MAGICIAN HAD TO BE HANDCUFFED UNDER WATER ___________ SIXTY
SECONDS BEFORE THE PIRANHAS WERE THROWN INTO THE TANK.
7. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WENT ________ LOS ANGELES JUST BECAUSE OF HER SHOW.
8. WHAT ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU __________ OR AGAINST THE SHOWS IN THE SEGMENT?
9. THE MAGICIANS ARE SCHEDULING A JOINT PRESENTATION ___________ SATURDAY.
10. ARE MAGIC TRICKS GOOD _________THE MIND?

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 MOVIE SEGMENTS TO ASSESS GRAMMAR GOALS
ACTIVITY 281
NOW YOU SEE ME
TO X FOR

ANSWER KEY:

1. TO (MOTIVE OR REASON + VERB)

2. FOR (DOING SOMETHING TO HELP SOMEONE)
3. TO (GIVING)
4. FOR (MOTIVE OR REASON + NOUN)
5. TO (MINUTES BEFORE THE HOUR)
6. FOR (PERIODS OF TIME)
7. TO (DESTINATION)
8. FOR (AGREE WITH OR IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING)
9. FOR (SCHEDULING)
10. FOR (BENEFITS)

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Claudio Azevêdo