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 our team wins the basketball match, we will celebrate in the classroom after school”
to begin your presentation?
3. What is the target form of the first Model sentence in positive form:
conditional? (F) Form: If +
(For negative and positive form, just choose “If our team wins the basketball game, we will celebrate in the classroom after school”
one possibility and analyse the form.)
Model sentence in negative form:
Form: If +
“If our team loses the basketball game, we will not celebrate in the classroom after
school”
Model sentence in question form:
Form: If +
“If our team wins the basketball game, will we celebrate in the classroom after school?”
4. What do students need to know about Sentence stress in positive model sentence:
sentence stress (P) “If our team WINS the BASKETBALL GAME we will CELEBRATE in the classroom after
(Sentence stress means the words in the school”
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, sentence that are emphasised. Think about
how the model sentence would normally be Sentence stress in negative model sentence:
said. Write your positive and negative ““If our team LOSES the BASKETBALL GAME we will NOT CELEBRATE in the classroom after
model sentences and put the stressed school”
words in bold.)
Why do we stress these words?
We stress the content words because they portray the main meaning of the sentence such
as the verbs and nouns. Function words like “if”, “we”, “will” are often not stressed in a
sentence
5. What timeline will you use to help students Past-----→---------Now --------→---------Future
to understand the first conditional? Match We Celebrate
You must include an actual timeline, not Happens Win After School
just a description.
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:
✔ Students will understand form and the first conditional through
presentation in a clear sports-related context generated in the
A2 (Late elementary/
warmer.
Level of Class: pre-intermediate) Lesson Objectives:
Teenagers (14-16 years old) ✔ Students will practice producing sentences in the first condition
accurately through a controlled gap-fill worksheet.
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