Sex and the City -The wedding

Self-study activity:
a) Watch the famous ill-fated wedding scene of the film Sex and the City, and say which of the questions that follow are true or false.

The little girl hid Carrie�s cell phone.
Carrie didn�t receive any calls.
Carrie didn�t know where her phone was.
Carrie didn�t receive Big�s phone calls or messages.
Big wasn�t confident enough to go into church by himself.
Big quit getting married.
Big took too long to apologize.
Carrie hit him with the wedding bouquet.
Carrie�s friend didn�t let Big explain what had happened.
Carrie went home in state of shock.
Carrie and Big didn�t get married.
They both had a horrible afternoon.

b) Now complete the sentences below by saying how things would have been different if the characters had acted differently. Use the third conditional in all the sentences and the verbs in brackets.

1- If the girl hadn't hidden (hide) Carrie�s phone,she would have received (receive) some calls.
2- If Carrie ........... (know) where her phone was, she ........ (receive) Big�s messages.
3- If Big ........... (take) too long to apologize, Carrie ........ (hit) him with her wedding bouquet.
4- If Carrie�s friend ..... (let) Big explain what had happened, Carrie ......... (go) home in state of shock.
5- If Carrie and Big ........ (get) married, they ........... (have) such a horrible afternoon.

c) Discuss with an English-speaking friend:
1- What would you do if you were in Carrie�s position?
2- Who was right? Why?
3- How could the situation be prevented from happening?

Key a):
All the sentences are true.

Key b):
2. had known // would have received 3. hadn't taken // wouldn't have hit 4. had let // wouldn't have gone 5. had got // wouldn't have had

This activity is taken from Movie Segments to Assess Grammar Goals