Showing posts with label conditionals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conditionals. Show all posts

Friday, May 10, 2013

Melancholia: 2nd Conditional



Although many people criticized this movie, I really liked it. Thought-provoking, its two different stories hypnotized me until the last scene. This activity is to practice the use of the 2nd conditional orally.



















I. Work in pairs. Let's suppose that the Earth will be hit by another planet. Nothing can be done to stop the collision. It will be the end of days and there will be no survivors. The impact will be so hard that death will be painless and instantaneous. 










a. Apocalypse Abbr. Apoc. Bible The Book of Revelation.


b. Any of a number of anonymous Jewish or Christian texts from around the second century b.c. to the second century a.d. containing prophetic or symbolic visions, especially of the imminent destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous.



          c. Great or total devastation; doom: the Apocalypse of nuclear war.
























1. What would you do three weeks before the collision?







2. What would you do on the day of the collision.







3. Who would you like to be with if that happened?







4. Where would you like to be if the end of times were inevitable?







5. What would probably happen around the world on the day of the apocalypse if everyone knew what was about to happen?







6. Would people still go to work if they knew the world would end within three weeks? What consequences would it bring to every one's lives?














II. Watch the movie segment and then discuss the questions that follow.



























1. How did they decide to spend the last minutes of their lives?







2. What's your opinion about their decision?







3. Would you do the same as they did? Why (not)?







4. Do you think the world will ever end? If so, what would probably happen?







5. What's your view of the apocalypse?





6. Why is there so much speculation about the apocalypse? How afraid are you?












Friday, April 12, 2013

Yogi Bear: 3rd Conditional









This is a lovely movie, but it was not a real blockbuster. It is a wholesome movie with some interesting moments like the one in this segment.





 I. Watch the movie segment and decide if the sentences below are true or false.












































1.



The ranger did not know the microphone was on.

He sang her a song.



2.



Yogi was dangerously showing off to the audience.

He set fire to his own scarf.



3.



Yogi wasn't wearing his skis.

He fell into the lake.



4.



The audience didn't realize the fireworks were activated by accident.

They kept on applauding Yogi.



5.



The audience was too close to the show.

They ran for their lives.





 II. Complete the sentences below, using the 3rd Conditional.



1. If the ranger _______________ (know) the microphone was on, he ____________ (sing) her a song.



2. If Yogi _____________ (dangerously - show off) to the audience,  he __________ (set) fire to his own scarf.



3. if he ____________ (wear) his skis, he ____________ (fall) into the lake.



4. If the audience _____________ (realize) the fireworks were activated by accident, They ____________ (keep) on applauding Yogi.



5. The audience ___________ (run) for their lives if they _____________ (be) too close to the show.



Answer key:





I.



All sentences are true.



II.



1. had known / wouldn't (mightn't) have sung

2. hadn't been showing off (hadn't showed off) / wouldn't have set

3. had been wearing / wouldn't have fallen

4. had realized / wouldn't have kept

5. wouldn't have run / hadn't been



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