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    The document provides activities and examples for students to create excuses for not completing homework assignments using conditional phrases. In the first activity, students are prompted to think of excuses using "if...then" conditionals and given example words to incorporate like "dog", "sick", and "computer virus". The second activity instructs students to write a letter to the head teacher explaining why they haven't done their homework for three weeks, attempting to use conditional examples. An example letter is given using excuses like tripping over a worm and breaking an arm, and a broken computer at home.

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    Activity One: Excuses Excuses!

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    Louise Crosby
    The document provides activities and examples for students to create excuses for not completing homework assignments using conditional phrases. In the first activity, students are prompted to think of excuses using "if...then" conditionals and given example words to incorporate like "dog", "sick", and "computer virus". The second activity instructs students to write a letter to the head teacher explaining why they haven't done their homework for three weeks, attempting to use conditional examples. An example letter is given using excuses like tripping over a worm and breaking an arm, and a broken computer at home.

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    Excuses excuses!

    Activity One

    Think of an excuse for not doing your homework.

    Use the conditional tense, e.g. if and then.

    If the dog hadn’t eaten my homework then I would have been


    able to hand my homework in.

    Read the words below and see if you can create some of your own excuses for not doing
    your homework using the conditional tense if and then.

    cat dog brother

    Dad mum baby

    sick toilet holiday

    plane puddle illness

    spillage lost stolen

    dropped swapped garden

    computer virus diary planner absent

    1. .. If ....................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................

    2. .. .......................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................

    3. .. .......................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................

    4. .. .......................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................

    5. .. .......................................................................................................
    .......................................................................................................

    © www.teachit.co.uk 2009 8752 Page 1 of 2


    Excuses excuses!
    Activity Two

    Write a letter to the head teacher explaining why you haven’t done your homework for
    the past three weeks.

    Try to use examples of the conditional tense.

    Example:

    Wadley Primary School 3 Pencil Street


    Rainbow Avenue Desktown
    Happyshire Schoolshire
    AZ2 4GF AZ1 2DE

    Monday 2nd July

    Dear Mrs Ward,

    I am writing to express my deepest apologies for not handing my homework for


    three weeks!

    I did not hand my homework in because I accidently tripped over a long chunky
    worm and broke my arm and was unable to write a word. If Sarah hadn’t
    distracted me by moaning about our unexpected maths test, then I would have
    seen the worm and not tripped.

    If the computer at home had not been broken then I can promise you that I would
    have tried to do it on the computer. That is if I could ever persuade my sister to
    get off and let me have a go!

    Finally, if you are kind hearted enough to understand my predicament, then I


    promise to ensure that next week’s homework is in on time.

    Yours sincerely,

    Katie Jones

    © www.teachit.co.uk 2009 8752 Page 2 of 2

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