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🇬🇧 Unit 5 — Best Practices

O/L English Language · Grade 10 · NIE
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Goal: give advice using modals, write Do's and Don'ts, form adverbs from adjectives, write safety notices and a campaign speech. Examined in Test 1 (matching), Test 2/3 (modals + adverbs), Test 6 (notice), Test 13 (sorting rules), Test 16 (speech / essay).

📐 Modals of advice / rule

  • should — soft advice (should drink water)
  • ought to — moral advice (ought to respect elders)
  • had better — strong warning (had better wear a helmet)
  • must — strong rule (must wear seatbelt)
  • have / has to — rule from outside
  • mustn\'t — prohibition (mustn\'t smoke here)
Modal + BARE verb (no "to") EXCEPTION: ought to + verb.

📐 Adverbs of manner

  • adjective + -ly: quick→quickly, slow→slowly
  • y → i + ly: happy→happily, easy→easily
  • drop final e: true→truly, due→duly
  • irregular: good→well, fast→fast, hard→hard, late→late
  • Position: after the verb / object.
She speaks clearly. He answered the question correctly.

✓ Do's (positive imperative)

  • Do wear your seatbelt.
  • Always stop at the zebra crossing.
  • Please hold the railing.
  • Let\'s + verb (Let\'s go, Let\'s read).
  • Wait for the train to stop.

✗ Don'ts (negative imperative)

  • Don\'t / Do not + bare verb.
  • Don\'t lean out of the window.
  • Don\'t feed the animals.
  • Don\'t waste water.
  • Never ignore an alarm.

✍️ Writing — official word counts

  • Notice (Test 6): 40–50 words. HEADLINE + must / do not / please + place + date + signature.
  • Short paragraph (Test 8): 50–60 words.
  • Letter / data description (Test 14): ~100 words.
  • Speech / essay (Test 16): ~200 words. Hook → three-step advice → warm close.