English 5 - Concarán Prof. Márquez / Acosta

Hi there!

Welcome to your next online lesson!

Today you'll learn:

• how to talk about FEARS
• how to give ADVICE
• how to write a LETTER / EMAIL asking for / giving advice

Let's get started!

EXERCISE 1: Vocabulary

When we talk about fears, we can use a few adjectives:

         I'm afraid / scared / frightened of spiders.

OR you can use the noun "fear":

         I have a fear of spiders.

What are YOU afraid of? 

Open your student's book at page 66. Do the exercise there. Here you need to pay attention to CONTEXT.

In the second text above, there's the expression "deal with". This means to do something because you want to find a solution to a problem or because you want to get a certain result.

Example:

I have a terrible allergy. What can I do to deal with it?

Discuss:

How do you deal with your fears? 

EXERCISE 2: Grammar - Giving advice

When a friend has a problem, you usually give them some advice, right? Well, there are different ways to give advice in English, and you can use different structures:

A: I'm scared of spiders!

B: Sorry about that. You should read some information about spiders. They are not all dangerous!

So, when you give advice, you can use SHOULD and HAD BETTER.

So you can say:

You should stay home. OR You'd better stay home.

Meaning

"Had better" is more EMPHATIC than "should.")

Structure

In BOTH cases, you use the infinitive without "to".

You usually use " 'd better" in the contracted form.

To make a sentence negative, add "NOT":

You should NOT go out.

You'd better NOT go out.

If you need more information, please read this grammar reference. 👇

EXERCISE 3: Grammar practice

Now do ex 3 (page 66) in your student's book.

EXERCISE 4: Listening

Discuss these questions.

What kind of fears do people have?

Are you scared of anything?

How do you react when you're scared?

Before you listen, guess the meaning of these phobias.

Listen and check.

Now listen again and complete the sentences. You can use numbers or words (one or more words)! ;)

EXERCISE 5: Speaking

The following will give you conversation practise, BUT you'll do it over the phone! ;) I'll explain how on Whatsapp.

Ok, guys, thanks for stopping by and don't forget to always practise a little bit, step by step!

Bye for now!

Take care! Stay home. Stay safe.