Unit 1 : Ill-gotten Gains Never Prosper Practice

Theme : Ethics in Business Task 1: Put the verbs between brackets in the
Sequence 1 : Listen and Consider appropriate form
Rubric : Grammar Explorer III
1-They wish they (to invest) __________ in Bitcoin
Warm Up
1.Look at the pictures and read the following passage few years ago, it is worth a lot of money now.
2-I wish I (not / to embezzle) _________ funds from
my company, they fired me.
3-I wish I (to have) _______ honest employees in my
work place this year, it is difficult to work now.
4-I wish I (to work) _________ in a bigger office in 5
I am Fernando Collor, a former president of Brazil. I years time.
was involved in corruption affairs and now I am in 5-I wish the mayor (to fund) ________ our new
prison. I wish I had respected the law, but now it is too projects in the city.
late. I wish I was in a prison with better conditions, this
one is terrible and food is inedible. I know this can’t Task 2: Rewrite sentence B so that it means the same as
change now, but I wish the new president would sentence A
release me soon, or at least, I wish I could move to a 1-I regret I did not pay my company’s taxes last year.
better prison.
 ………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………….
2.Work in pairs on the questions and share answers 2-I regret I bribed some people to boost my reputation
with class online.
 What happened to Fernando Collor? How does  ………………………………………………….
he feel? ………………………………………………………….
 Is he in a good prison now? What is his wish?
3- Not all Governments ban child labor today.
 Does he have any future wishes? What are they?
 ………………………………………………….
 What do the sentences in red, blue and orange
………………………………………………………….
express? What are the forms?
4-I have a desire to improve my country’s economy in
Expressing Wishes the future.
 ………………………………………………….
A wish is something the we hope happened, is ………………………………………………………….
happening or would happen. We can express wishes in 5-I hope more people join the fight against corruption
the past, present or future.
in the future.
1.A past wish (regret) is something we wish we
 ………………………………………………….
did / didn’t do
………………………………………………………….
Form: Subject + Wish + Subject + Verb (Past Perfect)
E.g: I wish I had voted for the other president.
He wishes he had not taken the bribe. Task 3: Write sentences that express past, present and
future wishes using the words in the box
2.A present wish is something we wish was
different now Opportunities – create – eradicate – tax evasion – counterfeiting
Form: Subject + Wish + Subject + V (past simple) – criminals – government – international organisations – fight –
stop – new products – companies – investors - businessmen
E.g: I wish I had my own business company now.
They wish they arrested corrupt people.
► ……………………………………………….
3.A future wish (desire) can be something we …………………………………………………
wish to happen ….
or we wish we will ► ……………………………………………….
be able to do …………………………………………………
Form: Subject + Wish + Subject + Could / Would + ….
Stem ► ……………………………………………….
E.g: I wish I could punish counterfeiters soon. …………………………………………………
I wish the government would stop child labor. ….
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