Halloween is a day when kids in the United States dress up in masks and costumes.
November 2 is the day when Mexicans observe the Day of the
Dead.
Fall is the season when people in the United States and Canada celebrate Thanksgiving.

Use who or that for people.
Use which or that for things.
It’s about a guy. He joins a corrupt law firm.
It’s a thriller. It stars
Tom Cruise.
It’s about a guy who/that joins a corrupt law firm.
It’s a thriller which/that stars Tom
Cruise.

Use would have or should have + past participle to talk about imaginary or hypothetical actions in the past.
What would you have done ?
I would have told her to leave.
I wouldn’t have done anything.
What should I have done ?
You should have spoken to her about it.
You shouldn’t have lied about it.

GRAMMAR FOCUS
Causative: have (have something done)
Subject + have + noun + past participle:
Computers companies have the scenes for their games drawn by artists.
I had my hair cut yesterday.
She has the homework done by her sister.

Evaluations with adjectives
The kitchen isn’t big enough
The living room is too small.
Evaluations with nouns
There aren’t enough bedrooms.
There isn’t enough closet space.
Comparisons with adjectives Comparisons with nouns
It’s not as cheap as the last apartment.
It doesn’t have as many bedrooms as the last apartment.
It’s almost as cheap ( as the last apartment)
It has just as many bedrooms ( as the last apartment).

GRAMMAR FOCUS
Reported speech: requests
Notice how requests are reported with the verb ask, tell and say + the infinitive.
Original request
Can you bring some soda?
Reported request
She asked me to bring some soda.
She told me to bring some soda.
She said to bring some soda.
Don’t say anything to Albert.
She asked me not to say anything to
Albert.
She told me not to say anything to
Albert.
She said not to say anything to Albert.

GRAMMAR FOCUS
Future with going to and will
Use be going to + verb to talk about plans you’ve decided on. Use will with maybe, probably, I guess or I think to talk about possible plans before you’ve made a decision
Where are you going to go?
I
’m going to go to the beach
I ’m not going to take a vacation.
I’m not sure.
Maybe I’ll catch up on my reading.
I probably won’t take a vacation this year.
What are you going to do?
I’m going to do lots of swimming
I guess I’ll just stay home.
I don’t know. I think I’ll go camping.