Lesson 5:At the Stadium

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„At the Stadium“


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Dialogue 5 :


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),
adjectives/past participle and other adverbs -
usually by providing information how something
is done or the degree of an adjective/past
participle (adverbs of degree) or adverb (adverbs
of degree). Most adverbs are formed by adding -
ly or -ally to an adjective. There are also adverbs
of place and time (e. g. “there”, “yesterday”),
adverbs of frequency (e. g. “sometimes”, “never”)
and sentence adverbials (e. g. “actually”).
Good-well, fast-fast, hard-hard,
early-early, late-late, high–high,
friendly – in a friendly way …
“Hardly” means: “almost not”,

“Nearly” means: „almost but not
quite“…
Some adjectives can follow
certain verbs (verbs of
appearance and sense): e. g.
forms of “to be”, “get”, “grow”,
“taste”, “smell”, “feel” …

Grammar 5 B: Modal Verbs / :

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