Assignment B
Please complete the assignment templates without removing any of the instructions.
1. PPP Grammar Lesson Table: First Conditional
✔ This table assesses your understanding of the Meaning, Form & Pronunciation (MFP) of the first conditional. To get you started, meaning
has been filled in for you. Please ensure you fully understand what MFP refer to here. See the assignment glossary and Units 2 and 7 of
the course.
1. What is the meaning (why do we use the We use the first conditional to talk about future events that are realistically likely to happen.
first conditional)? (M)
2. What is the model sentence you will elicit If I leave late, I will miss the flight.
to begin your presentation?
3. What is the target form of the first Model sentence in positive form: If I leave late, I will miss the flight.
conditional? (F) Form: If + subject + present simple,subject+will+ base verb.
(For negative and positive form, just choose
one possibility and analyse the form.) Model sentence in negative form: If I don’t leave late, I won’t miss the flight.
Form: If + subject + don’t + base verb,subject + won’t + base verb.
Model sentence in question form: If I leave late, will I miss the flight?
Form: If + subject + present simple, will + subject + base verb.
4. What do students need to know about Sentence stress in positive model sentence:
sentence stress (P) If I leave late, I will miss the flight.
(Sentence stress means the words in the
sentence that are emphasised. Think about Sentence stress in negative model sentence:
how the model sentence would normally be If I don’t leave late, I won’t miss the flight.
said. Write your positive and negative
model sentences and put the stressed Why do we stress these words?
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, words in bold.) The words in bold are stressed because those are the words that will help a student gain a
clear understanding of the sentence.
5. What timeline will you use to help students If I leave late I will miss the flight
to understand the first conditional? -------Present-------------------|--------future-----------------
You must include an actual timeline, not The first half of the sentence “if I leave late” is in the present and refers to something that
just a description. did not happen yet.
“I will miss the flight” is referring to the future and explains what will happen if the person
has to leave late.
If he/she does leave late then they will miss the flight in the future. It is not something that
will definitely happen.
2. Lesson Plan Form and Paragraph
To introduce the first conditional for the function of talking about
future events that are likely to happen.
Lesson Type: Grammar Lesson Aim:
The learners will be able to complete communication activities using
A2 (Late elementary/
different forms of the first conditional.
Level of Class: pre-intermediate) Lesson Objectives: Students will have the ability to build their own sentences using the
Teenagers (14-16 years old) different forms of the first conditional.
Students would already know present simple, present continuous,
past simple for common verbs, and would be familiar with ‘will’ for
Nationality/First
Chinese Assumed Knowledge: future events.
Language:
They would be familiar with grammatical terminology such as the
names of the tenses they already know, subject, auxiliary verb,
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Please complete the assignment templates without removing any of the instructions.
1. PPP Grammar Lesson Table: First Conditional
✔ This table assesses your understanding of the Meaning, Form & Pronunciation (MFP) of the first conditional. To get you started, meaning
has been filled in for you. Please ensure you fully understand what MFP refer to here. See the assignment glossary and Units 2 and 7 of
the course.
1. What is the meaning (why do we use the We use the first conditional to talk about future events that are realistically likely to happen.
first conditional)? (M)
2. What is the model sentence you will elicit If I leave late, I will miss the flight.
to begin your presentation?
3. What is the target form of the first Model sentence in positive form: If I leave late, I will miss the flight.
conditional? (F) Form: If + subject + present simple,subject+will+ base verb.
(For negative and positive form, just choose
one possibility and analyse the form.) Model sentence in negative form: If I don’t leave late, I won’t miss the flight.
Form: If + subject + don’t + base verb,subject + won’t + base verb.
Model sentence in question form: If I leave late, will I miss the flight?
Form: If + subject + present simple, will + subject + base verb.
4. What do students need to know about Sentence stress in positive model sentence:
sentence stress (P) If I leave late, I will miss the flight.
(Sentence stress means the words in the
sentence that are emphasised. Think about Sentence stress in negative model sentence:
how the model sentence would normally be If I don’t leave late, I won’t miss the flight.
said. Write your positive and negative
model sentences and put the stressed Why do we stress these words?
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, words in bold.) The words in bold are stressed because those are the words that will help a student gain a
clear understanding of the sentence.
5. What timeline will you use to help students If I leave late I will miss the flight
to understand the first conditional? -------Present-------------------|--------future-----------------
You must include an actual timeline, not The first half of the sentence “if I leave late” is in the present and refers to something that
just a description. did not happen yet.
“I will miss the flight” is referring to the future and explains what will happen if the person
has to leave late.
If he/she does leave late then they will miss the flight in the future. It is not something that
will definitely happen.
2. Lesson Plan Form and Paragraph
To introduce the first conditional for the function of talking about
future events that are likely to happen.
Lesson Type: Grammar Lesson Aim:
The learners will be able to complete communication activities using
A2 (Late elementary/
different forms of the first conditional.
Level of Class: pre-intermediate) Lesson Objectives: Students will have the ability to build their own sentences using the
Teenagers (14-16 years old) different forms of the first conditional.
Students would already know present simple, present continuous,
past simple for common verbs, and would be familiar with ‘will’ for
Nationality/First
Chinese Assumed Knowledge: future events.
Language:
They would be familiar with grammatical terminology such as the
names of the tenses they already know, subject, auxiliary verb,
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