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 Card Card 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 Card Card 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 Card Card 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 Card Card 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 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 Card Card 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 Card Card 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