The Big Bang Theory - If-Clauses

A Class by @TeacherBrunoGon and Teacher Dani Bertocchi

1 – Watch the first part of the segment (at night) and match the parts of the sentences and their images.



a- Do you realize that If Penny wakes up
b- If you want to avoid waking her
c- If you have time to lean
( ) speak in a lower register
( )you have time to clean
( ) there is no reasonable explanation as why we are here.

2 – Complete the sentences according to what happens in the videos and classify the sentences into If-clauses I, II or III.
If you speak loud, you _______________ her up (wake) ( )
If Penny cleaned her apartment, I ____________________ (come) here ( )
If it´s not his house, He __________________________ it (clean) ( )
If this situation disturbs Sheldon, he ______________________ (talk) to Penny ( )
If they don´t leave, Penny _____________________ (wake up) and see them ( )
If Sheldon hadn´t cleaned Penny´s apartment, he _______________________ (sleep) so well ( )
If Sheldon doesn´t understand sarcasm, Leonard _______________________ (tell) him that it is. ( )
If Leonard had Penny´s key, they _______________ (be) the responsible for the cleaning ( )
If they hadn´t gone into Penny´s apartment, she ________________ (be) so mad at them ( )
If what they did was wrong, they _______________________ (apologize) for their actions. ( )

3 – Answer the questions according to your personal opinions and justify:
If you did something wrong expecting something good, would you apologize for it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you try to help a friend or relative If he/she doesn´t want?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Would you try to correct a bad mistake if you had the chance? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

4 – Vocabulary:
Do you know synonyms for the vocabulary/ expressions below?
Insane: _____________________________________________________________
Give back: __________________________________________________________
Remove: _____________________________________________________________
Discussion:__________________________________________________________
Full: _______________________________________________________________
Get out: ____________________________________________________________

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http://www.4shared.com/video/S2AHv4zm/big_bang_theory_-_if-clauses_1.html?
Download the worksheet
http://www.4shared.com/office/H0Cw3nnN/the_big_bang_theory_-_if_claus.html?

ANSWER KEY
1-
c
b
a

2- will/ may/ can wake
wouldn´t come
shouldn´t/ don´t have to clean
should talk
may/ can wake up
wouldn´t have slept
has to/ must tell
must be
wouldn´t have been
should/ have to/ must apologise

3-
Personal answers

4-
Crazy, Nuts, Lost mind, Mad
Return
Take off, eliminate
Argument, debate, fight, conversation
Entire, whole, complete
Leave, get lost, get away