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W5-D5-Would and Would Like

Description

This lesson focuses on the use of would and would like to express polite requests, preferences, offers, and hypothetical situations. Students learn to distinguish between would as a modal and would like as a polite alternative to want, and they practice using both forms in realistic, everyday contexts. The lesson prioritizes clarity, appropriacy, and communicative use.

Materials

Abc Board
Abc Cards
Abc Projector
Abc Exercises
Abc Printed materials

Main Aims

  • To enable students to accurately use would and would like to express preferences, polite requests, and offers.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To apply the target language in meaningful spoken interaction.
  • To form correct affirmative, negative, and interrogative structures.
  • To use would like instead of want in polite contexts.
  • To distinguish between would and would like.

Procedure

Activation (25-30 minutes) • Activate speaking and preferences without introducing new grammar explicitly.

Write preference pairs on the board (unrelated to grammar focus), for example: Coffee / Tea Work from home / Office Morning / Night Sweet / Salty Students work in pairs. They choose one option and explain why. Encourage follow-up questions. The teacher monitors for fluency only and does not correct. Brief whole-class sharing of opinions.

Vocabulary (12-15 minutes) • Provide lexical support for reporting, care, and routines.

Vocabulary: symptom list, daily report, guideline, proper care, basic instructions, infection risk, stress indicators, recovery chart, medication cycle, follow-up care The teacher presents each word with: A clear definition One contextualized example sentence After each word, one student produces a sentence orally. The teacher reformulates gently if needed. Students write the vocabulary and one example sentence in their notebooks.

Presentation (33-35 minutes) • Clarify form and polite meaning of would like and introduce would for polite offers and imagined situations.

Project the slide of would and would like . Explain the use and differences between them. Compare the structures in positive, negative and interrogative sentences. Model some examples. Ask for more examples.

Controlled Practice (18-20 minutes) • Help students distinguish between want (neutral/direct) and would like (polite/formal) and choose the appropriate form according to context.

The teacher writes two model sentences on the board: I want a glass of water. I would like a glass of water. The teacher asks students: Which sentence sounds more polite? In which situation would you use each one? The teacher explains briefly: want - neutral, direct, informal would like - polite, softer, more formal Students work individually. Students complete an exercise where they must: Choose want or would like based on the context.

Controlled Practice 2 (18-20 minutes) • Practice selecting would correctly.

Teacher models two sentences, one with will and one with would. Contrast briefly: I will help you. (decision now) I would help you. (hypothetical) Explain their differences. Students complete sentences choosing will or would. Whole-class feedback with short explanations.

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