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Identifying a new skill (2)


1. What is missing from these sentences from the reading text in Lesson 3.6? Write one word on each line. a. Instinct is no good in business, and decide things in everyday life.


probably not the best way to


b. You need the creative side first, then c. You could hire a driver, or


2. Read Skills Check 2 and check your ideas.


Skills Check 2 Identifying missing subjects and verbs after conjunctions


When writers join with and, but, or, they sometimes omit words from the second sentence. Examples:


You have lectures every morning The lecturer does not know


You could take a taxi You must not evaluate the ideas


Decision-making is not a moment in time but or or or


and you keep arriving late. it is a process.


the lecturer does not care about your problems. you could go in your father’s car. you must not criticize them.


Always think: What is the subject and verb of the second part of the sentence? Is it negative? F Identifying missing subjects


Find the second verb in each sentence. What is the subject in each case? 1. Perhaps you have lectures every morning and keep arriving late. 2. Thomas Harris was born in California but studied medicine at the University of Arkansas. 3. People are often happy to work in groups and respect the contributions of other people. 4. Most children do not make many decisions inside a family but accept the decisions of parents. 5. Adolescents sometimes don’t accept their parents’ decision and rebel. 6. Every moment, we pay attention to sensory memories or ignore them. 7. Loftus and Palmer showed students a film and asked them to complete a questionnaire about it. 8. Charles Dickens, the English novelist, left school at 12 and went to work in a factory. 9. Mobile phones are very useful but can also waste a lot of time.


you G


10. The aural learner does not respond well to written information but learns from lectures and tutorials. Identifying the missing subject and modal auxiliary


Find the second verb in each sentence. What is the subject and modal auxiliary in each case? 1. Managers have to communicate their ideas and ensure that workers understand them. 2. Directors should provide regular and full information and keep workers up-to-date. 3. In order to remember information, you must take it out of memory and use it again and again. 4. Humans cannot remember every event in their lives or name all their childhood friends. 5. Doctors in the past could not treat many diseases or save people from fatal infections. 6. In this report, I am going to discuss the reasons for the problem and suggest possible solutions.


managers have to


7. Soon, the world will not have enough oil for global needs or have enough renewable energy sources to meet demand.


8. People may not be able to use cars or travel by air as much as today. Theme 3: Reading 89 the logical side. stay overnight with a friend.


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