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 set my alarm, I will wake up on time.
to begin your presentation?
3. What is the target form of the first Model sentence in positive form: If I set my alarm, I will wake up on time.
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 set my alarm, I won’t wake up on time.
Form: If + subject + don’t + base verb, subject + wont + base verb.
Model sentence in question form: If I set my alarm, will I wake up on time?
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 set my alarm, I will wake up on time.
(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 set my alarm, I won’t wake up on time.
said. Write your positive and negative
model sentences and put the stressed
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, words in bold.) Why do we stress these words?
We stress the main content words (the main verbs ‘set’/’don’t’ and ‘wake’, the noun ‘alarm’
and the key result ‘time’) because they carry the main meaning of a sentence. We usually do
not stress small grammar words like ‘if’, ‘I’, ‘my’, or ‘up’ because they are not the main
meaning of a sentence.
5. What timeline will you use to help students
to understand the first conditional?
You must include an actual timeline, not
just a description.
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, 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:
A2 (Late elementary/
-Students will accurately produce first conditional sentences in
Level of Class: pre-intermediate) Lesson Objectives: controlled activities.
Teenagers (14-16 years old) -Students will use the target language fluently in a speaking task.
Students would already know present simple, present continuous,
past simple for common verbs, and would be familiar with ‘will’ for
future events.
Nationality/First
Japan/Japanese Assumed Knowledge: They would be familiar with grammatical terminology such as the
Language:
names of the tenses they already know, subject, auxiliary verb,
negative form, etc.
1. Problem: Students may find it confusing that the present
simple is used in the if clause.
Solution:
Use timeline to show that the ‘if’ clause refers to the future. Drill
Length of Lesson: 60 mins Anticipated Problems: sentences together until they get it.
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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 set my alarm, I will wake up on time.
to begin your presentation?
3. What is the target form of the first Model sentence in positive form: If I set my alarm, I will wake up on time.
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 set my alarm, I won’t wake up on time.
Form: If + subject + don’t + base verb, subject + wont + base verb.
Model sentence in question form: If I set my alarm, will I wake up on time?
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 set my alarm, I will wake up on time.
(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 set my alarm, I won’t wake up on time.
said. Write your positive and negative
model sentences and put the stressed
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, words in bold.) Why do we stress these words?
We stress the main content words (the main verbs ‘set’/’don’t’ and ‘wake’, the noun ‘alarm’
and the key result ‘time’) because they carry the main meaning of a sentence. We usually do
not stress small grammar words like ‘if’, ‘I’, ‘my’, or ‘up’ because they are not the main
meaning of a sentence.
5. What timeline will you use to help students
to understand the first conditional?
You must include an actual timeline, not
just a description.
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, 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:
A2 (Late elementary/
-Students will accurately produce first conditional sentences in
Level of Class: pre-intermediate) Lesson Objectives: controlled activities.
Teenagers (14-16 years old) -Students will use the target language fluently in a speaking task.
Students would already know present simple, present continuous,
past simple for common verbs, and would be familiar with ‘will’ for
future events.
Nationality/First
Japan/Japanese Assumed Knowledge: They would be familiar with grammatical terminology such as the
Language:
names of the tenses they already know, subject, auxiliary verb,
negative form, etc.
1. Problem: Students may find it confusing that the present
simple is used in the if clause.
Solution:
Use timeline to show that the ‘if’ clause refers to the future. Drill
Length of Lesson: 60 mins Anticipated Problems: sentences together until they get it.
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