The I.T Crowd – Series 1 Episode 5 - The Haunting of Bill Crouse

Comprehension:

1) Why doesn’t Jen like her date?

2) What’s Bill Crouse’s (the man Jen goes out with) nickname? Why?

3) Why does Moss tell Bill that Jen is dead?

4) How did she die, according to Moss?

5) Why does Roy go up to the fifth floor?

6) What does Judy look like, according to Roy?

7) Which famous singer comes to Jen’s memorial?

Match the verbs with their definitions

Go on about s.t	Dispose of s.t, exclude s.o
Lech over s.o	Recover from s.t (a bereavement or illness)
Make s.t up	Show sexual interest in someone
Get over s.t	Break into a computer system
Come to terms with s.t	Keep talking about something
Look forward to s.t	Vehicle or machine stops working
Hack into	Wait for an exciting event to happen
Break down	To gradually accept a sad situation
Get rid of s.t/s.o	Lie or invent

Now use the verbs in the following expressions:

1) Roy went upstairs to ____ ____ Judy.

2) Jen’s car ____ ____ outside Bill Crouse’s home.

3) Bill Crouse ____ ____ ____ how he’d slept with Jen the whole episode.

4) All of Jen’s colleagues found it difficult to come ____ ____ ____ her death.

5) Jen hadn’t really died – Moss ____ it ____ to get rid of Bill.

6) Moss said exactly the same thing about Roy to ____ ____ ____ Judy.

Grammar

PAST MODALS

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

When Jen explains how awful her date went, Roy explains:

I COULD HAVE SAVED you the trouble. He’s called ‘the News’ because he’s always going on about who he’s slept with.

When Jen can’t get through to Bill’s office she says

He MUST HAVE GONE home.

Complete these sentences with past modals

1) Jen ____ ____ felt embarrassed when she realised that everyone thought she was dead.

2) Bill ____ ____ been terrified when he heard Jen on voicemail.

3) Roy ____ ____ found a beautiful new girlfriend if he had said July instead of Judy.

4) The waiters ____ ____ put Bill’s food in their trousers before serving.

5) Bill ____ ____ slept with Jen – she didn’t go back with him after the date.

Questions for discussion

Has anyone ever leched over you at work? How did you get rid of them?

Who has the biggest mouth? Does anyone boast about their private life?

Have you ever broken down on a long journey? Or run out of petrol? What happened in the end?

What do you think is the best way to come to terms with the death of someone close?

Has anyone ever hacked into your computer? Do you know anyone who can?

What are you looking forward to?

Answers:

1) Because Bill didn’t like sharing and was rude to the staff.

2) ‘The News’, because he’s always going on about who he’s slept with.

3) To get rid of him.

4) Poisoned by the tapas in the restaurant.

5) To lech over the girls

6) She has hairy eyes and three rows of teeth.

7) Elton John.

Go on about s.t	Keep talking about something
Lech over s.o	Show sexual interest in someone
Make s.t up	Lie or invent
Get over s.t	Recover from s.t (a bereavement or illness)
Come to terms with s.t	To gradually accept a sad situation
Look forward to s.t	Wait for an exciting event to happen
Hack into	Break into a computer system
Break down	Vehicle or machine stops working
Get rid of s.t/s.o	Dispose of s.t, exclude s.o

Vocabulary

1) Lech over

2) Broke down

3) Went on about

4) Get over / come to terms with

5) Made it up

6) Get rid of

Grammar

1) must have

2) must have

3) might have

4) must have

5) can’t have