ACTIVITY 279 – CLICK

PAST MODALS FOR REGRETS AND WISH

WORK IN PAIRS:

1. ARE YOU AN IMPULSIVE PERSON OR DO YOU MULL AN IDEA OVER FOR A LONG TIME
BEFORE TAKING ACTION?

2. HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOUR LIFE DECISIONS? HAVE YOU EVER REGRETTED A DECISION
YOU HAVE TAKEN? GIVE EXAMPLES.

3. THINK ABOUT THREE THINGS THAT YOU REGRET HAVING DONE IN YOUR LIFE. SHARE
THEM WITH YOUR PARTNER.

4. WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME? EXPLAIN IT.

5. IMAGINE THAT YOU HAD A REMOTE CONTROL THAT WOULD ALLOW EXTENDING YOUR
MOST PLEASURABLE MOMENTS AND SPEEDING UP YOUR BORING MOMENTS. WHICH
MOMENTS
II. READWOULD YOU EXTENDOF
THE CHRONOLOGY AND WHICH
THE ONES WOULD
HAPPENINGS YOU SPEED
CONCERNING THEUP ? THINK
SINKING OFAT LEAST
THE TITANIC:
ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT MOMENTS FOR EACH SITUATION.

WATCH THE MOVIE SEGMENT AND DISCUSS THE

QUESTIONS:

- IS THE SCENE ABOUT THE PAST, PRESENT OR

FUTURE?

- CAN HE CHANGE HIS PAST? WHY (NOT)?

- HOW DOES HE FEEL ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH

HIS FATHER?

MAKE A LIST OF 5 THINGS HE REGRETS. USE BOTH SHOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE AND
WISH.
EX: HE WISHES HE HAD SPENT MORE TIME WITH HIS DAD OR HE SHOULD HAVE SPENT MORE
TIME WITH HIS DAD.

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