2D What would you do?

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1 2

If you were on the programme Secret What percentage of your salary would you
Millionaire, what kind of volunteer work donate charity, if you earned
would you get involved  ? €50,000 a year?

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3 4

Would you tell all your friends if you If you swapped places with a homeless
unexpectedly came a large person for a week, how do you think you
sum of money? would benefit the experience?

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5 6

If you ran a company which was

How would you feel if your children valued
danger going
you more your money than
bankrupt, how could you try to turn
your love?
business around?

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7 8

If your best friend was hard up and If you were a head teacher and caught a
desperately needed money, would you dip student stealing, would you exclude him/
your savings to help him/her? her school?

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9 10

If a friend intentionally ripped you

Which item would you miss most if you
 , would you ever be able to
had to wave goodbye all your
have confidence him/her
personal possessions?
again?

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11 12

If you became an affluent celebrity Would you consider forging a relationship

overnight, how would this prompt you someone well-off if you were
change your lifestyle? completely broke?

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 2D What would you do?

Aims  To review and practise phrases with prepositions. To

give students practice in voicing opinions and talking about
hypothetical situations using the second conditional.
Time  15 minutes
Materials  1 handout, cut up into cards, for each group of four
students
• Divide the class into groups of four and tell them to arrange
themselves in a small circle. Give each group a pile of cards
and tell them to keep the cards face down.
• One student picks up a card and reads the question to their
group, adding in the correct preposition(s) where missing.
Answer Key
1 in 5 in / of 9 to
2 to 6 for 10 off / in
3 into 7 into 11 to
4 from 8 from 12 with
• The other students should then respond to the question,
ensuring that they support their answers with reasons and
examples. This is a good opportunity to practise language for
expressing opinions, agreeing and disagreeing.
• The activity continues in the same way, with students taking
turns to read out a question, until all the scenarios have been
discussed. At the end, get some feedback from each group
on any interesting/surprising answers put forward or on any
issues they strongly disagreed on.

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