English for musical theatre actors 60211100 Study manual for students of musical theatre actor

Task 4. Stroking an animal
This exercise should be done in a group, so take your friends and give everyone a sheet of paper with the list of animals in it (cat, elephant, hamster, dog and so on). Each of the participants chooses an animal he/she likes and imagines holding and stoking it. The task of other participants is to guess which animal it is. This exercise is often used in film classes for beginners.

Grammar: Wish sentences
Similar to if clauses, there are also wish clauses in English. There are some types of wish clause.
Present unreal condition: Present wish:
If I were a president, I would be very happy. I wish I were a president.
Past unreal condition: Past wish:
If she had been here last night, He wish that she had been
he would have enjoyed it. here last night.
Task 5. Write sentences from the ones given starting with “I wish … ”.
Eg. 1. I don’t eat a lot of vegetables. I wish I ate more vegetables.
2. I can’t travel to Turkey. I haven’t got enough money. __________________
3. We didn’t score a goal. ___________________________________________
4. My house is so small. _____________________________________________
5. I lost the photo. _______________________________________________
6. She didn’t study hard at school._______________________________________
7. My sister invited me to her party, but I didn’t go. ________________________
8. I only have one child, so I’m lonely.___________________________________


Task 6. Complete the conversations using wish.
1 sue: My mother’s really angry with me.
pam: Why?
sue: Because she’s found out where I was last weekend.
pam: Oh, yes. I told her.
sue: Well, I wish you hadn’t told (not / tell) her. It’s not your business.
pam: I’m sorry.
2 tony: Have you seen Ben’s new jacket? I bet it was expensive.
ana: He told me it cost him 700 Euros.
tony: Wow! I (have) as much money as him.
ana: Well, you may not be rich, but you’re much better looking than Ben.
tony: Am I?
3 gary: You seem to enjoy dancing with Luke.
jane: Yes, I do. He’s a very good dancer.
gary: I (learn) to dance when I was young.
jane: You could learn now.
gary: Oh, I’d feel stupid in a dancing class at my age.
4 eva: I went to Indonesia last month.
may: Really? My brother’s working in Jakarta now.
eva: I (realise). I could have met up with him.
may: Yes, it’s a pity. You must tell me if you’re going there again.
5 fred: My parents moved to São Paolo last month.
ali: How do they like it?
fred: My mother likes it, but my father misses the sea. He
(not / move) there.
ali: Perhaps he’ll get used to it.
fred: I doubt it.
6 lucy: You haven’t seen my MP3 player, have you?
chloe: No, I haven’t.
lucy: I (know) what I’d done with it.
chloe: I hope you didn’t leave it in the taxi last night.
lucy: So do I!
7 kay: My brothers are digging a swimming pool.
jill: That sounds like hard work!
kay: It is. Actually, I suspect they (never / start). But
they can’t stop now. There’s a great big hole in the middle of the garden!
jill: Yes, I see what you mean.