The I.T Crowd – Series 1

Episode 4 - The Red Door

Answer the following comprehension questions:

1) Why didn’t Roy notice that the receptionist was pregnant?

2) What’s Jen eating?

3) What’s a computer ‘plange’?

4) Why mustn’t Jen go through the red door?

5) Who lives behind the red door? What subculture does he represent?

6) Why was Richmond demoted?

7) Why does Roy want Richmond back in his room?

8) How does Moss feel after a chat with Richmond?

Match the verbs/expressions with their definitions

Now use the verbs in the following expressions:

1) Initially Richmond’s career progressed ____ ____ ____ ____

2) But Richmond got ____ ____ ____ with his boss because he upset him at his father’s funeral.

3) Roy and Moss ____ their ____ on Richmond because they were tired of him ____ them ____

4) They got rid of him by _____ him in ____ of the equipment in the room with the red door.

5) Richmond only ____ ____ once in a while for supplies.

6) Roy got ____ ____ a desk when he was plugging in a colleagues computer.

7) Moss decided there was ____ ____ ____ anything after a quick chat with Richmond.

Grammar

PAST MODALS

must/might/could/can’t + have + 3^{rd form}

When Jen meets Richmond for the first time he frightens her. She is bleeding. She says:

My finger. I MUST HAVE CUT it when I swooned.

(I’m sure I cut it when I fainted)

We use these modal forms in the past to speculate about past events.

E.g

The murderer MUST HAVE BEEN left handed – look at the injuries on the victim.

You CAN’T HAVE LEFT your keys at home – you were holding them in the restaurant.

Complete these sentences with past modals

1) Jen laughed at Roy when she came in the office. Someone ____ ____ told her about his date!

2) Reynholm ____ ____ been angry with Richmond after the funeral.

3) It ____ ____ been easy – working with Richmond when he was so miserable.

4) Roy ____ ____ felt relaxed while he was stuck under the desk.

5) Roy ____ ____ felt better after getting rid of Richmond.

Questions for discussion:

Do you have Goths in your country? What do they look like? What other subcultures are there? How do they dress?

Have you ever got in trouble at work? What happened?

Are your colleagues cheerful or miserable types? What about the IT guys? Do they bring you down?

Has anyone ever upset the delicate balance of your working environment? What happened?

Answers:

1) He thought she was stealing office equipment.

2) Goat’s cheese salad

3) It doesn’t exist. Roy made it up to deceive Jen.

4) She mustn’t upset the delicate ecosystem of their office.

5) Richmond. Goth

6) He went to Reynholm’s father’s funeral and upset the family.

7) He brings them down.

8) Miserable. He wants to commit suicide.

Vocabulary

1) in leaps and bounds

2) in trouble

3) turned their backs on, bringing them down

4) putting him in charge of

5) popped out

6) stuck under

7) no point to anything

Grammar

1) might/must have

2) must have

3) can’t have

4) can’t have

5) must have

Date: 2015-12-11; view: 868