UNIDAD EDUCATIVA “PÉREZ PALLARES”
Instituto Id de Cristo Redentor Misioneros y Misioneras Identes
SCHOOL YEAR 2021 -2022
STUDENT’S NAME:
LIST NUMBER:
CLASS: 10 EGB “ C “
DATE:
GRADE
AREA:
Foreign Language
SUBJECT: English
TEACHER’S NAME: Lic. Soraya Molina
SUPERSTITIONS
TOPIC: FIRST CONDITIONAL
RULES:
If-clause (possible condition)
If + present simple
If this thing happens
Main clause (probable result)
Future simple
that thing will happen
If it rains you’ll get wet
If you don’t hurry you’ll miss the bus
If he eats a lot of sweets he won’t get fit
1. MATCH THE FIRST PART OF THE SENTENCE TO THE APPROPRIATE E NDING:
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If your right-hand itches…
If you find a four-leaf clover…
If a girl drinks salt water, then goes to sleep…
If the first butterfly you see in the year is
white…
If you blow all the candles on your birthday
cake in one blow…
If you walk under a ladder…
When a cat sneezes three times indoors…
If you break a mirror…
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B.
C.
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E.
you will earn money.
it will bring you seven years of bad luck.
it will bring you good luck all year.
it will rain in 24 hours.
she will see her future husband in her
dream.
F. your wishes will come true.
G. you will be lucky.
H. You will have bad luck
2. FILL IN THE GAPS
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If you sleep with your feet towards the door, a nightwalker ___________________ your soul. (STEAL)
If you drop a fork, someone hungry ___________________. (COME)
If you sweep under someone’s feet, they ___________________. (NOT MARRY)
If a bird flies into your house, a death ___________________. (OCCUR)
3. MAKE SENTENCES:
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Itching of the bottom of your feet = making a trip ___________________________________
Opening an umbrella inside a house = bad luck _________________________________
Starting a trip on Friday = meeting misfortune ________________________________
Putting a mirror across the door = good luck __________________________________
Left hand itching = losing money __________________________________
Wear new clothes on New Year = receive new clothes ________________________________
Cry on New Year = cry all year __________________________________
8. Thirteen people at the table = one dies __________________________________
9. Cat crosses your path = bad luck __________________________________
10. Friday 13th = unlucky day __________________________________
11. Walk under ladder = misfortune __________________________________
12. Sit at the corner of a table = never marry __________________________________
13. Dream about teeth falling out = illness __________________________________
14. Spilt salt = argument __________________________________
SUPERSTITIONS
1.
PLACE A HORSESHOE ABOVE DOORWAYS
2. FIND A FOURLEAF CLOVER
 HAVE GOOD HEALTH AND FORTUNE FOR THE FAMILY
 HAVE GOOD LUCK
3.
WALK UNDER A LADDER
 HAVE BAD LUCK
4.
SEE A BLACK CAT
 HAVE BAD LUCK
5. BLOW OUT THE CANDLES OF YOUR BIRTHDAY
CAKE WITH ONE
BREATH
 YOUR WISH COMES TRUE
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MATCH THE SUPERSTIONS WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES AND RE-WRITE THEM USING FIRST CONDITIONAL
A KNIFE UNDER THE BED DURING CHILDBIRTH
THE BABY WILL STOP CRAWLING
BREAK A MIRROR
GET MONEY
DROP A COMB WHILE COMBING YOUR HAIR
YOUR BAD LUCK DISSAPEARS
DROP A FORK
THE MARRIAGE ENDS SOON
DROP SCISSOR
BRINGS GOOD LUCK
FIND A LADYBIRD IN YOUR GARDEN
A MAN COMES TO VISIT
GIVING KNIVES AS A WEDDING PRESENT
HAVE AN UNLUCKY DAY
HAVE EMPTY POCKETS ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
BRINGS DISSAPPOINTMENT
KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED
PREVENTS FROM GETTING A COLD
OPEN AN UMBRELLA INDOORS
HAVE A YEAR OF POVERTY
STEP OVER A BABY CRAWLING ON THE FLOOR
YOU SUCCEED
THE PALM OF YOUR RIGHT-HAND ITCHES
YOUR LOVER IS UNFAITHFUL
TOSS A PINCH OF SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER
CUTS THE PAIN
TOUCH A HUNCHBACK’S HUMP
HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK
WEAR AN AMBER BEAD NECKLACE
TAKE A TRIP
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