I. Mind your grammar when you speak

1. Express supposition:

Model: It would be interesting to speak to him.

Prompts: interesting – to discuss different points of view on the problem of punishment; important – to speak to witnesses first of all; wonderful – to visit the exhibition of Italian art; useful – to listen to his lecture; to be better – to say nothing at all; to be very kind of him – to say that.

2. Express a wish:

Model 1: If only they were here!

Prompts: I – can – to help you; he – to tell me about it; she – to come; they – to know that.

Model 2: I wish I could speak French.

Prompts: to help you, to see him, to do something for you, to translate this text.

3. Express advice:

Model: You'd better do it right away (you'd better = you had better).

Prompts: to be going now, to wait for him, to tell him about it, to have a short rest, to stay in bed, to go home now.

4. Express preference:

Model: I'd rather stay at home (I’d = I would).

Prompts: to have some coffee, not to speak about it, to go home, to stay at home, not to wait here, to go for a walk, not to discuss these problems.

5. Suggest that your friend should do something:

Model: I suggest that you (should) go to the exhibition.

Prompts: to learn more about Anglo-American legal system, to make a report on the development of statute law in the UK, to look through the description of these precedents, to speak to the plaintiff first of all, to examine that witness.

6. Imagine what would happen if you did this or that, work in pairs:

Model: A: What would happen if you bought a lucky lottery

ticket? (win a car).

B: If I bought a lucky lottery ticket I should probably win a car.

Prompts:

A: to win a car to take a long journey to travel about the country to visit new cities and towns to meet different people

B: to take a long journey to travel about the country to visit new cities and towns to meet different people to make friends with them

7. Say that the situation would have been different if there had been another opportunity:

Model: I didn't speak to him because he was away. I should have spoken to him if he hadn't been away.

Prompts: 1. I didn't translate this text at the lesson because I had no dictionary. 2. I couldn't read this article because this newspaper was sold out. 3. I couldn't be present at the meeting because I was on business in Moscow at that time. 4. I didn't learn the new words because I was unwell yesterday. 5. I couldn't submit my documents to the policeman because I had forgotten them at home. 6. I didn't come to see you because I had a lot of work to do. 7. I lost my way to the railway station, because I didn't know the city well enough.