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I'm broke Vocabulary dealing with money

Grammar wishes (1); I hope ... ; It's time ...

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Vocabulary • HELP WITH GRAMMAR
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Dealing with money • Wishes (1 ); I hope ... ; It's time ...
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a Look at sentences a-d. Then answer questions
II a Match the phrases in A to their opposites in B.
1 and 2.
Check in p145.
a I wish you'd stop talking about that accident.
A B b I wish I knew where she was.
invest money in something get out of debt c I wish you were coming to the gig.
be in credit pay cash for something
d I just wish we could get a recording contract.
get into debt be overdrawn
buy/get something on credit repay a loan 1 Do these sentences talk about:
get a loan spend money on something j • a) imaginary situations in the present or the future
b) things that happened in the past?
have a good credit rating be short (of money) 2 Which verb form follows I wish ... in each
get a high interest rate have a savings account sentence?
have a current account get a low interest rate TIP• We can say I wish ... or If only ... : I wish I knew
be well off put money into an where she was. = If only I knew where she was.
take/get money out of account
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an account have a bad credit rating b Look again at sentence a in 4a. Answer these
\....____ questions.
1 What does Briony want her father to do?
b Work in pairs. Test each other on the opposites in 1a.
2 Does she think he will do this?
3 Is she annoyed?
Speaking and Listening
c Match sentences 1 and 2 to meanings a and b.
El Work in pairs. What are the advantages and disadvantages Which verb form comes after I hope?
of borrowing money from: family members, friends, banks, 1 I hope she a I don't think
credit card companies? •
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• comes home. she will do this .
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• 2 I wish she'd (would) b I think she might
EJ a 921 Look at the photo of Briony and her father. •
Listen to their conversation and answer these questions. • come home. do this .
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1 What does Briony want? • d Look at these sentences. Fill in the gaps in the
• rules with Past Simple or infinitive with to .
2 Why does she want it? •
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3 Does she get exactly what she wants? • It's about time you looked for some real work .
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• It's time you learned how to cook .
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b Listen again. Tick the correct sentences. Correct the •
false ones. • It's time to go .
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• • We often use It's (about) time + subject +
1 Briony wants her father to stop talking about her car accident. • to say that we are frustrated or annoyed
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2 She's put petrol in the car. • that something hasn't happened yet.
3 Briony thinks her band is getting more popular. • • We use It's time + to say that something
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4 Briony's mother wouldn't approve of her husband lending • should happen now .
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Briony the money. •
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s Briony's father has just had dinner. • e Check in lij;t@Mi;l:i• p146.
6 He's expecting his wife to come home any minute .

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