To introduce students to first conditional tense and practice speaking
for discussion of probable future events.
Lesson Type: Grammar Lesson Aims: To contrast the use of present simple and future simple in basic
sentences.
• Students will learn and demonstrate understanding
knowledge of the first conditional through context in the
presentation.
A2 (Late elementary/
• Students will practice speaking and writing in the first
pre-intermediate)
Level of Class: Lesson Objectives: conditional form.
• Students will practice putting together grammatically and
Teenagers (14-16 years old)
contextually correct sentences through a split sentence game
in the plenary.
• Students are familiar with present simple, present continuous,
past simple for common verbs, and would be familiar with
“will” for probable future events.
• Students would be familiar with grammatical terminology,
Nationality/First • Assumed
Moroccan – Arabic/French such as the names of the tenses they already know, subject,
Language: Knowledge:
auxiliary verb, negative form, etc.
• They have not been taught the first conditional before but
they make have heard it used before, so the sentence structure
will not be completely shocking to them.
• Because the students share L1, they may want to discuss
problems with the work or sentence structure among each
Length of Lesson: 60 mins Anticipated Problems : other in their native language
• Solution: When hearing the native languages spoken, I will
carefully divert students back to speaking English, both to me
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, and to their classmates.
• Students might find it easy to confuse first conditional with
second conditional (untaught).
• Solution: Spend more time explaining the key points of the first
conditional, and focus heavily on making sure students
understand the present simple/future simple patterning, as
well as the difference in probability.
• Students might find the class boring or frustrating, and may
not want to pay attention.
• Solution: Make class interactive with many activities and
speaking tasks.
• Using present simple and future simple in the same sentence
could be a source of initial confusion for the students.
• Solution: Use graphic timeline provided in bibliography to
explain clearly.
• Board and markers/chalk
• Paper with split sentences for plenary activity
Number of Students: 12 Materials: • Worksheet 1 with cut sentences for controlled practice activity
• Worksheet 2 with list of sentences
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