Unit 9: Project management
The third conditional
Select a unit
- 1Pop-ups
- 2Hidden talents
- 3Can't buy me love
- 4Travellers' tales
- 5The colleague from hell
- 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7Career changes
- 8Art
- 9Project management
- 10The dog ate my homework!
- 11The diary of a double agent
- 12Fashion forward
- 13Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14Extreme sports
- 15Food fads
- 16Me, my selfie and I
- 17Endangered animals
- 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19I'm really sorry...
- 20Telling stories
- 21Fakes and phrasals
- 22Looking to the future
- 23Becoming familiar with things
- 24From rags to riches
- 25Against the odds
- 26Our future on Mars?
- 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28Dodgy dating
- 29Annoying advice
- 30I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
Session 1
In this session we look at words spelled with the letters ough. There are lots of them, and they're pronounced in many different ways! Can you guess how many?
Activity 3
Tough enough?
Listening and spelling
One of the difficult things about the English language is spelling. As you know, words aren't always spelled as they sound… Sorry about that. But we're here to help. Let's play a game to help you learn a few more –ough words.
To do
Listen to the list of words being read out. All you have to do is separate them into words that are spelled with ough, and those that aren’t. You might not know all the words, but we will give a list with definitions under the game.
Ready?
Listen to the audio and complete the activity

Listening and spelling
10 Questions
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This is the past participle of 'teach'.Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
You do this when you have a cold.Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This is a very common word.Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This is a city in Scotland.Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This word means 'badly behaved'.Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This one means 'strong'...Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This is the past participle of 'bring'.Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This one is used on a farm.Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This rhymes with 'enough'... but is it spelled that way?Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This one means 'approximately'...Question 1 of 10
Spelled with 'ough'
Not spelled with 'ough'
Excellent!Great job!Bad luck!You scored:
Listening and spelling
10 Questions
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This is the past participle of 'teach'.Question 1 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
You do this when you have a cold.Question 2 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This is a very common word.Question 3 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This is a city in Scotland.Question 4 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This word means 'badly behaved'.Question 5 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This one means 'strong'...Question 6 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This is the past participle of 'bring'.Question 7 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This one is used on a farm.Question 8 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This rhymes with 'enough'... but is it spelled that way?Question 9 of 10
Help
Activity
Listen to the list of words once. They are given numbers 1-10. Then listen again and move them into the correct columns. You can pause the player if you need to.
Hint
This one means 'approximately'...Question 10 of 10
Excellent!Great job!Bad luck!You scored:
End of Session 1
Thanks for joining us. Have you had enough of ough words? Or do you feel you have a thorough understanding?
Join us in Session 2 when we look at the third conditional, with sentences like: If I’d known it was your birthday, I’d have bought you a present.
See you there.