Natural English Intermediate Unit 11
Make predictions about the things below happening during your partner’s weekend and see whether they agree with your how likely that thing is to happen
Rain
Snow
Hail
Cloudy
Strike
Meet an old friend in the street
Spend more than 500 dollars
Flirt
Get drunk
Hangover
Lose something
Get caught in a traffic jam
Watch lots of TV
A phone call out of the blue (= An unexpected phone call, e.g. from an ex)
Get a cold
Have a lie in
An argument
A gift (= A present)
Photo
Change of image
Something horrendous
Something fantastic
Watch a film
Watch a soap opera
Study
Travel
Take a plane
War break out
Win
Commit a crime
Work overtime
Borrow or lend money
Take a risk
Look after someone
Fill in a form
Meet a colleague
Something you are looking forward to
Waste time
Make a telephone enquiry
Pay a deposit
Money being tight
Something annoying
Make new friends
Have a quiet weekend
Continue with your own ideas
Useful language
Will definitely
Will almost certainly
Will probably
Might/ May
Could
Almost certainly won’t
Won’t
Definitely won’t
Do the same with the rest of your partner’s life
Possible ideas
Take a year off
Get another qualification
Take an exam
Become managing director of a company (= Be boss of…)
Go freelance
Live abroad (= Live overseas)
Change accommodation (= Move)
Have regrets
Give up your job
Set up your own business
Look after aging parents
Get married/ divorced
Take a cruise
Change your occupation
Your company closing down
Change who is the breadwinner in your family
Retrain
Work in a family business
Study intensively
Travel round the world
Write a book
Be wealthy
Do a job that you aren’t really into
Fame
Get a film part
Retire in your mid fifties
Have a quiet life
Join the Navy
Become a Member of Parliament
Give up your ambition
Be sent to prison (for a crime you didn’t commit)
Become a household name
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Speaking about your week and weekend page
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