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5 What is the advice at the end of the audio to help correct 
the mistake of misgendering someone? Write the answer 
in your notebook.
A Stop caring about people’s feelings and make an effort 
to be more spontaneous and natural.
B Try to respect people’s pronouns and understand that 
addressing someone correctly has several positive 
impacts on their life. X
 6 Listen to the audio again and, in your notebook, write the correct options that complete the 
statements below.
Speaker 3: When people get my pronouns right it makes me feel / be like I’m, you know, 
like being myself and people are responding to that and just like respecting me as a 
person.
Speaker 1: When people choose / get my pronouns right, I feel respected by them and 
I end up / start feeling a lot more comfortable around them.
Speaker 4: Sometimes if you identify someone with a different pronoun that they don’t 
identify as, you can potentially actually upset / hurt them. [É]
Transcripted from: https://www.minus18.org.au/articles/what-are-pronouns-and-why-are-they-important. 
Accessed on: Aug. 24, 2020.
No. 17 feel; get; end up; upset
 7 According to the audio transcript from activity 6, what 
adjectives can describe how Speaker 1 feels when 
someone gets their pronoun right? Write the answers in 
your notebook.
A Upset
B Respected X
C Sad
D Angry
E More comfortable X
F Regretful
Post-listening 
 8 Why is respecting someone’s identity crucial to building a 
fair and equal society? Justify your answer.
9 What advice would you give to a person who accidentally 
or intentionally misgendered someone? Write it in your 
notebook.
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LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
 1 Considering the context, observe these sentences taken from Read on and Listen up!. 
Then write the correct options in your notebook.
The economic and cultural elite are the ones who make language rules and dictate 
what is right and what is wrong, and we must accept this fact... ¿no?
A The fi rst sentence expresses
• a suggestion. X • a command.
B The second sentence expresses
• an order. • something which is the ideal or best 
thing to do in a situation. X
 2 Now, observe the following sentence from Going further and answer in your notebook. 
• The sentence indicates
A an obligation. X B a probability.
SHOULD/SHOULDN’T
Should is a modal verb. It is used in the following situations:
• when you talk about what you believe is the best thing to do in situation;
• when you want to ask for and give suggestions or advice.
Forms: 
Affi rmative: I/you/he/she/it/we/they + + main verb
Negative: I/you/he/she/it/we/they + shouldn’t + 
Contraction: Shouldn’t = should not
Questions: Should + I/you/he/she/it/we/they + main verb
MUST
Must is a modal verb and it is used in the following situations:
• when you express conclusions or deductions about facts;
• when you express strong necessity and obligation;
• when you express encouragement or polite invitations.
should
main verb
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 3 Read the box and choose the best options to complete the 
sentences. Write the answers in your notebook.
Adults, especially parents and teachers, should thus try to avoid consistently framing 
one gender as the standard for the other.
I don’t think you should be upsetting someone in this process, and that’s why I think 
it’s very important to know what someone identi� es themselves as and respect it.
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