second conditional
intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of second conditional in the context of dreams and imaginary situations
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of imaginary situations
Procedure (27-38 minutes)
at this stage i will tell my students to imagine a senario in which they wake uo someday and have one million dollars. i will tell them what i would do if i had that much money.
at this stage i will ask my students what would they do if they had that much money.
At this stage, I will write some of the examples that the students have given me on the board.
I will clarify the meaning of the second conditional by writing an example on the board. I will separate the two sentences. I will draw a timeline on the board, and for the first sentence, I will ask these CCQs: (How many sentences do you have here? 2. Is it an imaginary situation or real? Imaginary. Does it happen in the past, present, or future? Past. Can I change the to be verb? No. If I changed the verb from "was" to "were" would the meaning change? No). Then I will elicit each part of the first sentence. I will ask these CCQs for the second sentence: (Does it happen in the past, present, or future? Present. What is the negative form? Wouldn't. Can I write this kind of sentence without the if clause? Yes. Can I use "could" instead of "would"? Yes. Can you make this a question?). Then I will elicit each part of the second sentence. Then I will ask them to change the subject and rewrite the sentence. I will ask these CCQs: Do any of the verbs change? "Would" doesn't change. Then I will change the placement of the sentences and ask: What is the difference? Comma.
The students are going to do exercises 3 and 5 from part A and 4, 8, and 10 from part B from page 144 of the book. They have 3 minutes to do the exercises individually, then we will check with the whole class.
I will ask my students to tell me what they would do if they woke up rich someday. Then we will rank each activity based on its popularity.
