New lesson plan: First Conditional

Maryam

First Conditional - intermediate level

First Conditional
intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will learn and practise the first conditional to talk about real and possible situations in the future. The context is based on money and dreams ,which encourages personal engagement. Learners will discover the form and meaning through guided questions and examples, followed by controlled and freer practice to support fluency and accuracy.

Materials

PowerPoint presentation (teacher-made)

PowerPoint presentation (teacher-made)

Main Aims

To enable students to understand and accurately use the first conditional to talk about real and possible future situations.

Subsidiary Aims

To develop students’ fluency by using the first conditional structure to talk about personal future possibilities in a communicative context.

Procedure (20 minutes)

Lead_in (3 minutes) • To activate interest and introduce the topic of “money and dreams” through open discussion — no grammar focus at this stage.

Show a picture of a bag full of money on the slide. Ask: “What do you see?” “What do you think this is?” “Imagine this money is yours — what would you do?” Students give spontaneous ideas orally in open class. Teacher responds naturally, without correcting or focusing on grammar.

Exposure (3 minutes) • To expose students to the target structure (First Conditional) in context.

Show 5 example sentences about what the teacher “would do with one million dollars.” Read each sentence aloud clearly. Use gestures or emphasis on "If I have..., I will..."

Highlighting (2 minutes) • To draw attention to the form and use of First Conditional.

Show one of the model sentences on the slide: “If I have one million dollars, I will buy a big house.” Ask CCQs to guide discovery ( Do I have the money now? Is this real? What tense is it? ...) Let students answer and think about it.

Clarification (3 minutes) • To clarify meaning, form, and pronunciation of the First Conditional.

Ask: “What tense comes after 'if'?” “What about the second part?” Show the correct form: If + present simple, … will + base verb Then model and drill pronunciation of “I’ll” vs. “I will” Provide one more example using both sentence orders (If… / … if)

Controlled Practice (3 minutes) • To provide controlled practice of the target structure by identifying and correcting common mistakes in First Conditional sentences

Show 5 sentences on the slide (some correct, some incorrect). Ask students: “Is this sentence correct or incorrect?” Let them decide in open class. Elicit answers and reasons. Click to reveal the correction under each incorrect sentence. Confirm and repeat the correct form out loud.

Semi-Controlled Practice (3 minutes) • To help students practise and become more confident using the First Conditional structure with some support.

Show slide with gap-fill sentences (with verbs in brackets). Students complete the sentences in pairs. Examples:If I ______ (have) enough money, I ______ (buy) a new phone. What ______ you ______ (do) if it ______ (rain) tomorrow? After pair-checking, elicit answers from students one by one.

Freer Practice (3 minutes) • To allow students to use the target language in a real-life, personalized context.

Show slide: “Choose a Question” (5 First Conditional prompts) If you study hard,what will happen? If it rains this weekend, what will you do? etc. Students choose one and ask/answer with a partner. Teacher monitors for fluency, and notes errors for feedback.