Lesson Plan
Level: pre-intermediate
Topic: First Conditionals, Travelling
Objectives: During the lesson students will develop ability and knowledge necessary to:
- Use the First Conditionals in positive and negative statements;
- Understand spoken and written text with 1 Conditionals;
- Ask and give information using 1 Conditionals
Materials: video episode, pictures of world sightseeing, worksheets with the information-gap text.
Procedure:
Warming – up activities
Teacher asks questions:
- Have you traveled a lot?
- Have you ever visited a travel agency?
- If you have enough money and time, which famous places would you like to visit first?
Starting
(Board) Presentation of unknown words:
- Wedding, anniversary, surprise, cruise, honeymoon
Watching the video
Students watch an episode.
(Tape script):
A: Good afternoon.
B: Good afternoon. May I help you?
A: It's my wedding anniversary next month. I want to surprise my husband with a wonderful
vacation plan. Would you recommend some famous places?
B: Of course. Em, if you go to Europe, you'll have a wonderful time for your wedding
anniversary. If you go to London, you can go to Buckingham Palace and you might even see
the Queen's guards there. If you go to France…
A: Well, it's outside the U. S.
B: Oh. You want to stay in the U. S. If you go to California, you might go to Yosemite
National Park or Disneyland.
A: Yosemite National Park? What will I see if I go to Yosemite Park?
B: If you go to Yosemite Park, you'll see giant trees, mountains, bears ....
A: But, I don't like bears.
B: If you go to Disneyland, you won't see any bears. You'll see Mickey Mouse. Isn't that
interesting? Well, if you have children...
A: Well, it's interesting, but....
B: O.K. What do you like to do in your free time?
A: Well, I like skiing.
B: If you like skiing, you can go to Colorado.
A: But my husband doesn't like skiing.
B: If your husband doesn't like skiing, probably he won't like to go there. What does he
like?
A: He likes fishing.
B: Oh, you can still enjoy fishing at many beautiful lakes if you go to Colorado.
A: But I don't like fishing. And if it rains, we can't go fishing.
B: Then, how about Hawaii? Hawaii is really great. If you go to Hawaii, you can go to
Waikiki Beach, you can take a romantic cruise for two, you can see beautiful sunset at the
beach, palm trees, beautiful flowers and dance with beautiful girls.
A: It's gorgeous. But we went there on our honeymoon just after we got married.
B: Well, this is your wedding anniversary. You can spend wonderful time if you go there
again.
A: Oh, that sounds good. I love dances, and we can go surfing. We'll go to Hawaii.
Comprehension check
Presentation of the new material
(Board):
If you go to Europe, you’ll have a wonderful time.
(Teacher draws students’ attention to the sentence)
- How many clauses are there?
- Which is the main clause? (You’ll have a wonderful time)
- Which is subordinate clause? (If you go to Europe)
- What does subordinate clause tell us? (condition)
- What introduces a condition in the sentence? (if)
- What does the main clause do? (It tells the result if the condition happens)
- Is this real or unreal condition? (real)
- Which is the verb in subordinate clause? (go)
- What tense is the verb? (The Present Simple)
- Which is the verb in main clause?
- What tense is the verb? (The First Simple)
Teacher: Can you make the rule of using tenses in the sentence with real condition?
Students: In real conditions we use the Present Simple in subordinate clause and the Future Simple in the main Clause.
Drills
Example: If I go to Europe, I’ll have a wonderful time
Students make their own sentences using the sentence on the board and cues:
- Visit London
- Go to France
- Stay at a hotel
- Eat at a nice cafe
- Spend a lot of money
Example: If I go to California, I’ll go to Yosemite National Park.
Go to Disneyland
(Board):
If it rains, we will not go fishing
Teacher: 1. What’s different about the verbs? (one has a negative particle)
2. Which clause has the negative verb? (the main clause)
So, a positive condition can have a negative result
(Board):
If it doesn’t rain, we’ll go fishing
Teacher: 1. Which clause is negative? (subordinate)
2. How do we make negative sentence? (use don’t/doesn’t)
So, a negative condition can have a positive result
(Board):
If he doesn’t like skiing, he won’t go to Colorado.
Teacher: Which clause is negative? (Both)
So a negative condition can have a negative result.
Drills
Example: If it rains, we won’t go fishing
Example: If it doesn’t rain, we’ll go fishing
Example: If he doesn’t go to Hawaii, he will not go surfing
Sentence Completion Drill
Students complete the sentences adding the main clause. Students work in pairs
- If it rains…
- If it doesn’t rain
- If I go to California
- If I haven’t time
- If my friend doesn’t visit me
- If I go to Washington DC
- If you go to my country
- If he doesn’t come to Moscow
- If you want to see St.Petersburg
- If your family go to Rostov Zoo
- If you don’t go to Novocherkassk
- If you want to know more about Sholokhov
Fill-in-the-blank-activity
Students put the verbs in brackets in the correct form
- If you____(go) to Europe, you______(have) great fun.
- He ______(see) the Queen’s guards if he _____(go) to Buckingham Palace.
- If you_______(arrive) to Washington, I_____(meet) you.
- If my friend _____(invite) me, we____(go) to the capital.
Split reading task
Students work in pairs (student A and student B). Students A have worksheets A, students B have worksheets B. Students A start reading the text aloud allowing students B to write the missing words. Then students A listen carefully while students B read. They’ll both be able to complete the text. When they have finished, they compare the 2 texts if they are exactly the same.
Worksheet A
A rich gentleman riding on the train was asked by a young man sitting next to him what time it was. ______________________________________________
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“Because if I tell you what time it is, you’ll start a conversation.
If you start a conversation, you’ll ask me about my life.__________________
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“If we make friends, I’ll invite you to my house for tea.
If you come to my house, you’ll see my beautiful daughter.________________
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Worksheet B
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“I won’t tell you “, answered the rich gentleman
“Why not?” asked the young man.
________________________________________________________________
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“If I tell you about my life, you’ll tell me about yours.
If you tell me about your life, we’ll make friends.________________________
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If you see my beautiful daughter, you’ll fall in love with her.
If you fall in love with her, you’ll ask her to marry you.
And I don’t want any man who doesn’t have a watch to marry my daughter.
Home task:
Make a story that starts with the sentences:
If I win the lottery, I’ll have a lot of money. If I have a lot of money, I’ll buy a yacht. If I buy a yacht I’ll sail round the world. If I sail round the world….