Dialogue

Chris: Morning, Alex.

Alex: Hi Chris. Look! I just found a wallet on the stairs – and it’s full of £20 notes. No cards – just cash!

Chris: You’re kidding!

Alex: I need to find out who it belongs to.

Chris: Why do you want to do that? If I found some money, I’d keep it!

Alex: Would you? Really?

Chris: Yes, of course I would. I’d give some to charity but I’d spend the rest. I’d buy myself some new
clothes. Or I’d have a party. Maybe I’d get a new mobile – I dropped mine in the bath last night. I
probably wouldn’t spend it all immediately; I’d save some for my holiday. I guess it would depend
on how much there was.

Alex: Well, … er … keep it? Hmm – I’m not sure I can keep it. It doesn’t seem right.

Chris: Of course, you can! After all, the owner was really careless – they obviously don’t need the money!
How much is there, anyway?

Alex: About £180 by the looks of it. Ah, there’s a piece of paper here with an address and a name on it …
(laughs knowingly). OK, I think you’re right. I’m going to put the cash in my pocket … and take my
girlfriend to that new Thai restaurant on Saturday.

Chris: Good idea! Right decision!

Alex: Ok, I have to go and do some work. See you later, Chris.

Chris: Yes, have a good day.

Alex: Oh, Chris, by the way. Thanks for the money – it was your wallet!

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Material for Restricted practice (3)

Write the verbs in brackets in the correct form to talk about an unreal or unlikely situation.

Example:

had $1 million, I ’d
If I _______ buy a bigger house.
________

(have/buy)

1 If I ____________ more time, I ____________ Italian lessons.

(have/take)

2 If I ____________ live anywhere in the world, I ____________ in the USA.

(can/live)

3 If I ____________ to Japan, I ____________ eating sushi.

(go/try)

4 If I ____________ you out for lunch, we ____________ to a Chinese restaurant.

(take/go)

5 I ____________ the police if I ____________ a UFO.

(call/see)

Check number 5 carefully! Look at the word order!

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Material for Communicative activity

A B

If you ___________ some money, what If your best friend ___________ ugly in his/her

___________ you ___________? clothes, ___________ you ___________ him/her?

(find / do) (look / tell)

C D

If you ___________ someone stealing a car, If you ___________ a classmate cheating in an

___________ you ___________ him/her? exam, ___________ you ___________

your teacher?

(see / stop) (see / tell)

E F

If you ___________ a car in a car park, If your friend ___________ you dinner but it

___________ you ___________ a note with your tasted terrible, ___________ you ___________ it?

name and address on it?

(hit / leave) (make / eat)

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Board plan

Introduction Pre-teaching of vocabulary

(insert photo of two men in suits with

wallet)

Who are they?

What is their relationship
Where are they?
What are they talking about and why? Logos and names of various charities

Pre-teaching of vocabulary Listening for details

He lost his wallet. (n) /wɒlɪt/

He gave £200 to charity. (n) /ʧærətɪ/

He’s a very careless driver. (adj) /keələs/

Pictures showing things that Chris
says he might spend money on ie
clothes, holiday, mobile phone.

Clarification of grammar Restricted practice (4)

If I found some money, I’d keep it.

buy a (bigger) house.
travel around the world.
past
If + subject + object + would + infinitive I’d
move to Britain.
simple + wouldn’t If I had £1 million
I wouldn’t
give half of it to charity.
give some of it to my family.
buy a Porsche.
buy some designer clothes.

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