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Conversa
tion
The aim of this activity is to provide the students with the practice of:
Activity
Prohibition
Permission
Obligation
Intermedi
Here follows some situations in which each student receives a card containing the
character he/she is going to play. Write on the board expressions or verbs for the practice of
ateCut the cards, and on the back of each of them, print “card 1”, “card 2” and
the exercise.
“card 3”.
Have a very nice class!!

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

You are a passenger on a
bus. Suddenly you notice
the scarf worn by the person
right by your side is a snake.
You scream!

You are a snake charmer
and everywhere you go, you
take Sissie that is quite
inoffensive. You have never

seen any note prohibiting
snakes on busses.

You are driving a bus when
a passenger screams
saying: “there is a snake on
the bus!” You think the
snake charmer had better
get off of the bus.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

You are a zoo visitor who
complains about an elephant
that ate your glove. You
haven’t seen any add
warning the visitors about
the thief elephant.

You are a zoo supervisor
who is tired of heedless
visitors who feed the
elephant and loose their
gloves.

You are a zoo visitor who

heard another visitor
complaining about the
elephant that ate his glove.
You see them arguing and
you give them your opinion.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

You are a smoker at a
restaurant. After your
delicious lunch, you decide
to smoke a cigarette on the
table. You forget to check if
the area is for smoking or
non-smoking people.

You are the owner of the
restaurant who is trying to
finish your financial tasks of
the day, when a customer
interrupts your service,
complaining about cigarette
smoke.

You are a client of a
restaurant who gets a strong

cigarette smoke right on
your face when you pass by
two other people.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

You are an artist who
exposed the most important
part of your gallery in a very
important museum of your
city. You asked the museum
to not allow visitors taking

You are a turist visiting the
city museum. When you get
there, the first thing you do
is to start taking pictures of
the exposure. The security
guard didn’t warn you about

You are the security guard
who asks ALL the visitors to
keep their cameras inside
their purses/bags.

pictures.

your camera.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

You are a client entering a
bakery to buy some bread.
After choosing your
products, you go to the
cashier, who has been
talking on the phone since
you arrived. You call the
supervisor.

You are a cashier at bakery
and you have received a
very important call from the
school your of son. You
need to solve the problem
now. You know you shouldn’t
use the cellphone.

You are a supervisor at a
bakery who has just had a
meeting with the workers to

tell them for not using the
cellphone during the work
time.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

You are a mother who asked
your under-aged
son/daughter to take the car
and go to the drugstore to
buy you a medicine.

You are a father who asked
your wife for not lending the
car to the youngest
daughter/son.

You are a son/daughter who
took your father’s car, with
your mother’s allowance, to
buy a medicine. You know
your father’s prohibition.