Unit 8A: INSTRUCTIONS

Unit description

This unit deals with instructions of various kinds. Learners will listen to a radio program with instructions on preparing your home for stormy winter weather. They will listen to and take part in a dialogue in which a worker gives instructions to a colleague, and will read instructions about clearing customs and claiming baggage after a flight. The grammar section deals with Causatives/Permissives: active and passive voice.

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1. Causatives/permissives: passive  2. Crime 2

1. Causatives/permissives: passive

USO: La forma PASIVA se utiliza con causativos al igual que con otros verbos para poner énfasis en el receptor de la acción. La empleamos cuando queremos que se haga algo a alguien o a algo. FORMA: Por lo general utilizamos los siguientes verbos en causativas pasivas: WANT WOULD LIKE/'D LIKE (Más formal que WANT) HAVE GET (menos formal que HAVE) El verbo que expresa la acción está en participio pasado. Si queremos mencionar el agente (la persona que realiza la acción), utilizamos la preposición BY después del verbo. NOTA: por lo general WANT no se conjuga en las formas perfecta o progresiva. FORMA: AFIRMATIVA [SUJETO + CAUSATIVO + Objeto  + PAST PARTICIPLE [V3]] EJEMPLOS: "I want the dishes washed."  "You are getting your car fixed by the best mechanic in town!" "He would like his eggs cooked for 3 minutes." "We are having a new house built next year." NEGATIVO y PREGUNTAS Podemos utilizar WANT, WOULD LIKE, HAVE y GET en sus formas negativa e interrogativa. EJEMPLOS: "I don't want the house painted blue!" "I won't have my hair cut today." "She didn't get the computer fixed last week." "How would you like your steak cooked, madam?"

2. Crime 2