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Lesson „At the Stadium“

5
Dialogue 5
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Brian: The opponent plays well! Their fast offender is very dangerous. He aims very
precisely and shoots very hard.

Linda: Our team is not bad either. Our goalkeeper keeps the ball very safe.

Brian: Exactly, you know this game very well! Would you like to have a delicious hot
dog?

Linda: Yes, together with a cold beer. That would be fantastic.

Brian: I will bring you a beer.

Linda: Hurry up, because our good sweeper hurt himself.

Brian: Here is your beer. It is actually warm.

Linda: And the hot dog is cold. Hahaha. It looks good though, and.... hmmmm....
tastes very good too! A wonderful goal has been scored. Unfortunately for the
opposing team.

Brian: Oh, I don’t know if we have a chance. The opponent plays very hard and fast.
It is getting very difficult.

Linda: It does not seem to be easy, because our best defender seriously hurt
himself.

Brian: But our team must win, otherwise they cannot play in the World Cup. We
cannot give the opponent so many chances.

Linda: The coach should bring in a new player. Our midfield players cannot run
anymore.

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Brian: You might be quite right. He is still allowed to exchange another player in. I
would bring in a younger player!

Linda: May I have another sip of beer?

Brian: Of course... Oh, no! That can’t be! 0:2! I think we should go!

Linda: Yes... me too. I should not stay out so late tonight. I have to watch out for my
little sister!

Brian: But we can still go out on another date again, right?! Let us go to the cinema
tomorrow!

Linda: That would be nice! I do not want to miss "Love me, if you can"! Bye!

Grammar 5 A: Adverbs :
Adverbs Some Exceptions:
modify verbs (adverbs of manner), Good-well, fast-fast, hard-hard,
adjectives/past participle and other adverbs - early-early, late-late, high–high,
usually by providing information how something friendly – in a friendly way …
is done or the degree of an adjective/past “Hardly” means: “almost not”,
participle (adverbs of degree) or adverb (adverbs “Nearly” means: „almost but not
of degree). Most adverbs are formed by adding - quite“…
ly or -ally to an adjective. There are also adverbs Some adjectives can follow
of place and time (e. g. “there”, “yesterday”), certain verbs (verbs of
adverbs of frequency (e. g. “sometimes”, “never”) appearance and sense): e. g.
and sentence adverbials (e. g. “actually”). forms of “to be”, “get”, “grow”,
“taste”, “smell”, “feel” …

Grammar 5 B: Modal Verbs / :

Modal Verbs
can (expressing ability or possibility) –
negative form: “cannot” or can´t”,
may (asking for permission or expressing
possibility) – negative form: “may not” or
“must not” (expressing strong
forbiddance),
Must (expressing necessity to do
something) – negative form: “need not
(needn´t)” or “do not (don´t) have to”,
Should (expressing advice and opinion
or expectation) – negative form: “should
not (shouldn´t)”
Alternative Forms:
be able to (expressing ability), could
(expressing general ability or permission)
be allowed to (expressing permission),
might (expressing possibility and/or that a
situation is not real)
have to (more impersonal than must)
ought to

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Exercise 5 A :
Fill in the correct form: “adverb” or “adjective”. Choose from this box:
actually bad best cold cold dangerous delicious difficult easy Exactly
fantastic fast fast good good good hard hard precisely safe seriously
Unfortunately warm well well wonderful

Brian: The opponent plays ________! Their ________ offender is very ________.
He aims very ________ and shoots very ________. Linda: Our team is not
________ either. Our goalkeeper keeps the ball very ________. Brian: ________,
you know this game very ________! Would you like to have a ________ hot dog?
Linda: Yes, together with a ________ beer. That would be ________. Brian: I will
bring you a beer. Linda: Hurry up, because our ________ sweeper hurt himself.
Brian: Here is your beer. It is ________ ________. Linda: And the hot dog is
________. Hahaha. It looks ________ though, and.... hmmmm.... tastes very
________ too! A ________ goal has been scored. ________ for the opposing
team. Brian: Oh, I don’t know if we have a chance. The opponent plays very
________ and ________. It is getting very ________. Linda: It does not seem to be
________, because our ________ defender ________ hurt himself.

Exercise 5 B :
Fill in the correct modal verb / auxiliary verb. Choose from this box:
allowed can can cannot cannot cannot cannot have Let May might
should should should would would

Brian: But our team ________ win, otherwise they ________ play in the World Cup.
We ________ give the opponent so many chances. Linda: The coach ________
bring in a new player. Our midfield players ________ run anymore. Brian: You
________ be quite right. He is still ________ to exchange another player in. I
________ bring in a younger player! Linda: ________ I have another sip of beer?
Brian: Of course... Oh, no! That ________ be! 0:2! I think we ________ go! Linda:
Yes... me too. I ________ not stay out so late tonight. I ________ to watch out for
my little sister! Brian: But we ________ still go out on another date again, right?!
________ us go to the cinema tomorrow! Linda: That ________ be nice! I do not
want to miss "Love me, if you ________"! Bye!

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