English II · A1.2. National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Department of Foreign Languages, English Section. PhD. Bessy Mendoza, MSc. Leonel Madrid. Students talking on campus, with the flags of Honduras and the United Kingdom, Big Ben and a red London bus.
English II · Lesson 5 · Step 1 of 5

URA + SofIA: Lesson URA and SofIA assistants

Resource · not graded
What you bring
From Lesson 4 (My city): your product, your glossary and «I can describe a city with adjectives.»
What this prepares you for
The forum asks you to use Can + suggestions + dates with your classmates.

Goal of the lesson

I can recommend places to visit and suggest a plan.

Puedo recomendar lugares para visitar y sugerir un plan.

The URA has the explanation, audio, examples by career and the Cultural Corner of the II PAC. Take notes: you will use them in the forum.

Can + suggestions + dates

Possibility: You can visit… / You can see… Suggestions: Let's… · Why don't we…? · How about + -ing? Dates: on 21st February, in March.

FunctionExample
PossibilityYou can visit the castle.
SuggestionLet's take a boat tour.
SuggestionHow about visiting the museum?
DateThe festival is on 1st March.
En español

«You can…» presenta posibilidades. Para sugerir: «Let's go» (vamos), «Why don't we…?» (¿por qué no…?). En el Reino Unido la fecha se escribe día/mes: 21/02 = 21st February.

Your AI assistants: SofIA

Recommended for this lesson: SofIA Comunicativa, about can for possibility, suggestions and dates. SofIA asks your name, your career and your lesson, then helps you step by step. It explains, gives hints and helps you create your own mini-lesson, flashcards or practice. It never does graded work for you.

Available: SofIA Gramatical · SofIA Léxica · SofIA Fonética · SofIA Comunicativa · SofIA Profesional · SofIA Cultural.

Your career, your examples

II PAC · May – AugustSportMid-June · approx.Ascot, England

Cultural Corner · Royal Ascot

This week: Royal Ascot is near London. Suggest a one-day plan: «Let's… How about…?».

Royal Ascot is in June. There are horse races. People are wearing elegant hats.

Key words

  • hat sombrero
  • race carrera
  • dress code código de vestimenta

Fact

Queen Anne started the racecourse in 1711. There is a strict dress code.

Your career

  • Health sciences: Animal health and vets.
  • Engineering & technology: Track design.
  • Business & economics: Fashion and hats.
  • Education, humanities & communication: Traditions and royal events.
  • Environment, agriculture & tourism: Horses and grass.
Mirror Honduras. Is there an event in Honduras where people wear special clothes?

Official source

Mission: Find 1 rule of the dress code. Write it.

Cultural competency: I can say what Royal Ascot is (Mid-June), use Can + suggestions + dates to talk about it, and compare it with Honduras.

Language bridge · plurilingual and intercultural

Use every language you know to learn English, and use English to understand other people.

English ↔ SpanishNotice the difference

British dates put the day first: 26 October, 26/10/2026 — like Honduras, unlike the U.S.

Other languagesFrench · Portuguese · Italian · German

Let's go!: Allons-y ! (FR) · Vamos! (PT) · Andiamo! (IT) · Los geht's! (DE).

Observe, compare, reflectIntercultural

Many national museums in the U.K. are free to enter. Which museums and cultural places can visitors see in Honduras?

Mediation challengeBuild a bridge for someone

Read an event poster and tell a friend the place, date, time and price.

Your languages count: ask at home or in your community how to say it in Garífuna, Miskitu, the English of the Bay Islands or any other language you know, and add it to your glossary. Add it to «My languages» in your Passport →

Arts Corner · Literature221B Baker Street, London, U.K. · 1892

Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is a detective. He lives at 221B Baker Street. Today you can visit a museum there.

You use it in: 4 · Assignment · Activity 18

Para docentes

Fuente de datos: data/source/in102_lessons.js (lección 5). Ingreso al UNAH Virtual Campus: data/links.json. H5P (práctica del sitio y calificado del Campus): data/h5p/. Anuncios: data/anuncios.json. Títulos y porcentajes según el Calendario. Inglés I: 12 lecciones (decisión de la Sección, 26-10-2026); las actividades 1–38 no cambian. Regenerar con python3 generator/build.py.