1. Underline the correct item.
1. Many people believe that dreams are a way for our subconscious brain/mind to express our deeper thoughts and fears
2. Don’t worry about your dream; it just shows that you’re under/a bit stress these days.
3. Evelyn woke up in the middle of the night terrified, with her heart shaking/pounding.
4. Don’t mind James, he just got out of the bad/ wrong side of the bed!
5. I don’t know what your nightmare means! Why don’t you deal with it/look it up in a dream dictionary?
2. Listen to 5 people talking about their dreams. Match the statements (A-E) to the speakers (1-5).
Speaker 1
While on holiday last summer, I had a dream that a green monster was chasing me. The dream ended when I jumped off a cliff and woke up on the floor next to my bed. My mum has a dream dictionary so I looked up the meaning. The book says that dreaming someone is chasing you means that you are stressed about something. How can you be stressed when you’re on holiday?
Speaker 2
Last night I dreamt that I was at school when a fire broke out. Students and teachers were screaming and running everywhere. I was in the bathroom with my friend and by the time we got out, the whole school was on fire. We tried to run, but couldn’t move. I woke up shaking and screaming.
Speaker 3
In my dream, my grandfather from Spain had sent me a letter describing his new summer house and inviting me to spend the summer with him and my grandmother. Well, I woke up this morning and my mum told me that my grandfather had sent her an email telling her he had bought a new house!
Speaker 4
When I was young, I always had the same dream. I was living in a magical forest filled with monsters and fairies. Every night was a different adventure. A few years ago I decided to turn my dream into a film. Now children all over the world can be a part of my dream world.
Speaker 5
I woke up this morning all excited because I dreamt that my best friend Lisa and I had won the local talent competition. I rushed to school to tell her about my dream only to find out that she had had exactly the same dream as me!
3. Put the dialogue in the right order.
4А. What do these phrases express? Put them in the appropriate category in the box below.
4В. Use some of the expressions from Ex. 4a to complete the exchanges. More than one answer may be possible.