Different worlds

Exercise 1
- a woman / some women
- a man / some men

Generally speaking, I think women… more than men.

In general, men… more often than women.
I think it’s more common for men to…

Your opinions:
Generally speaking, I think men go to sports events more than women.
In general, women go to health spas more often than men.
In general, women do the housework more often than men.
I think it’s more common for men to work as a police officer.
I think that men gossip as much as women.

Exercise 2

Women - family, fashion, shopping, politics, health, women

Men - politics, cars, women, sport

1F
2F
3T
4F
5F

Exercise 4

e.g. She said she was sorry, but she meant he would be sorry.
She said that he could do what he wanted but she meant that he would pay for that
later.
She said that she wasn’t upset but she meant that she was upset.
She said that she would be ready in a minute but she meant she hadn’t even started
getting ready.
She said that she loved him but she meant she had crashed his car.
She said that she had bought it at a sale but she meant she had paid $1,000 for it.
She said that he had to learn to communicate but she meant he should agree with
everything she said.
Your ideas:
I told my mom and my sister I would make salad.
I told my uncle I was watching a new series.
My friend told me he would send me the Met opera link. I would like to hear…
My students told me they hadn’t learnt geography. They said they wanted me to
talk to their geography teacher. I told them that the teacher wouldn’t give them
bad grades.

Exercise 6

Fiona told Marcus…

Marcus told Fiona…

Exercise 7

a) 1 Fiona and Marcus split up because he ___.

2 ___.
3 Marcus ___.
4 It is ___ that Marcus cheated on Fiona.

b) 1 Marcus wanted to ___ Fiona before the fight.

2
3 He ___ forgotten about Fiona’s birthday.
4 Fiona is ___.

Exercise 9