The book can be used for immediate consolidation or for later revision or remedial work, IE might be used by the whole class or by individual students needing extra help. The left-hand pages (explanations and examples) are written for the student to use individually, but there are may of course be used by the teacher as a source of ideas and information on which to base a lesson. | Unit 114 In case Study this example situation Your car should have a spare wheel because it is possible you will have a puncture. Your car should have a spare wheel in case you have a puncture. In case you have a puncture because it is possible you will have a puncture. B Some more examples of in case I ll leave my mobile phone switched on in case Jane calls. because it is possible she will call I ll draw a map for you in case you have difficulty finding our house. because it is possible you will have difficulty I ll remind them about the meeting in case they ve forgotten. because it is possible they have forgotten We use just in case for a smaller possibility I don t think it will rain but I ll take an umbrella just in case. just in case it rains Do not use will after in case. Use a present tense for the future see Unit 25 I ll leave my phone switched on in case Jane calls not in case Jane will call In case is not the same as if. We use in case to say why somebody does or doesn t do something. You do something now in case something happens later. Compare in case We ll buy some more food in case Tom comes. Perhaps Tom will come we ll buy some more food now whether he comes or not then we ll already have the food if he comes. I ll give you my phone number in case you need to contact me. You should insure your bike in case it is stolen. if We ll buy some more food if Tom comes. Perhaps Tom will come if he comes we ll buy some more food if he doesn t come we won t buy any more food. You can phone me at the hotel if you need to contact me. You should inform the police if your bike is stolen. You can use in case past to say why somebody did something 1 left my phone switched on in case Jane called. because it was possible that Jane would call 1 drew a map for Sarah in case she had difficulty finding the house. We rang the doorbell again in case they hadn t heard it the first time. D In case of is not the same as in case. In case of . if there is . especially on notices
