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A: / have received these three job offers. Which one should) take?
~ ~. B: /f you take job A, you will get an excellent salary.
C: Yeah, but if you take that job, you will have to commute to work every day. Now, if you take job B,
you will be able to walk to work.
Groups of three or six
( Time )
20 minutes
( Material )
Worksheet (one per
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UNIT6 Conditional and wish constructions
Nothing's perfect! .(I)
Generated by students,
Comments
Procedures
1Before class, take one copy of the worksheet for every group of three or six students. Cut each
photocopy into three strips as indicated.
2 Divide the class into groups and give out one strip of the worksheet to each student (if working
with groups of three) or pair (if working with groups of six). J ust make sure that within each group,
each student or pair will have a distinct strip.
3Elicit from the class what they think a perfect/OK/lousy location, kind of work or pay would be. Tell
them to write down their opinions under each heading, either individually or in pairs, according to
the kind of job at the top of their strip. Circulate in the classroom and help them with any
vocabulary they might need.
4When they have finished, each student or pair tears up their strips into slips, along the broken lines.
5Then, the whole group rearranges their slips by letter so as to obtain: six slips marked A, six slips
marked B, and six other slips marked C.
6Students change the titles of the jobs to A, Band C.
7 Eachgroup then chooses one of its members to play the role of the person trying to decide which
job to take. The student thus chosen begins interaction by explaining the situation and asking for
advice, as shown in Language output. Students discuss the pros and cons of each one of the jobs
using the first conditional, and try to come to a consensus as to the best choice for their classmate.
Variation
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