Unit III
Topic: Identities
Lesson 11
Summary: Concept of identity
A. Identity
Identity is one's personal details (full name, date and place of birth, father's name, mother's name, etc). Identity can also be defined as being a combination of physical, cultural, social, national and personal information of someone.
Look at these examples:
B. Read the passage below
Who are you?
When you ask this question to people who are strangers to you, you probably get different answers depending on how they react to it. Some may simply answer it by telling their names, political affiliations, ethnicity, religious beliefs, nationalities, cultural manifestations, etc. For example, when I asked this question to some people who I do not know, their answers were like: 'I am a member of Renamo party', 'I am Ofélio', 'I am a Mozambican', 'I am a doctor', 'I am a Christian', others would prefer to remain silent because the question was somehow awkward to them. The truth is that, this question when asked to people whom we know will make them feel offended, they will think that we want to put them down and elevate ourselves on. So, to stop that embarrassment, we had better to opt by asking them politely, for instance, 'would you identify yourself, please? Would you mind if I ask for your identity ?, etc...
We can easily identify people through their school or job uniform, cultural manifestations, the language they speak, traditional or religious outfits, etc. Students, police officers, soldiers, doctors and nurses in hospitals are easily identified through their uniform outfit.
Decide if these sentences are true (T) or false (F)
1. We only ask the question 'who are you' people who we don't know. ___________
2. The best way of making people comfortable to reveal their identity is through asking them politely. ____________
3. We can identify all the professional employees through their uniform outfit. ___________
4. If one answers to the question 'who are you?' like 'I am a Muslim believer' he/she will complete be wrong. ___________
5. This passage is about Identity. _____
Unit III
Topic: Identities
Lesson 12
Summary: Expressing past habits
Study these examples:
a) Catia used to live in Nampula when she was a child.
b) I used to pee on the bed when I was a child.
We use the past simple form: (subject + used to + base verb...) to talk about a past situation that is no longer true. It tells us that there was a repeated action or state in the past which has now changed.
For example, if we say: "Cátia used to live in Nampula when she was a child." We mean that Cátia is no longer living in Nampula, she lives elsewhere.
The negative form of used to + infinitive is made by adding the (subject + did not + use to + base verb....)
Examples:
I didn't use to pee on the bed when I was a child.
Maria didn't use to play football in the past.
The Question form of used to +infinitive... is made by adding (Did +Subject + use to + base verb...?)
Examples:
Did Maria use to play football in the past?
__Yes, she did.
__No, she didn't.
Unit III
Topic: Identities
Lesson 13
Summary: National identity
As Mozambicans we are, there are common cultural aspects, documents as well as common currency that identify us as Mozambicans. For example, we share the same currency (Metical), the same national flag, the same type of identity card, and we have a variety of cultural and traditional dances which are common for all Mozambicans. We have mapiko and marrabenta dances, common but special dishes (caracata, cacana, mathapa, etc), and the typical clothes.
Look at these national symbols
Exercise
Match the words in the column A with their definitions in the column B
Column A Column B
1. Pátria Amada a) traditional dance
2. Identity Card b) Maputo
3. Mapiko c) Official Language of Mozambique
4. Capital city of Mozambique d) Mozambique National Anthem
5. Portuguese e) A document containing personal details
Unit III
Topic: Identities
Lesson 14
Summary: Comparisons with as ....as (equality)
Study these examples
a) Maputo city is as big as Lilongwe city.
b) Úrsula is as pretty as a red rose.
In the sentence a) we use the form ...as big as... to say that the way Maputo city is big, is the same way as Lilongwe city. In the sentence b) the form ...as pretty as... is used to say that the way how Úrsula is pretty, is the same way how a red rose is.
The form ....as +adjective/adverb+as ...is used to compare things that are equal. And to compare things that aren't equal we use the form ...not as +adjective/adverb+as...
Other examples include:
a) My sister is as fat as my wife.
b) Nampula city is as beautiful as beira city
c) Elsa is not as intelligent as Ana is.
Exercise
Use the adjective/adverb given in the brackets to fill in blanks with the correct comparative ...as.....as... form.
1. Lichinga city is ....................................................... Chimoio city. (cold)
2. Eunice is ............................................................ Oscar. (not tall)
3. Niassa National Reserve is ....................................Gorongosa National Park. (big)
4. Iracema is ...........................................................Shumara. (clever)
5. Money is ........................................................ life (not important)
Unit III
Topic: Identities
Lesson 15
Summary: Question tags
Study these examples
a) Mapiko is one of national dances, isn't it?
b) Beira city is not the capital city of Mozambique, is it?
The mini questions 'isn't it?' and 'is it?' in the of sentence a) and b) respectively, are used to confirm whether what is being said is true or false.
Look that in the sentence a) the question tag is negative, that is because, the sentence a) is positive. While in the sentence b) the question tag is positive, that is because, the sentence b) is negative.
Note: When the verb in the main sentence is in the present simple we form the question tag with do / does. And when the verb in the main sentence is in the past simple, we form the question tag with did. If the sentence uses a modal verb, then we form the question tag using that modal verb. We replace the subject of the sentence by its corresponding personal pronoun.
Look at the examples below:
Ana goes to school, doesn't she? (present simple)
Lucia cooked rice and beans, didn't she? (past simple)
António can speak macua, can't he? (modal verb)
Exercise
Write the question tags of the following sentences:
1. Nakula is one of the national dances, ................................?
2. Metical isn't the national currency of Angola, ...................................?
3. Our English teacher is from Mepica, ........................................?
4. My father will not comeback tomorrow from abroad, ..................................?
5. Our school is very beautiful, .......................................?
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