What did you do!
Key sentences
| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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| Why didn't you (verb) ?
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I should have (verb).
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| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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Whose fault is it?
Who is to blame?
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It's (adverb) my fault.
I'm (adverb) to blame.
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| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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| What did you do wrong?
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If I hadn't (mistake) this wouldn't have happened
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Drills
Say these sentences without looking.
Why didn't you (verb) ?
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sentence
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| remember
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Why didn't you remember ?
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| check
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Why didn't you check ?
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| look
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Why didn't you look ?
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| reply
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Why didn't you reply ?
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I should have (verb).
| verb
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sentence
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| written it down
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I should have written it down.
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| tried harder
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I should have tried harder.
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| been more careful
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I should have been more careful.
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| been more prompt
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I should have been more prompt.
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It's (adverb) my fault.
| adverb
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sentence
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| all
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It's all my fault.
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| not entirely
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It's not entirely my fault.
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| partly
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It's partly my fault.
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| not at all
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It's not at all my fault.
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If I hadn't (mistake) this wouldn't have happened
| mistake
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sentence
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| forgotten
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If I hadn't forgotten this wouldn't have happened
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| been careless
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If I hadn't been careless this wouldn't have happened
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| been distracted
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If I hadn't been distracted this wouldn't have happened
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| been so slow
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If I hadn't been so slow this wouldn't have happened
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Example
Practice this conversation.
| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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| Why didn't you (remember) ?
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I should have (written it down).
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| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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| Whose fault is it?
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It's (all) my fault.
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| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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| What did you do wrong?
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If I hadn't (forgotten) this wouldn't have happened
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Change partners. Use your imagination and change the sentences.
Exercise
Use your imagination. Make your own conversation.
| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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Why didn't you ... ?
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I should have ... .
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| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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| Whose fault is it?
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It's ... my fault.
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| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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| What did you do wrong?
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If I hadn't ... this wouldn't have happened
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Change partners. Use your imagination and make another conversation.
Practice
| Blaming
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Accepting or denying blame
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| Your partner was involved in a failure. Ask them if it is their fault.
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You were involved in a failure. Choose one and imagine your role in it:
- You are a high school student and you failed a class.
- You were driving and you were in a car accident.
- Your and your coworkers failed at a project.
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Further study
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Resource type: this resource is a lesson in English as a second language. |