Read the Questions Below and Answer Them in Your Own Words

Read the questions below and answer them in your own words:

TELLING LIES

Have you ever given false information to your parents?

Have you ever given false information to a teacher?

Have you ever given false information to a boss?

Have you ever given false information to an official?

Have you ever lied about your age?

Have you ever lied about your experience?

Have you ever lied about your qualifications?

In what situations do you think it’s okay to lie?

Top ten lies

These are ten of the most common lies that people tell. Decide for each one: 1) Who is speaking? 2) What situation are they in?

For example: The first one is probably someone telephoning his or her boss or workplace, because he or she doesn’t want to go to work.

“I’m sorry I can’t come to work because I’m not feeling very well today.”

“I had no choice.”

“I’ll call you tomorrow”

“You look great!”

“We never got your letter.”

“I love you.”

“We had a lovely time” “I missed you.”

“It wasn’t me.”

“I won’t be long.”

Now look at the text below and fill in the blanks:

Telling Lies:

Read the text below and choose the best word or phrase for each space: had to we find ourselves many bills did tell at each other give hardly ever without feel us could most say discover to feelings does stop

People often ______a lot of lies every day, sometimes, ______thinking about it. How often do we, for example, ______“I’m sorry I’m late, I ______work overtime ______the office”, when actually we were at a café with a friend? A British magazine recently ______a survey to ______out what the six ______common English lies are. The results showed that a lot of ______lie about receiving emails or ______, some of us lie in social situations when we want ______avoid hurting friends’ ______and most of us lie to ______, in particular when we want to ______up something like smoking. So if you think you ______lie, perhaps you should think again.

The answers are on the page below: Telling Lies:

Read the text below and choose the best word or phrase for each space: had to we find ourselves many bills did tell at each other give hardly ever without feel us could most say discover to feelings does stop

People often tell a lot of lies every day, sometimes, without thinking about it. How often do we, for example, say “I’m sorry I’m late, I had to work overtime at the office”, when actually we were at a café with a friend? A British magazine recently did a survey to find out what the six most common English lies are. The results showed that a lot of us lie about receiving emails or bills some of us lie in social situations when we want to avoid hurting friends’ feelings and most of us lie to ourselves, in particular when we want to give up something like smoking. So if you think you hardly ever lie, perhaps you should think again.