Grammer - Second conditional
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of the second conditional
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of pet animals
Procedure (21-30 minutes)
in this stage I show the student a few pictures of dangerous animal found in North America and ask the students what they think about them and what do they have in common
on this stage I ask the students to individually think about what animal is the most likely to encounter where they live and in a sentence they need to say what they would do if they encountered one, if they use the wrong structure they will be corrected later when I highlight a sentence a student has produced
I choose one of the sentences the students have produced and write it in the correct form on the whiteboard to attract their attention to the target language
I write a sentence on the whiteboard then I ask students how many sentences they can see and if they can identify the verbs and their tenses. then I separate the if clause and the main clause and tell the students what tense or verb forms are used in each one (past tense in the if clause for an imaginary future situation, would + base form in the main clause for the consequence) then I mention that the main clause depends on the if clause to happen, I also mention that the second conditional is used to talk about an imaginary situation that is unlikely or impossible to happen. I also contrast it with a first conditional form of the same sentence to clarify the difference. I also mention that it’s possible to put the main clause first I mention that would + base form can be used without an if clause to talk about an imaginary situation, I mention that would stays the same for all persons and it contracts to ‘d. then I mention that is it also possible to use could + base form in the main clause In the end I tell student they need to use “I were, he were, she were, it were” instead of “I was, he was, she was, it was” in the if clause
on this stage I ask the students to individually do the exercises a and b of 9A on page 143 in 4 minutes then the answers will be checked with the whole class
in groups of two, for five minutes the students talk about which animal they would get as a pet if they could get one, they will be monitored for the correct use of the second conditional