DEADLINE: the dialogue must be presented in class or recorded and handed in ASAP, or alternatively, before December 20th, tops.
LENGHT: the dialogue must be 5-7 minutes long.
THE DIALOGUE MUST FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES:
Two friends meet. One of them has very juicy information about a friend of theirs who has just split up and ended what seemed to be a stable relationship. They start gossiping about the relationship and the reasons why they broke up. They mention chronologically the love story of the ex-couple and they conspire to find a suitable new partner for their friend.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1 Use as much vocabulary as possible from the notes we took in class and from the photocopy I gave out. (prince charming, better half, soul mate, to have a crush on somebody, Mr. Perfect, to cheat on somebody...)
2 Use the expressions we saw in the BBC programme 'HOW TO GOSSIP' and 'HOW TO SHOW INTEREST' Clik HERE and HERE
3 Apart from the above mentioned, use these expressions and tenses:
-Third conditionals:
- e.g. If he had been faithful, she wouldn’t have dumped him. / If she hadn’t been cheated on, they would have married.
-Would for past habits, like used to (actions only, no state verbs here):
e.g. It was so annoying, he would always make compliments to other women, yeah, catcalling and wolf-whistling was his thing. / No wonder she ran away, he would sometimes show up drunk and smelling of cheap perfume. / I remember he would make sexist remarks. / He would stare at her cleavage like a pervert.
e.g. It was so annoying, he would always make compliments to other women, yeah, catcalling and wolf-whistling was his thing. / No wonder she ran away, he would sometimes show up drunk and smelling of cheap perfume. / I remember he would make sexist remarks. / He would stare at her cleavage like a pervert.
- Would for reproval: I wish you would stop making dirty remarks. / I wish he would remember our anniversary.
Click HERE for the explanation on the use of wish
Click HERE for the explanation on the use of wish
-Apart from the above expressions, try to use these too:
- No hard feelings, really. / - No offense meant, I mean. – None taken, chill out.
