PPP GRAMMAR LESSON TABLE – FIRST CONDITIONAL
Affirmative form:
‘If’ + Present Simple [if-clause]
1. What is the target form of the
, (comma)
first conditional (both clauses)? (F) will’+ Future Simple [result clause]
Example: If I pass my exams [if-clause], I will get a present. [result-clause]
I will begin by eliciting a question (based on one the students’ example in the warmer – topic: A
birthday present.)
2. What is the model sentence you
Eliciting example: Tell me what you will do with your present? From which I can elicit a plethora of
will elicit to begin your
affirmatives, one of which I will use as a model.
presentation?
Example sentence: If I get a laptop, I will play video games.
Model sentence in negative form: If I do not get a laptop [condition], I will play outside.[result]
3. What are the negative and
question (interrogative) forms of Form: ‘If’ + ‘do not’ + Present Simple, Subject + ‘will’ + Verb (infinitive) / Future Simple
your model sentence?
(You might find there is more than
one possibility, but you only need Model sentence in question form: What games will you play [result], if you get a laptop? [condition]
to show one negative and one
question, then analyse the forms) Form: Interrogative + ‘will’ + Subject + Verb (in infinitive)/ Future Simple, ‘if’ + Present Simple
It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future.
The first conditional is used to talk about the result of an imagined future situation, when we believe
4. What is the function? (M)
the imagined situation is quite likely.
Probable futures: predictions, promises, threats/warnings, offers and making deals.
Affirmative form:
‘If’ + Present Simple [if-clause]
1. What is the target form of the
, (comma)
first conditional (both clauses)? (F) will’+ Future Simple [result clause]
Example: If I pass my exams [if-clause], I will get a present. [result-clause]
I will begin by eliciting a question (based on one the students’ example in the warmer – topic: A
birthday present.)
2. What is the model sentence you
Eliciting example: Tell me what you will do with your present? From which I can elicit a plethora of
will elicit to begin your
affirmatives, one of which I will use as a model.
presentation?
Example sentence: If I get a laptop, I will play video games.
Model sentence in negative form: If I do not get a laptop [condition], I will play outside.[result]
3. What are the negative and
question (interrogative) forms of Form: ‘If’ + ‘do not’ + Present Simple, Subject + ‘will’ + Verb (infinitive) / Future Simple
your model sentence?
(You might find there is more than
one possibility, but you only need Model sentence in question form: What games will you play [result], if you get a laptop? [condition]
to show one negative and one
question, then analyse the forms) Form: Interrogative + ‘will’ + Subject + Verb (in infinitive)/ Future Simple, ‘if’ + Present Simple
It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future.
The first conditional is used to talk about the result of an imagined future situation, when we believe
4. What is the function? (M)
the imagined situation is quite likely.
Probable futures: predictions, promises, threats/warnings, offers and making deals.
