NAME: Bobby (Vlad Grigoras)

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CELTA HCMC 11/5 05/06/2015
Assignment 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?
What does she know now?
about the surprise
Is this a good or a bad thing?

Yes
She knows
Ss answer

Form: used to advise someone about something necessary/unnecessary.

Negative form. Past.
Subject

Should

Not

Have

You

Should

nt

have

Past
participle
told

her!

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!

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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?
Yes
Could I finish on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday? Yes
Could I finish on Thursday?
Yes
Will I finish decorating in the future?
Yes, by Friday
Will I finish on Saturday?
No
Now

Form:

?????

Friday

Future

we frequently use this form with by or before.

Subject
I

Will/shall/be
going to
ll

Have + past
participle
have + 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/.

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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?
Yes
Is it optional to come to my party?
Yes
Will 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/s
he/it

dont

have to

come

Phonology:
You

dont have to come to my party if

/ju dnt hv t km t ma prti f
Task d)
He got away with cheating in his exams.

you dont
want to.
ju
dnt wnt t/

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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 for

Context: 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?
No
Have I got punished or criticized for doing something wrong? No
Have 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.

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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? Yes
Why? Because that person feels bad about something
What makes me disheartened? An unhappy event
Have 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)