Some helpful vocabulary words: army, military, negotiations, tension, attack,
diplomacy
Exercise 6.5A Wedding
Include these structures:
two uses of the preposition instead of
two elliptical relative pronouns (example: “The man I spoke about is
here.”)
one future perfect tense verb (example: “He will have been found.”)
Some helpful ideas for the theme:
Who was getting married?
Were the two families happy about the wedding?
Where did the wedding take place?
What was the celebration like?
Some helpful vocabulary words: bride and groom, wedding ceremony,
exchange of vows, in-laws, reception
Exercise 6.6Credit Cards
Include these structures:
two subjunctives following if(example: “If he were here, I would be
happy.”)
three compound sentences combined by and
Some helpful ideas for the theme:
Why does someone need a credit card?
How do you use a credit card?
Why are credit cards sometimes bad?
What happens if you can’t pay your bills?
Some helpful vocabulary words: ATM, shopping spree, emergencies, good
(bad) credit, interest rate
Exercise 6.7I Need a Vacation
Include these structures:
three possessive nouns formed with -’s(example: “Bill’s house”)
two future tense phrases formed from going to(example: “I am going
to buy that.”)
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