MS.
ESTEFANIA APAC
UNIT 11: LESSON A
Estefania Apac / B12
UNIT 11 TECHNOLOGY
Do you use a lot of
technology?
Which ones?
Explain why.
THEN AND NOW
VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES
= Cheap enough for most people.
EXAMPLE: The price of this cellphone is not
affordable for me.
= modern and well developed.
EXAMPLE: In some countries the
technology is really advanced.
VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES
= Able to last a long time without
becoming damaged.
EXAMPLE: In my opinion, the phone’s
battery aren’t durable.
= Able to be trusted or believed.
EXAMPLE: Is this technology reliable?
VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES
= used to describe something that
you can change according to a
customer's or user's particular needs.
EXAMPLE: We offer customizable ringtones
for your phone.
= popular at a particular time or
among a particular group of people.
EXAMPLE: Most producers mentioned that they
now produce fashionable phones
cases in order to compete in the
market.
VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES
= Useful; effective.
EXAMPLE: Some elderly people find
smartphones very practical.
= able to be recharged (= filled
again with electricity) when it
has used all its electricity.
EXAMPLE: We try to buy reusable,
repairable, and rechargeable
products.
VOCABULARY ADJECTIVES
= things that can be worn, such as
clothing or glasses, that contain computer
technology or can connect to the internet.
EXAMPLE: Wearable technology such as
"smart clothes" can be used to
monitor heart rate.
= easy for people to work with.
EXAMPLE: This software is very user-friendly.
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
STATING WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS
EXPLAINING WHAT YOU THINK
USED TO
WHEN DO WE USE USED TO?
• We use used to to talk about situations that
were true or happended regularly in the past.
EXAMPLE:
I used to have short hair, but now I have long hair.
(These situations are not true now or do not happen anymore.)
USED TO
WHEN DO WE USE USED TO?
• Use a time expression now or today to make contrast
between the present and the past.
EXAMPLE:
I used to play videogames, but now I read books.
• Expressions like nowadays and these days can be
used for people or events “in general”.
EXAMPLE:
People used to use big computers. Nowadays, they use
laptops, they are portables and affordables.
USED TO
STRUCTURE (+)
USED VERB BASE
S+ TO + FORM + COMPLEMENT.
EXAMPLE:
I used to have short hair.
She used to wear glasses.
You used to play tennis.
USED TO
STRUCTURE (-)
DIDN’T VERB BASE
S+ USE TO + FORM
+ COMPLEMENT.
EXAMPLE:
I didn’t use to have short hair.
She didn’t use to wear glasses.
You didn’t use to play tennis.
USED TO
STRUCTURE (?)
VERB BASE
DID + S+ USE TO + FORM + COMPLEMENT?
EXAMPLE:
Did you use to have short hair?
Did she use to wear glasses?
Did they use to play tennis?
UNIT 11: LESSON B
Estefania Apac / B12
VOCABULARY VERBS
= to put electricity into an electrical device
such as a battery.
EXAMPLE: It's not working - I don't think the
battery is charging.
= to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine.
EXAMPLE: My mom forgot to load the washing
machine, so I don’t have any clothing
to wear!
VOCABULARY VERBS
= to connect to a computer system by putting
in a particular set of letters or numbers.
EXAMPLE: If you are already a registered
user, please log in.
= to become connected to a piece of electrical
equipment or to the main electricity supply.
EXAMPLE: The keyboard plugs in at the
back of the computer.
VOCABULARY VERBS
= If a light or a machine goes off, it
stops working.
EXAMPLE: The lights went off in several
villages because of the storm.
= to use something completely so
that nothing is left.
EXAMPLE: My phone’s battery has run
out, so I can’t make a call.
VOCABULARY VERBS
= to try to find a piece of information by
looking in a book or on a computer.
EXAMPLE: If you don't know what the word
means, look it up in a dictionary.
= to make a machine or piece of
equipment stop or start working by
pressing a switch:.
EXAMPLE: My brother thought that his laptop
didn’t work but he realized that he
didn’t switch it on.
VOCABULARY VERBS
= to move text or images on a
computer screen down so that you can
view a different part of a document.
EXAMPLE: The price of this cellphone is not
affordable for me.
= to be in an upright position on your
feet; to get yourself into an upright
position on your feet.
EXAMPLE: I've been standing up all day
and I'm really tired.
COMPARISON WITH AS … AS
STRUCTURE
Use as + adjective/adverb + as to show that two
things are equal.
VERB BE (+)
THING VERB AS ADJECTIVE/ AS THING
#1 + BE + + ADVERB + + # 2.
EXAMPLE:
Laptop A is 24” Laptop B is 24”
Laptop A is as big as Laptop B.
COMPARISON WITH AS … AS
STRUCTURE
Use as + adjective/adverb + as to show that two
things are equal.
ANOTHER VERB (+)
ADJECTIVE/ AS THING
THING
#1
+ VERB + AS + ADVERB + + # 2.
EXAMPLE:
Laptop A costs $1200 Laptop B costs $1200
Laptop A costs as much as Laptop B.
COMPARISON WITH AS … AS
STRUCTURE
Use as + adjective/adverb + as to show that two
things are NOT equal.
VERB BE (+)
THING VERB NOT AS ADJECTIVE/ AS THING
# 1 + BE + + + ADVERB + + # 2.
EXAMPLE:
Laptop A costs $1200 Laptop B costs $800
Laptop B is not as expensive as Laptop A.
Laptop B isn’t as expensive as Laptop A.
COMPARISON WITH AS … AS
STRUCTURE
Use as + adjective/adverb + as to show that two
things are NOT equal.
ANOTHER VERB (+)
THING + AUX +NOT+VERB +AS + ADJECTIVE+ AS+THING
#1 DOES/DID /ADVERB # 2.
EXAMPLE:
Laptop A weights 25kg Laptop B weights 32kg
Laptop A did not weight as much as Laptop B.
Laptop A didn’t weight as much as Laptop B.
COMPARISON WITH AS … AS
STRUCTURE
Sometimes after as … as, you can end a sentence
with a pronoun.
THING ADJECTIVE/ AS PRONOUN.
#1 + VERB + AS + ADVERB + +
EXAMPLE:
Laptop A costs $1200 My Laptop costs $1200
Laptop A costs as much as my laptop.
Laptop A costs as much as mine.
COMPARISON WITH AS … AS
STRUCTURE
In spoken and written English, it’s common not to
repeat the main verb after as … as.
THING ADJECTIVE/ THING
#1 + VERB + + ADVERB
AS + AS + # 2.
EXAMPLE:
Laptop A costs $1200 My Laptop costs $1200
Laptop A costs as much as my laptop costs. X
Laptop A costs as much as my laptop does.
