Solutions 2nd edition Pre-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS • PHOTOCOPIABLE

Hmm. I may go to Venice or I could go to New York. Or I might not go away. I may just stay at home instead.

Where are you going on your next holiday?

Zero conditional, may, might, and could

1 What are you going to make for dinner this evening?

chicken / beef / restaurant

2 What are you going to wear to the party on Saturday?

black dress / jeans / not go

3 What gift are you going to buy your mum for her birthday?

chocolates / flowers / nothing

4 Where are your keys?

handbag / bedroom / garden

5 Which film are you going to watch at the cinema?

horror / science fiction / romantic comedy

6 What’s your neighbour’s name?

Molly / Mandy / Mary

A Complete the zero conditional sentences by choosing the correct pairs of verbs from the box. Put the verbs in the correct form!

take / go find / be feel / see not remember / tell feel / rain get / make not have / lend be / play cannot / read have / take shout / not get get / spend

1 I it difficult to study if the TV on.

2 If I a headache, I aspirin.

3 I embarrassed if I a mistake when speaking English.

4 I depressed if it .

5 My mum angry if I too much money.

6 If I to do my homework, I the teacher a lie.

7 If I sleep at night, I a magazine.

8 If my best friend any money, I him / her some.

9 I loads of luggage if I on holiday.

10 My dad at me if I home on time.

11 I faint if I blood.

12 If I at home alone, I music really loudly.

B Ask your partner questions to find out if the sentences in A are true about him / her. Make notes, so you don’t forget what he / she tells you!

C Isa is very indecisive! How do you think she might answer her friend’s questions? Use the prompts to help you.

6D

Solutions 2nd edition Pre-Intermediate © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

6D Zero conditional, may, might and couldAims To review and practise zero conditional, may, might and couldTime 20 minutesMaterials 1 handout for each student• Give each student a copy of the handout and get them

to complete task A. You may want to explain any new vocabulary, e.g. embarrassed, depressed, tell a lie, faint.

ANSWER KEY1 find, is 7 can’t, read2 have, take 8 doesn’t have, lend3 get, make 9 take, go4 feel, rains 10 shouts, don’t get5 gets, spend 11 feel, see6 don’t remember, tell 12 ’m, play• Working in pairs, students should now do task B. They

need to ask appropriate zero conditional questions to find out if the information in task A is true about their partner.

ANSWER KEY1 Do you find it difficult to study if the TV is on?2 If you have a headache, do you take aspirin?3 Do you get embarrassed if you make a mistake when

speaking English?4 Do you feel depressed if it rains?5 Does your mum get angry if you spend too much

money?6 If you don’t remember to do your homework, do you

tell the teacher a lie?7 If you can’t sleep at night, do you read a magazine?8 If your best friend doesn’t have any money, do you lend

him / her some?9 Do you take loads of luggage if you go on holiday? 10 Does your dad shout at you if you don’t get home on

time? 11 Do you feel faint if you see blood? 12 If you’re at home alone, do you play music really loudly?• Task C could either be done orally, by getting students to

work in pairs and ask and answer the questions, or if you feel your students need written practice, you could get them to write down the answers.

SUGGESTED ANSWERS1 I might make chicken or I may make beef or we could

eat out in a restaurant.2 I could wear my black dress or I may put on my jeans or

I might not go to the party.3 I may get her some chocolates or I could buy her some

flowers or I might not get her anything.4 They could be in my handbag or they might be in my

bedroom or they may be in the garden. 5 I may watch a horror film or I might see a science fiction

movie or I could go and see a romantic comedy.6 It might be Molly or it may be Mandy or her name could

be Mary.