U N I T 4
THEME:
TALKING ABOUT IMAGINARY SITUATIONS
OBJECTIVE:
Students will learn expressions to use when describing imaginary situations in the past, talking about consequences in the present, giving opinions or suggestions about actions in the past, talking about recent predicaments.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
These activities will help you improve your understanding of oral communication
4.1. LISTENING: Act of Kindness
Jeff talks about a memorable experience in India.
4.2. LISTENING: The injury
Joel talks about a time he got hurt.
4.3. LISTENING: The crash
Joel talks about a bad day on the slopes.
READING COMPREHENSION
These activities will help you practice making inferences in order to improve your understanding of written texts.
You make an inference when you use keys within the story in order to infer or deduce something which the author is no saying.
Making inferences - tutorial
4.4. ACTIVITY: Answer the 4 questions:
a) What had Ted concluded?
b) What clues in the story helped you to make this inference?
c) Why wasn't Patti going to work?
d) What clues in the story helped you to make this inference?
4.5. Making inferences: what?
ACTIVITY: Answer the 3 questions:
a) What day is Beth celebrating?
b) What is going on?
c) What part was Janice playing?
4.6. ACTIVITY: Answer the 4 questions:
a) Which probably happened?
b) What was Miss Valdez telling Larry?
c) What is the message?
d) We can infer that ...
GRAMMAR
Grammar is the glue that holds the language together.
4.7. UNREAL CONDITIONAL SENTENCES with if clauses
Unreal conditional sentences describe imaginary situations with simple past forms and consequences in the present.
What would you do if you found $50,000?
-If I found $50,000, I would (I’d) go straight to the mall.
I could buy a nice car.
I might go to the police.
I wouldn’t return them so fast.
4.8. PAST MODALS
Use would have or should have + past participle to give opinions or suggestions about actions in the past.
What should I have done? You should have told them about it.
You shouldn’t have hidden it.
What would you have done? I would have cold her.
I wouldn’t have sent her an email.
LET'S PRACTICE
The more you practice, the better you will become.
4.9. ACTIVITY: Complete the following conversation:
a) If you…….…. (have) three months to travel, where………. you…….. (go)?
b) Oh, that’s easy! I …………. (fly) to Antarctica. I’ve always wanted to go there.
a) If your doctor…………. (tell ) you to get more exercise, which sport……. you...… (choose)?
b) I’m not sure, but I……………… (go) jogging two or three times a week.
a) What……… you……… (do) if your car…………... (break down)?
b) If I couldn’t afford to fix it, I……………..…. (have to) walk everywhere.
a)………... you……… (break) into your house if you……….… (lock) yourself out?
b) If I………..…. (not have) another key, I…………… (ask) a neighbour for help.
4.10. GAME: Antonyms
GAME: Past modals (1)
4.11. ACTIVITY: Write the 8 correct sentences.
GAME: Unreal conditional sentences with if clauses (1)
4.12. ACTIVITY: Write the 5 correct sentences
GAME: Unreal conditional sentences with if clauses (2)
4.13. ACTIVITY: Write the 5 sentences in the correct order.
4.14. ACTIVITY: Complete the following conversation:
A) The cashier gave me too much change. What should I have ……..…. (do)?
B) You should have……….. (say) something. You shouldn’t have……. (take) the money.
A) I ignored an email from someone I don’t like. What would you have…..…. (do)?
B) I would have…………. (reply) to the person. It just takes a minute!
A) I was watching a good movie when the phone rang. What should I have……. (do)?
B) You should have…….. (take) the call and…….. (tell) the person you’d call later.
A) We left all our trash at the campsite. What would you have………. (do)?
B) I would have……….. (take) it with me and ………... (throw) it away later.
4.15. ACTIVITY: Choose the best suggestion for each situation and write them down:
Situations
1. The teacher borrowed my favourite book and spilled coffee all over it….
2. I saw a classmate cheating on an exam, so I wrote her a letter about it….
3. A friend of mine always has mess hair, so I gave him a comb for his birthday…
4. I hit someone’s car when I was leaving a parking lot, luckily, no one saw me….
5 My aunt gave me a wool sweater. I can’t wear wool, so I gave it back…
Suggestions
a) You should have exchanged it for something else.
b) I would have told her that I’d prefer something else.
c) You should have left a note for the owner.
d) You should have warned her not to do it again.
e) I wouldn’t have said anything.
f) I would have waited for the owner to return.
g) I would have spoken to the teacher about it.
h) You should have spoken to him about it.
ASSESSMENT
Listening comprehension quizzes.
4.16. QUIZ 1: SPEAKING
-What would you do if…..?
1. you saw a burglar in your home?
2. you found a diamond ring?
3. you saw someone shoplifting?
4. your girlfriend was pregnant?
5. your teacher gave you an excellent on a test by mistake?
6. your friend wanted to marry someone you didn’t trust?
4.17. QUIZ 2: SPEAKING
I shouldn’t have…
1. something you shouldn’t have bought
2. something you should have done
3. someone you should have called
4. something you shouldn’t have said
5. someone you shouldn’t have emailed
4.18. QUIZ 3: MODALS
ACTIVITY: Listen and write down the 8 words you hear.
