A Change For The Better!
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The document discusses describing changes in one's life using various verb tenses and structures. It provides examples of physical, possessions, emotional, and professional changes one may experience. It then analyzes changes in Emily's life using simple present, past, and present perfect tenses as well as comparatives. Finally, it prompts the reader to describe changes in their own life.
A Change For The Better!
- 1. Changes in our lives!!! Describing changes, Verb + Infinitive By Profr. José Ma. Jaramillo S. May, 2008
- 2. Physically Do exercise Be on a diet Taller than before
- 3. Possesions Buy a new car Get a new house Buy new clothes
- 4. Emottionally Fall in love Get married Have a son
- 5. Proffessionally Change School Learn a language Get a job
- 6. The propuse of this unit is to learn how we can describe changes in our lives. We can use SIMPLE PRESENT I study in the University I don’t work in the office anymore PAST TENSE: I moved to a new city. I got married with Laura PRESENT PERFECT I have bought a new car. I havn’t finished my career. COMPARATIVE My house is bigger now. My hair is longer now.
- 7. Check the changes on Emily’s life. Emily has a stressfull life now. She studies in the mornings and works in the afternoons She has a boyfriend now. She doesn’t play with dolls anymore. She likes to go dancing on weekends. She prefers to watch movies than cartoons. Simple present
- 8. Past tense She moved to her own apartment. She bought a new car. She started the university, last year. She got married two months ago. She graduated from high school. She learned French and Japanesse. Present Perfect She has gone to Europe twice. She has lost weight. She has changed her hair style. She has cut her hair. She has changed her job.
- 9. Comparative Her life is more stressfull now. Her apartment is bigger. Her school is more difficult this year. Her hair is longer now. Her car is faster and more comfortable. Her classes are more interesting this semester.
- 10. How have they changed?
- 11. Do you know them?
- 12. Write sentences about how their lives have changed ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- 13. What about you? Can you describe your changes in your life? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________