Grammar/ hypothetical If
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of "Hypothetical If" in the context of magazine article
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in the context of hypothetical situations
Procedure (35-46 minutes)
Show Ss a picture representing the idiom "Money doesn't grow on trees" Ask students what would happen if money grew on trees.
Pre- teach the new vocabulary through a matching exercise. Students to read the text and do a "Complete the sentences exercise" related to the text. Discuss what would happen differently in Egypt?
Highlight the use of "would" in the text.
Clarify the meaning through CCQs Are these real / imaginary situations? Can they happen in the present? Can they happen in the future? Clarify the form through a guided discovery exercise. Model and drill the rising/falling intonation and the pronunciation of I'd.
Ss are instructed to answer exercise 1 p 79 in pairs then double check with the model answer. Whole class feedback followed in which teacher elicits corrections to the mistakes .
Ss are instructed to do Ex 2 p97 in pairs. Then, report to the class. Whole class feedback followed by a delayed correction in which teacher elicits corrections to the mistakes heard during the speaking .