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Practice 5 WHAT IF…? Ludic and literary environment

SOCIAL LANGUAGE PRACTICE: Guess and formulate hypotheses
about past events.

LaTeraL-ThinkinG riddLes

1. Tony's Dads

Robert and his son Tony were traveling very happily in their
car. They lived in the mountains and were headed towards
the beach, where they would spend a few days. However,
shortly after leaving the mountains behind, they suffered an
accident in which more than 20 cars were involved.

Both were injured, but Tony urgently needed surgery.
Already in the operating room, just before starting the
surgery, the doctor saw him and said:

- I can’t operate on this guy. He is my son!

How is this possible?
surgery (n.):
operación
2. On the Way to Berlin

Pierre was walking from Paris to Berlin. He wanted to visit
the whole city. One night, shortly after crossing the border
between France
and Germany,
he found himself
face to face with
a man named
Íñigo. Íñigo
invited Pierre to
dinner and
during dinner he
told him that
he had seven

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