1. Thursday, April 14
Level 3 Week 8

2. Announcements
I am going to postpone the reading test until next Wednesday.
Next Tuesday, we will go to the computer lab to finish our resumes (room 169). Those of you who did not go to the LLC yesterday, you will have a lot of work to do on Tuesday.
CASAS?
If you got your grammar quizzes on Monday, I need to record your scores.

3. Agenda Homework review Last week’s grammar test (Kimberly, Ken…)
CASAS?
Midterm (Ace)
Unit 14

4. Unit 14
Yesterday, we learned that we use modals: can and could to talk about abilities.
Today, we will learn about modals of permission.

5. Unit 14* Can I work here tonight? Could I have a cookie?
May I use your phone?
Where can I sit?
When could I come back?
How do you ask permission with can, could, or may?
(can/ could/may + S + base verb) Or
Wh+ can/could/ may + subject + base verbs
Which questions go with these answers (on board)

6. Unit 14*
Certainly.
Of course.
Sure.
No problem.
Sorry, but…

7. Unit 14* Which expressions give permission?
Which expressions refuse permission?
f. At six
g. Right here.
Which question goes with answer f?
Which question can be replied with answer g?

8. Unit 14 You can leave a message. You can not leave earlier.
You may use this phone.
You may not stay in this room.
You can’t use this elevator.
You cannot stay here.

9. Unit 14 Which sentences give permission?
What are the negative forms of can?
What is the negative form of may?
Can may not be contracted?

10. Unit 14 Do you mind if I open the window?
Do you mind if my friends come over tonight?
How do you ask permission with do you mind if?
(do you mind + if +subject + simple present tense)

11. On board Not at all. No, I don’t. Go right ahead. Sorry, but…
Which expressions give permission?
Why?
Which expression refuses permission?

12. Note 1 Use the modals can, could and may to ask permission.
Can I borrow $5?
Could I borrow $5?
May I borrow $5?
Do they all have the same meaning?
Could for permission is NOT in the past.
May is more formal and polite. (you use it to talk to some one in authority: the police, your boss, your teacher 
We often say please when we ask for permission.
Could I please take a photograph?
Could I take a photograph, please?
Please may be placed just before the main verb or at the end of a question.

13. Note 2
Use Do you mind if to ask permission when an action annoys or inconveniences someone. (bothers)
Do you mind if I turn up the TV?
Do you mind if Lorna stays here?
Do you mind if I clean up later?
Yes actually, I do. I hate to see a mess in the kitchen.
If your roommate is studying and you wan to turn up the TV, you would say, “ Do you mind if I turn up the TV?” because you can tell that it will bother him or her.
Be careful!!! Do not use do you mind with please.

14. Note 3 When someone asks permission, you can answer many ways.
We usually use informal expressions instead of modals in answers.
Can Sure.
Could I close the door? Of course.
May Go ahead.
Certainly.

15. b. When we use a modal in the answer, we almost always use can
b. When we use a modal in the answer, we almost always use can. We do NOT use could and we rarely use may in short answers.
Could I close the window?
Sure.
Of course.
Go ahead.

16. Be Careful!
When the response to a question with Do you mind if is Not at all, or No, I don’t, we’re really saying: It’s OK. We’re giving permission.
It gives permission, because no, you don’t mind.
How can you refuse permission?
c. When we refuse permission, we usually apologize and give an explanation.
Say: I’m sorry, but + explanation.
Ex. 2, pp. 195
Ex. 4, pp. 197

17. Exercise 2, pp. 195
2. a. Can… do c. Can… borrow b. yes they can. 3. a. may… ride b. sure, certainly, of course, no problem. 4. a. Could… bring b. No, you can’t 5. a. May…. Use b. Sorry, but you can’t.

18. Exercise 4 1. B. couldn’t can’t 2. A. comes come
3. A. I’m sitting I sit
B. No, I don’t Sorry.
4. A. looked look
B. Could can
5. A. play plays

19. Listening

20. Pronunciation

21. Problem solving
Exercise 7 pp. 199