Warming Up

Controversial Statements

Here are some great controversial statements to get the conversation going. Use them in various ways. Give one or a few to students for pair/group discussion. Or casually toss one of these statements yourself into the conversation at an appropriate moment. Or organize a debate.

A woman's place is in the home.

Fare-dodging on a train or bus is ok if you can get away with it.

Boys and girls should not have equal education.

A foreign language cannot be taught. It must be learned.

A country gets the government it deserves.

A man should have a wife for the family and a mistress for pleasure.

All property should be owned by the state.

Murderers should be executed.

Soft drugs like marijuana should be legalized.

Beauty is only a matter of taste.

Riches are for spending.

We are all basically selfish.

Punishment never has any good effect.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

You will be happier if you stay unmarried.

People work better if they are paid more.

Committing suicide should be made legal.

Royalty and democracy are incompatible.

Grammar section

Modals

Complete the sentences using can or could where possible.If can or could is not

possible,use a form of be able to.

Examples:

He has been living in France for 6 months.He can speak French very well now.

I'll be able to go shopping later today.

1 When Robert was younger he run quite fast.

2 Look!You see the mountains from this window.

3 Kate dance really well when she was a young girl.

4 How long have you play the guitar?

5 Look!I lift this chair with one hand!

6 I'm sorry,but I won't come to the party on Saturday.

EXERCISE 36B

Complete the sentences using could or was/were able to.

Sometimes either form is possible.

Example:

Simon could/was able to read music when he was 7.

1 We put out the fire before much damage was done.

2 My daughter walk when she was only 11 months old.

3 I finish all the work you wanted me to do yesterday.

4 '(you)speak French before you went to live in Paris?'

'I (not)spec very well.'

3 They were talking quite loudly.I hear everything they said.

Robert Wells is 52 years old.Sometimes he feels that he has wasted his life.

Read about Robert.Replace the words in italics with could have..., as in the example.

Example:

When Robert was 26 he had the chance to get married,but he decided not to.

When Robert was 26 he could have got married,but he decided not to.

1 Robert had the ability to go to university,but he didn't want to go.

2 He had the intelligence to pass his final exams at school,but he didn't take them.

3 A lot of people thought he had the ability to be a professional footballer when he

was younger,but he didn't try.

4 He had the opportunity to start his own business once,but he didn't want to.

5 He had the chance to emigrate to Australia a few years ago,but he decided not to.

Complete the sentences using could or was/were allowed to.

Sometimes either form is possible.

Example:

I was allowed to see him for a few moments yesterday.

1 Andrew leave school early yesterday because he wasn't feeling well.

2 Until the 19th century,people travel freely between most countries without

a passport.

3 Sue's children watch the film on TV last night.

4 Her son has to wear a uniform in his new school,but in his old school he

wear whatever he liked.

(i)Mrs Woods isn't very well.The doctor is speaking to her.

Complete what the doctor says using must и глаголы drink,take,stay и continue. Use each verb

only once.

Doctor: Well,Mrs Woods,your temperature is a little high,so you 1 in bed for the next

few days.You can eat whatever you like,but you 2 plenty of liquids.And I'll give you

some medicine.You 3 it three times a day after meals.And you 4 to take it for

the next ten days.

(ii)Now Mrs Woods is explaining the doctor's instructions to Mr Woods.

Complete what Mrs Woods says using have to и глаголы drink,take,stay и continue.

.1. it three times a day after meals.And Mrs Woods:The doctor gave me some medicine.I.

I 2 to take it for the next ten days.I'm not allowed to get up at the moment.I,

in bed for the next few days.Oh,and I'm allowed to eat whatever I like,but I 4.plenty of liquids.

Choose the correct form.

Example:

You've been late for work twice this week.You mustn't/needn't be late again tomorrow.

1 You mustn 't/don 't have to open the door before the train stops.You could fall out.

2 We mustn 't/don't have to hurry.We've got plenty of time.

3 We mustn't/haven't got to make any noise going into the house.It's very late and

everybody is asleep.

4 You mustn't/needn't tell Nicki about the party.I've already told her.

5 You mustn 't/don't need to phone the station about the time of the trains.I've got

a timetable.

6 I mustn 't/haven 't got to go now.I can stay a bit longer if you want me to.

Complete these sentences using the modal verbs in the box.Sometimes two

answers are possible.

must mustn't can can't needn't

Examples:

You needn't wait any longer,You can go now.

We mustn't make a noise.We must be quiet.

You must move your car.You can't/mustn't park here.

1 You mustn't leave the door unlocked.You.

2 You can only smoke in the canteen.You

3 We needn't do the washing up now.We

4 We can stay a bit longer.We go now.

.lock it.

_smoke in this room.

.do it tomorrow.

5 You can't keep on using my tennis shoes.You.

6 You can keep those magazines.You give them back to me.

.buy your own.

Complete the sentences using needn't have where possible.If needn't have is not

possible,use didn't need to.

Examples:

Did you water the garden?''Yes,but I needn't have done (do)it.Just after I'd

finished it started to rain!'

I didn't need to wake (wake)her up because she was awake before me.

1 She (get up)early last Saturday,so she stayed in bed until 10 o'clock.

2 I didn't wear my coat when I went out.I wear)it.It wasn't cold.

3 He was very anxious before the exam,but he (worry).It wasn't as difficult

as he'd expected.

4 She (pay)the man,but she gave him some money anyway.

5 She (pay)the man,so she didn't give him any money.

6 Thank you very much for the flowers,but you really.(buy)them for me.

Complete the advice using should or ought to; find the advice for the problems.

Example:1 'I've lost my credit card.'

'You should report it to the credit card company immediately.7

'You ought to report it to the credit card company immediately.'

PROBLEMS ADVICE

1 'I've lost my credit card.''I think you |sell it.'

2 'I can't wake up in the mornings.''Perhaps you |look for another job.'

3 'I'm bored with my job.''Don't you think you |apologize to them?'

4 'I've got a terrible headache.''Perhaps you |buy a new alarm clock!'

5 'I was very rude to my parents.''You |report it to the credit card company immediately.

6 'My car keeps on breaking down.''Perhaps you |take some aspirin.'

EXERCISE 42B

Make sentences using should (n 't)...,ought (n 't)to....should (n 't)have... or ought (n 't)to have...

and the words in brackets.

Example:My car is always dirty.(I |clean |it more often.)

/ should clean it more often./I ought to clean it more often.

1 You think your friend works too hard.You tell him/her:

(You |not work |so hard.)(You |relax |more.)

2 Your friend overslept this morning and was late for work.His boss said to him.

(You |buy |an alarm clock!)

3 Kate didn't feel well yesterday,but she went to work and now she feels really

terrible.(She |not go |to work yesterday.)(She |stay |in bed.)

4 Mr Woods walked straight out into the road without looking.He was nearly

killed by a bus.(He |not walk |into the road without looking.)(He |look |first.)

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