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Unit 3

How should I behave?

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SUPPOSED TO/EXPECTED TO: Proper behavior

He was supposed to arrive at 9:00.

We are expected to wear suits.

She is supposed to call me before she leaves.

You are expected to be quiet in the meeting.

They aren’t supposed to go swimming there.

I am expected to give a gift to the family.

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ALLOWED TO/PERMITTED TO: Allowable behavior

Are we permitted to sit here?

They are allowed to smoke in that room.

You aren’t permitted to take photos of them.

We aren’t allowed to interrupt the ceremony.

She isn’t permitted to tease her siblings.

I am allowed to stay out until midnight.

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PracticeUse the vocabulary to make sentences with supposed to, expected to, allowed to, and permitted to.

Example: I am supposed to call my dad. I am expected to call my dad. I am allowed to call once a day. I am permitted to call once a day.

BEHAVIOR: Supposed to, expected to, allowed to, permitted to 3

call

bow

hug

interrupt

teaseeye contact

insult

eat

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