I am an ESL teacher. Please help me review and give brief, conversational and simple feedback for a homework task for a  Upper Intermediate B2 student. First I will provide the worksheet (teacher's version), then I will provide the homework answers:

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1. Read the statements and discuss the questions.
a) Santa left a gift for you.
b) If you eat watermelon seeds, they grow in your belly.
c) When you lie, your nose grows.
• Have you ever heard these statements?
• Will/Did you tell the truth about Santa to your
children? Why?
• Is it OK to tell a lie to your child if it is funny
and not dangerous?
2. Read the sentences and complete the gaps with the words and phrases in
the box.
a) It is impossible to bring up a child without telling white lies [=small and not
dangerous lies] from time to time.
b) You can’t ask your child to be honest [=saying true things] with you if you tell
them lies.
c) I feel that the author of the article is dishonest [=not saying true things]. When
you are a parent, you cannot always be calm and wise.
d) Parents’ lies make children believe false [=not true, unreal] things about the
world. This is dangerous.
e) Thanks to some of my parents’ lies, I learned important life lessons [=things
that you learn about life, our world and how it works].
3. Read some more things that parents tell their children and discuss the
questions below.
a) If you sit too close to the TV, your eyesight becomes worse.
b) When you swallow chewing gum, it stays in you for seven years.
c) If you pee in the pool, the water changes colour.
d) If you make a horrible face, your face can stay like that forever.
dishonest false honest life lessons white lies
VOCABULARY TIP
Note the difference:
tell a lie
tell the truth
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e) You can’t find a job if you have tattoos and piercing.
f) If you want something, you need to work hard to get it.
g) You can’t grow if you don’t eat vegetables.
h) If you want to be successful, you need to find a well-paid job.
• Which of these statements do you think are
false? Which are true?
• Did your parents tell you any of these white lies?
Did the lies teach you any life lessons?
• Do you or will you tell lies to your kids?
Why/Why not?
• Are lies like these typical in your culture? Are
there any other lies that parents in your culture
use?
• Can a parent always be honest with their child?
4. Read the sentences and underline the condition in each of them.
EXAMPLE: If you are a child, you should not drink coffee.
a) If you sit too close to the TV, your eyesight becomes worse.
b) When you swallow chewing gum, it stays in you for seven years.
c) You can’t find a job if you have tattoos and piercing.
d) You can’t grow if you don’t eat vegetables.
5. The sentences from ex. 4 are Zero Conditional sentences. Read about the
situations they are used in. Then, choose the correct statements.
ZERO CONDITIONAL
USE We use Zero Conditional to talk about a specific situation and its result:
if one thing happens, a specific result follows.
RULES
In Zero Conditional we use…
a) future tenses.
b) present tenses.
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The part of the sentence with if/when (condition)…
a) always goes first.
b) doesn’t have to go first.
If the sentence starts with If/When (condition), we…
a) use a comma (,) before the second part of the sentence.
b) don’t use a comma (,) before the second part of the sentence.
6. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form to create Zero Conditional
sentences.
a) If it is (be) very cold, water freezes (freeze).
b) She isn’t (not to be) productive if she doesn’t drink (do not drink) a cup of
coffee in the morning.
c) When you wake up (wake up) earlier, you manage (manage) to do more
chores.
d) If you are (be) a parent, you worry (worry) about your kids all the time.
e) A person becomes (become) happier when they see (see) their friends and
family.
f) When modern parents have (have) children, they try (try) to continue living an
active lifestyle.
7. Read the situations. In pairs, create either a life lesson or a white lie for
each of them. Each person should create two life lessons and two white lies
using Zero Conditional.
EXAMPLE: Situation: Your child wants to go for a walk but you are too tired.
Life lesson: I can’t go for a walk. When you work hard,
sometimes you need some rest.
White lie: When the weather is bad, we can’t go for a walk.
a) You see a super-expensive toy in a shop that you can’t buy, but your child
wants it.
b) Your child loves fast food and doesn’t want to eat anything else.
c) Your child has no friends at their new school.
d) You see people smoking and your child says they want to try it.
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e) Your child doesn’t do their homework and lies to their teacher, saying that they
left it at home.
f) Your child wants to have a dog, but you think they aren’t ready for it.
8. Write a white lie and a life lesson for each of these topics.
EXAMPLE: money
Life lesson: If you want to be rich, you should find a good job or
start your own business.
White lie: When you are an adult, you can buy everything that
you want.
• jobs
• diet
• people and relationships
• education and learning
• adult life
• friends
9. Share your ideas from ex. 8 with your partner, but do not tell them which are
white lies and which are life lessons. Then, discuss the questions.
• Which of your partner’s statements are life lessons and which are white lies?
• Would you teach your children your partner’s life lessons? Why/Why not? ""

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