TP3 Second Conditional and alternatives to IF
Upper Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To introduce and practice second conditional and alternatives to "if".
Subsidiary Aims
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Recognizing and producing cause–effect relationships in hypothetical contexts.
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To provide extended speaking fluency practice as Ss talk about a hypothetical situations.
Procedure (37-45 minutes)
What would you do? Look at the picture. Take it to the police station? What if there is no identification in the wallet to locate the owner? What if it was money from a drug deal? What if no one sees you pick it up?
Share G-form in chat. (What would you do?) Ask Ss to read the questions and answer the multiple choice. They have 3 minutes. There are no wrong answers. Send to break out rooms for 2 minutes to discuss.
Meaning 1. Share screen for 1. TP3 Second Conditional slide 2. A. I’d go over the speed limit if there weren’t any speed cameras around. B. If the bank found out, I would say I didn’t count it. C. If I really needed it, I might keep it. Discuss the following questions: Are these real or imaginary situations? (imaginary) Are they a) the past? b) the present/the future (The present/the future) Form BOR Guided discovery to learn the structure of second conditional. (if, would). Share FigJam. -What tense do we use after "if"? (past simple) What is the verb used? (had) -What comes after "would"" (base verb). What is the verb? (travel) -What modal verbs replace would? (could, might, should) - is it real? (no) Is it imaginary? (yes) Review with formula 1. TP3 Second Conditional (OC) Page 4 Alternatives to if 1. TP3 Second Conditional (OC) Page 5 Discuss Alternatives to if: As long as…Assuming…Provided… using fill in the blank sentence ____ you finish your homework, you can watch TV. Pronunciation Slide 6 Play four recorded sentences and have students practice repeating them. Show google slide.
Send Link to WordWall. The students have 2 minutes to complete. Review and correct where needed.
Have the students brainstorm ideas in response to some prompts . 2 minutes Put students into BOR to write sentences together. 5 minutes. Open discussions to read sentences. 2 minutes
Review the sentences to identify common mistakes and reinforce the pattern of Second Conditional. 1. If your day had 25 hours in it, what would you do with the extra hour? 2. If you suddenly had a month of free time, how would you spend it? 3. If you had unlimited money, what would you do differently in life?
