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    This document provides activities for practicing giving and responding to news in English, including: 1. Reading dialogues where one person gives good news or bad news, and questions about the news. 2. Sorting expressions used for giving good news, bad news, and responding to each into tables. 3. Identifying which messages of condolence or congratulations were meant for someone who received bad versus good news. 4. Writing sample dialogues where one person gives news and the other responds appropriately based on prompts.

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    This document provides activities for practicing giving and responding to news in English, including: 1. Reading dialogues where one person gives good news or bad news, and questions about the news. 2. Sorting expressions used for giving good news, bad news, and responding to each into tables. 3. Identifying which messages of condolence or congratulations were meant for someone who received bad versus good news. 4. Writing sample dialogues where one person gives news and the other responds appropriately based on prompts.

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    This document provides activities for practicing giving and responding to news in English, including: 1. Reading dialogues where one person gives good news or bad news, and questions about the news. 2. Sorting expressions used for giving good news, bad news, and responding to each into tables. 3. Identifying which messages of condolence or congratulations were meant for someone who received bad versus good news. 4. Writing sample dialogues where one person gives news and the other responds appropriately based on prompts.

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    MR EL BAHI/BAC2/VOCABULARY/GIVING AND RESPONDING TO NEWS - ACTIVITIES

    GIVING AND RESPONDING TO NEWS - ACTIVITIES


    A. Read and answer the question: Where is Dad’s new job location?

    B. Read the following dialogues and answer the questions:


    • Mehdi: I've got some smashing • Sarah: Steve, I've got to talk to you.
    news to tell you, Peter. • Steve: Sure, what's up?
    • Peter: What is it? • Sarah: I really don't know how to say it, but
    • Mehdi: I've won first prize in I feel I ought to tell you.
    the writing contest. • Steve: Just go ahead. What is it?
    • Peter: Wow! That sounds • Sarah: Well, I’m really sorry to say that
    exciting. Congratulations. your son was caught red handed this
    morning.
    • Steve: What? What do you mean by red
    1. Did Mehdi have good or handed?
    bad news? Explain! • Sarah: I saw him hanging around with some
    boys. They were smoking crack.
    2. What’s wrong with Steve’s • Steve: Oh dear! Are you sure it was him?
    son? • Sarah· No way. Yes, I'm sure it was him.

    C. Put the following expressions in the appropriate column in the table below.
    Sounds great! I do sympathize with you!
    I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you... Poor you!
    Superb !/Unbelievable! I’m sorry to have to say this, but …
    That’s great / wonderful / fantastic. I really feel bad to have to say this, but …
    I’m happy / glad to hear that. I've got some good / brilliant / great /
    I've got a bit of good news to tell you.. wonderful / splendid news for you…
    I am awfully sorry to hear that! Hard luck!
    Congratulations! That must be awful !
    Oh, Dear. That’s fantastic!
    I'm really pleased to tell you...

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    MR EL BAHI/BAC2/VOCABULARY/GIVING AND RESPONDING TO NEWS - ACTIVITIES

    Expressing good news  Expressing bad news 

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    Responding to good news Responding to bad news

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    D. Paul is a student in a British university. Due to the news of the death of his
    mother, he received messages of condolences. Cathy has just been offered a post
    of senior manager.
     Read the following messages and separate those sent to Paul from those sent to
    Cathy by ticking the appropriate boxes.

    E. Write the dialogues following the hints.


     You: ___________________________________________ (you got very good marks
    in the tests)
     Your friend: _____________________________________ (respond to the news)

     You: _________________________________________________________ (your


    aunt is in hospital)
     Your friend: __________________________________________________________
    (respond to the news)

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