Suggestions for Predicaments Game

Suggestions for Predicaments Game - Teacher's Notes

Activity type	Information search role play
Number of students	Whole class or individual.
Time	5-15 minutes
Functions:	Making suggestions, giving advice.
Lexical area	Predicaments in a person's life.
Grammar:	Modals
Target phrases:	I have an idea... Why don't you...? Why not...? May I make a suggestion?... I suggest you... Perhaps you could... I would... How about...? How about...? Let's...

Speaking: Think of how you could get out of the predicaments listed below. Then offer your solutions to the class. Think up other predicaments, and have a classmate come up with a solution

Source: This game is taken from "Gambits 1" (p. 50) (Canadian Government, 1976).

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