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    9G A story

    A Choose the correct options to complete the questions. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.
    1 Do people often misspell / mispell your name?
    2 When was the last time you broke something in / by accident?
    3 Have you ever sent an email or text to the wrongly / wrong person?
    4 Do you know anyone who has mistakenly / mistook left a shop or café without paying?
    5 Do you often do / get the date wrong?
    6 When was the last time you made a mistake buying / to buy clothes?

    B Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences. If a sentence is already correct, put a ✓ next to it.
    1 I asked to speak to the manager in order make a complaint.
    2 Toby was so clumsy waiter that he was fired after a week.
    3 Scarlett is studying French with a view to become an interpreter.
    4 My dad was so furious that he grounded me for a month.
    5 Callum went upstairs quietly so as to wake his parents.
    6 I had a big breakfast so that I wouldn’t feel hungry during the exam.
    7 Lauren and Theo are saving money with the intention for buying their own home.
    8 Brooke wasn’t wearing her contact lenses so that she couldn’t read the bus number.

    C Complete the four different ways in which you could finish a story. Match each of the ways to an ending from below.
    What do you think the four stories might be about?
    1 with a or a revelation
    2 with something which links back to the of the story
    3 with something which links the story to the
    4 with something  , chilling or open-ended

    a ‘I’ll think of a way to get revenge,’ he muttered. ‘They’ll be sorry they ever met me.’
    b With the real smugglers finally arrested, we could put the mix-up behind us and get on with enjoying
    our honeymoon.
    c To this day I’m still amazed that I survived to tell the tale.
    d Who would have thought my long-lost brother had been living next door all along!

    Solutions 2nd edition  Upper-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS • PHOTOCOPIABLE


    9G A story

    Aims  To recycle phrases for talking about mistakes. To review


    and practise ways to express purpose and result. To review
    ways in which to finish a story and give students the chance to
    speculate on story content from endings.
    Time  15 minutes
    Materials  1 handout for each student
    • Give each student a handout and tell them to complete task A.
    Check answers as a class.
    ANSWER KEY
    1 misspell 3 wrong 5 get
    2 by 4 mistakenly 6 buying
    • Divide the class into pairs and give them time to discuss the
    questions in A. Get feedback on anything interesting students
    found out from their partner.
    • Tell students to complete task B. Check answers as a class.
    ANSWER KEY
    1 in order to make 5 so as not to
    2 such a clumsy waiter 6 ✓
    3 with a view to becoming 7 with the intention of
    4 ✓ 8 so that she
    • Tell students to complete task C. Check answers as a class.
    ANSWER KEY
    1 surprise (story d) 3 present (story c)
    2 beginning (story b) 4 mysterious (story a)
    • In pairs, students speculate about what the stories might be
    about. Encourage them to be as imaginative as possible. Get
    feedback on any original or interesting suggestions.
    • As an extension task, students choose one of the endings and
    write the story.

    Solutions 2nd edition  Upper-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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