ALI`S STORY

ALI`S STORY

If you are teaching the third conditional,  you may want to try this activity.

1-Tell your students Ali`s story.

ALI WAS A POOR BOY AND HIS FATHER WAS A POOR FISHERMAN. ONE DAY ALI WAS ON HIS WAY BACK HOME AND HE RAN INTO A MAN WHO WAS LYING ON THE STREET VERY ILL. ALI FELT SORRY ABOUT THIS MAN AND TOOK HIM TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL. AT THE HOSPITAL, THE MAN THANKED ALI AND ASKED HIM ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY, BUT ALI WAS ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT HE WAS THE SON OF A POOR FISHERMAN SO HE SAID, "MY NAME IS MUSTAFA, AND MY FATHER IS A FAMOUS DOCTOR IN TOWN."
A FEW DAYS LATER THE MAN DIED. HE WAS VERY RICH BUT  HAD NO FAMILY, SO HE DECIDED TO LEAVE ALL HIS MONEY TO MUSTAFA, THE SON OF A FAMOUS DOCTOR IN TOWN. THERE WAS NO ONE IN TOWN WHO MATCHED THAT DESCRIPTION.

2- Have your students work in pairs or groups to criticize Ali by making third conditional sentences. For example: "If Ali had said the truth, he would have become rich".

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