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THEME 5 BACK TO THE PAST

FUNCTIONS
F1 Expressing wishes and regrets for past events
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11 GRADE F2 Talking about unreal past events

5 Find Out the Problem

This activity enables students to express wishes and regrets for past events by using I wish/If only. It also improves
students’ listening, speaking and reading skills.

Materials and Preparation

Copy and cut out the situation cards for each student on page 98.

Procedure

1 Divide the class into two teams as A and B.
2 Put the shuffled situation cards on the table. Then ask each student to come and take one.
3 Tell the students to think about what caused the problem on their card. Encourage them that they are going to
express regrets about the situation using ‘I wish’ and ‘If only’ with the past perfect. Explain to them, while making wish
clause sentences, they will not say what the problem is.
4 Demonstrate the activity by writing an example on the board. E.g. ‘‘I wish I hadn’t missed the school bus.’’, ‘‘If only I
had woken up earlier this morning.’’ The correct answer is ‘‘You were late for class.’’
5 Give students five minutes to think and when they are ready, ask a volunteer from Team A to start the game and talk
about his/her regrets for the problem on the card. S/he should express at least two regrets for each problem.
6 The students from Team B listen and try to identify the problem. The first student to guess correctly scores 2 points
and s/he takes turns and it goes on until all the cards have been used. The group with the highest score wins.

6 One and the Same

This activity enables students to talk about unreal past events. It also encourages students to improve their reading and
writing skills.

Materials and Preparation

Make enough copies of the worksheet on page 99 for each pair.

Procedure

1 Divide the students into pairs.
2 Hand out a photocopy for each pair.
3 Tell students to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
4 Also tell students that they have only 5 minutes to finish. Wait until the time ends.
5 Swap the pairs’ photocopies and let different pairs check the answers. Each correct answer is 5 points.
6 The pair who has the highest point wins the game.

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