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4.- Listening
Before you
carry out the listening, please revise the following words:
4.1.- Key
vocabulary
To redecorate
To withdraw money
Withdrawal
Reasonably
Cash point
Bank balance
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4.2.- Pre-listening
speaking activity
Look at
the words and phrases below. They all appear in the listening you are
about to hear. Can you guess what the story is about?
- Few months
ago
- Redecorate
- Withdraw £500
- New sofa
- Bank statement
- Close account
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4.3.- (Listening)
You are
now going to listen to Bruce talking about a situation that he found
himself in recently. Listen and check your prediction. Were you right?.
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4.4.- What
do the following words refer to?
Check
your answers by looking at the tapescript.
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4.5.- Tapescript
A
few months ago, my wife and I decided to redecorate our living room.
We decided that we wanted a new sofa, so we went into town and found
a little shop which sold modern reasonably priced sofas. We found a
sofa we wanted to buy, so I went to the nearest cash point and withdrew
£500 to pay the man in the shop.
A few
days later, I looked at my bank balance online and I noticed that the
money that I had withdrawn still hadn’t come out of the account.
I thought it was quite strange because usually cash withdrawals appear
immediately. I waited a few more days and then checked my account again.
The money still hadn’t come out. I was very happy because we didn’t
have much money at the time. I didn’t know whether to tell the
bank about the mistake and avoid problems later on or say nothing and
hope for the best.
In
the end, I decided to wait another week. If the bank had asked for the
money back during that time, I would have returned the money. However,
they didn’t, so after two weeks I closed my account and moved
to another bank.
5.- Grammar
Focus – Third conditional
In the previous
lesson, we looked at the first and second conditional. In this lesson
we are going to look at the third conditional.
Can you find
an example of the third conditional in the tapescript?
Here is
the example:
If the
bank had asked for the money back during that time, I would have returned
the money.
5.1.- Form:
Can you
identify the verb forms in the first and second part of the clause?
If the
bank had asked for the money back during
that time, I would have returned the
money.
Had asked
= past perfect
would have returned = would + have +
past participle
These are
the different verb forms we use with the third conditional
Please note:
a) It is
important to note that we can use any ‘modal verb’ with
the third conditional e.g. could, might, should, etc.
If the
bank had asked for the money back during that time, I might have returned
the money.
If the bank had asked for the money back during that time, I could
have returned the money.
b) ‘Would’
can be contracted e.g. I’d = I would
I’d
have returned the money if the bank had asked for it back.
5.2.- Use:
When do
we use the third conditional?
We
use the third conditional to imagine a different past.
For example:
If the
bank had asked for the money back during
that time, I would have returned the
money.
In reality,
the bank didn’t ask for the money back. This situation did not
happen. Therefore we are imagining a different past.
5.3.- Controlled
Practice
Fill in
the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Listen to
your teacher pronounce the following words and repeat:
Would
I’d
I’d have
Look at the
following sentences and repeat after your teacher:
I would
have phoned the bank
I’d have phoned the bank
7.- Your
turn…
Answer the
following questions out loud giving as much detail as possible:
What would
you have done if you had seen a man breaking into your neighbour’s
house?
What could
have happened if you had studied more at school?
What might
have happened if you had woken up earlier on Sunday morning?
You may find
the following phrases useful.
- I would
have………
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I don’t know what I would have done….
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Maybe I’d have …….
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I’d definitely have…..
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I wouldn’t have……
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