Lombardi Segni & Associati - Legal English - Lesson 12

12:00 Level B1
Class
Speaking skills - Explaining an article Dolores O'Riordan
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/miriam-lord-dolores-o-riordan-send-off-not-so-much-a-funeral-as-an-enfolding-1.3366145
Speaking Skills - Supporting the speaker, Interpreting silence
Source: Business Advantage pp. 124 - 125

Corrections 
interested/interesting
I am interested in  the story because the story is interesting. 

Homework
Read the articles on speaking English in International contexts:
Native English speakers must learn how they come across
https://www.ft.com/content/26692848-f59b-11e5-96db-fc683b5e52db
Of Two Minds
https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21696489-advantages-working-your-own-language-are-obvious-those-working-foreign

1:30 Level C1/C2
Class 
Modals continued - probability/necessity, error correction

Homework
Correct the following sentences: What do questions 7 and 9 tell you about the use of could for possibility?

1. As we become more aware of climate change, more people can choose not to fly.
2. Since 1966 the Government can pass 127 new laws.
3. The play has started, you don't have to enter the auditorium until the interval.
4. We couldn't get tickets to the concert last week but last night we could see it on the internet. 
5. I forgot my phone charger, will I borrow yours?
6. The robbery might be committed by someone who was working in the bank.
7. Why don't you come with us to the party, you could enjoy yourself.
8. The nurse mustn't have gone home, I only saw her in the clinic a minute ago. 
9. It's very likely that he will pass his exams but he still could not graduate this year.
10. Why did you spend all your wages? You must have saved some for the rent next week. 
11. It ought to have rained. The road is dry.
12. I can't see Mike. He should have already left.
13. I can't have phoned earlier but I completely forgot, sorry.
14. Thank you for your help. I shouldn't have done this without you. 
15. We can't have paid for the Visa, it's not necessary for Australia. I wonder if we can get our money back. 

Modals in Legal English
The use of May and Shall

http://www.ukessays.com/essays/languages/functions-of-modal-verbs-in-european-and-british-legal-documents.php

Corrections:
Commonly confused verb forms: deduct/deduce
It sounds me better better to me