Work in groups of three or four. Take turns choosing one of the things below and asking the other people in your group for explanations (pretending to be a politician etc when that makes more sense). The best reason wins. Each person should use a different one of these expressions to give their reasons with:
- so that + subject + verb
- in order that + subject + verb
- (in order) to + infinitive
- for + noun
Things to give reasons for
- You set back the election until 2015.
- You decided to make a gradual transition from teaching English to teaching Chinese.
- You changed the football pitch to artificial grass (made from synthetic materials).
- You introduced compulsory military service for all men and women.
- You sent all the American diplomats out of the country.
- You wired up your house to your neighbour’s internet connection.
- You sat on a child’s chair until the legs buckled.
- You suspended free bus passes for the elderly.
- You asked a subordinate to clean your car.
Do the same but this time trying to think of good consequences of the things below happening, using different phrases from here:
- … made… happen
- …Consequently…
- … lead to…
- Since…, …
- Owing to…, ….
- …. resulted in…
- … triggered…
- …, triggering…
- Because of…, …
- … caused…
- … allowed…
Things to explain positive consequences of
- You submitted your tax returns three weeks late
- You equated education with thought control in a speech to school kids.
- You exceeded the speed limit.
- Your policies excluded all disabled children from state schools.
- You exploited illegal immigrants by paying under the national legal minimum wage.
- You extracted the wrong tooth from a patient.
- You extracted so much oil from an oilfield that the ground above began to sink.
- You caused the price of staple foods to wildly fluctuate.
- You let a friend copy your preview DVD of a forthcoming film
- You made jokes about your tutor’s hypothesis that he later found out about.
- You copied most of your thesis from Wikipedia
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