Grammar communication Unit 5

On the money
Work with a partner. Play a running dictation game. Student A: memorise one line of word options and tell
Student B. Student B: write the words in the gaps. Then swap roles. Continue until all your sentences are
complete.

SENTENCES

1 It would be a good idea if you spoke to the bank manager.

to the bank manager.

2 He spent all of his money online shopping yesterday and now thinks it was a bad idea.
He all his money online shopping yesterday.

3 Because of my age, it’s not possible for me to have a credit card.

Because of my age,
a credit card.

4 There's no cash machine in my village so it’s necessary for me to travel to the next town to get money.
I the next town to get money because
my village doesn't have a cash machine.

5 I have a free overdraft so it’s not necessary for me to pay any fees.
I have a free overdraft so I any fees.

6 Because it broke, it was necessary to send my phone back, but it wasn’t possible to get a refund.
Because it broke, I my phone back, but I
a refund.

7 I didn’t save any money, which was silly because now I can’t afford to go on holiday this year.
I some money so I could afford to go
on holiday this year.

8 We took lots of money, but it wasn’t obligatory to pay for anything.

We lots of money because we
for anything.

9 You don’t have permission to buy any more computer games.

any more computer games.

10 It wasn’t necessary for me to give my brother a loan because he had enough money.
I my brother a loan because he had
enough money.

WORD OPTIONS

A couldn’t saved to pay not

B I’m have better to need

C don’t travel have need to

D have didn’t send to shouldn’t

E mustn’t have You’d allowed had to

F have ought You taken to pay

G didn’t spent to give get

H speak to have buy needn’t

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