ENG_B2.

1302S

Dealing With a
Problem
Making Decisions and Choices
Speaking & Discussion
Level B2

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Dealing with a Problem Outline

Content
Imagine that you have a problem. Use the conditionals with future clauses to talk
about your different choices of how to handle this problem.

Learning Outcomes
• Review future conditionals
• Learn helpful phrases to express and deal with imagined issues
• Use the new language structure and expressions to navigate through imagined
problems

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Grammar

Please remember

Future conditionals describe something that

may happen in the future

If I study hard, I will ace the test!

I am going to go for a jog if there is nothing on TV
When I finally get off work, I‘ll go grocery shopping!
If it snows a lot, we will get to ski this year!

What do you notice in terms of the tenses used?

When do you use future?
When do you use present?
What about the uses of “if” and “when”?

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Grammar

Please remember
Future conditionals can also talk about unreal
or imaginary situations in the future

If I met Harry Potter, I could ask him to teach me a spell.

I would go shopping if I weren‘t so busy.
If I weren‘t going to China for work next week, I would go to
Cancun!
I might love him, if he weren‘t such an annoying man!
What verb tenses are involved?
When are they used?
Is there a single form of future conditionals for unreal situations?
Can you use “when”?
What happens with modal verbs?

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Grammar

Please remember

Future conditionals can take different forms

Look at the example sentences and deduce the rules for using
future conditionals

Future conditionals

+ , +

Future conditionals for unreal situations

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Vocabulary

1) Issue 11) Beyond

2) Difficulty 12) Perspective
3) Downfall 13) Standpoint
4) Discussion
5) Helpless

6) Impotent
7) Incapable
8) Mix up
9) Confusion
10) Inconvenience

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Vocabulary

To confuse
To mix up
To negotiate
To affect

To inconvenience To start over

To deal with
To discuss
something/one
To apologize
To resolve

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Vocabulary

Useful phrases to use during or after a conflict or

issue
I‘m really sorry
I truly apologize
I think I should have...
It will never happen again
Please accept my apology
Try to see it through my
eyes
I can see where you‘re
coming from
It would be such a pity to..
I will make it up to you
There‘s no other way
Let‘s take a moment to
examine this
I understand how you feel
It would be best if we...

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Definition

When in a problematic situation, real or imagined,

the best way to deal with it is to stay calm and to
see the other person‘s perspective

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Role Playing

Speaking

Create a dialogue

Mom Son
Is concerned Wants to go out to party
Thinks it is very late It is almost midnight
Does not agree on going Is upset
out on a weeknight Screams he is almost an
Remains calm adult

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Questions

1) How do you normally deal

with problems?

2) What do you do to remain

calm?

3) What have you done to calm

down when you got very
upset?

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Review

1. Real future If my mom gets upset, I will apologize to her.

2. Unreal future If I were abducted by aliens, I would cry for a month.

3. Real future If I feel stressed at work, I will do some quick yoga.

If I had a discussion with the president, I might speak my mind.
4. Unreal future

Remember that modal verbs take special forms:

could- should- might.

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Exercises

Speaking

How is it for you?

1) Who do you usually have arguments or discussions

with?

2) What do you do to resolve them?

3) What do you say?

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Exercises

Speaking
Complete the sentence using future
conditionals. Pay attention to the tense
1) If you hadn‘t said that,

2) If Joan apologized,

3) If I were not confused,

4) If she were going to

negotiate,
5) If I weren‘t helpless

6) If we discuss the deal,

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Exercises

Speaking

Create a dialogue. Use as many expressions

from slide 8 as possible.

Teacher
Is going to travel
Has no more time to grade
the essay
Says it was the student‘s
responsibility
Is sorry the student will fail
Student
Didn‘t write his final essay
Will fail the class
Was very sick
Wants the chance to turn it in

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Exercises

Speaking

Look at the image. What is happening? What

would you do if you were in that situation?

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Exercises

Speaking

Make a list of 5 useful phrases or expressions

you can use to try to resolve a problem and why
you use them

Expression/Phrase Reason

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Exercises

Speaking

What would you do if…

1. Your boss was upset at you?

2. You lost your job?
3. Your teacher thought your essay was not
very good?
4. The airline lost your luggage?
5. The package you bought online, didn‘t
arrive on time?

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Exercises

Speaking
Pick two situations. Role play and find a
solution to the problem.
Situation 1 Situation 2

Your mom is upset at you You are upset at your

for not doing the dishes friend for lying to you.

Situation 3 Situation 4

You are upset at your

Your partner is upset at
sister for using your tablet
you for not calling.
without asking.

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Exercises

Speaking
Fill in the blank with the appropriate word
or expression.
mix up – try to see things through my perspective – confusion – helpless - beyond –
discussion – I apologize – inconvenience

1. __________________ for the _________________ we caused you. We

will get your order to you as soon as possible.
2. There was a bit of a ______________ and your gift was sent to the wrong
person.
3. If I had known the _______________ this caused, I would have never
accepted the deal.
4. I feel completely ___________, there is nothing I can do to help. If there
were something I could do, I would go ____________ the call of duty to
do it.
5. I don’t agree with you. –Come on! __________________. It was just a
little heated _________. Don’t get upset.
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Exercises

Speaking
Write sentences using the verbs given and
Future conditional

1. Give/buy
2. Travel/experience
3. Work out/resolve
4. Apologize/confuse
5. Start over/apologize
6. Inconvenience/negotiate

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Exercises

Speaking

What would you do if you met a zombie on the

street? Talk about the problem, the solution
and why you would do that. Speak for 30-45
seconds.

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Exercises

Speaking

Match the sentences

It was my fault! when we get home.

If the quality were better, I wouldnt have gone on this trip
If I negotiate with him, I wouldn’t have to buy a new one
We will disccuss this, every week.
If I had known it would I shouldn’t have been driving that
be such a mess, fast!
we might be able to get a better deal.

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