Don't get tricked

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: a text about a packageListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10should have / shouldn't haveGrammar rule
11. 11Choose the right formGrammar exercise
12. 12What went wrong?Grammar exercise
13. 13Say it naturallySpeaking practice
14. 14The callSpeaking practice
15. 15Let's discussDiscussion
16. 16Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: advice or regret?Grammar exercise
4. 4Homework: a scam warningDiscussion

Words

• scam/skæm/

  a dishonest plan to get money from people by tricking them (also a verb: to scam someone)

• victim/ˈvɪktɪm/

  a person who has been hurt, cheated or attacked

• target/ˈtɑːrɡɪt/

  to choose a person or group to sell to, attack or cheat

• suspicious/səˈspɪʃəs/

  making you think that something is wrong or dishonest

• urgent/ˈɜːrdʒənt/

  needing attention or action right now

• trick/trɪk/

  to make someone believe something that is not true, often to get something from them (also a noun)

• fake/feɪk/

  not real, but made to look real

• too good to be true/ˌtuː ˌɡʊd tə bi ˈtruː/

  so good that it is probably not real or honest

• red flag/ˌred ˈflæɡ/

  a sign that something is wrong or dangerous

• hang up/ˌhæŋ ˈʌp/

  to end a phone call, often suddenly (hang up, hung up)

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about strange messages.

1. Have you ever received a strange message or phone call asking for money or information?
2. What do you do with emails from people you don't know?
3. Do you know anyone who was tricked by a scam?

Grammar rule

should have / shouldn't have

should have / shouldn't have + past participle

We use it to talk about mistakes in the past, and often to show regret or to criticize:

• I should have checked the website. (I didn't check it. That was a mistake.)
• I shouldn't have clicked the link. (I clicked it. That was a mistake.)
• You should have told me! (You didn't tell me, and I'm not happy about it.)

Now or the past?

• Advice about now or the future: should + verb. You should call your bank.

• A past mistake: should have + past participle. You should have called your bank.

Not should of: it sounds like "should-uv", but we write should have, or should've.