TEACHER’S NOTES
ESL / EFL RESOURCES If and When
Activity Type Introduction
Reading and writing In this energetic team game, students race to complete first
activity, group work conditional sentences and sentences containing the future time
clause 'when'.
Language Focus Procedure
First conditional
Divide the students into teams of three or four.
Sentences containing the
future time clause 'when' Explain that the teams are going to race to complete first
conditional sentences and sentences containing the future time
clause 'when'.
Aim
Set a time limit (e.g. 10 minutes).
To complete first
conditional sentences and Give each team the first strip.
sentences containing the
future time clause 'when'. Teams then race to complete the first sentence, making sure the
sentence is logical and grammatically correct.
Preparation As soon as a team has completed the sentence, one student from
Make one copy of the the team comes to you with the strip.
worksheet for each group
of three or four and cut If it’s correct, the team gets a point and you give the student the
into strips as indicated. second strip and so on.
If a sentence is incorrect, the team has to rewrite it.
Level
Keep the score for each team on the board.
Pre-intermediate
When the time limit has been reached, the students stop writing.
Time The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
25 minutes
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FIRST CONDITIONAL
ESL / EFL RESOURCES If and When
1. I’ll clean my room when
2. If I have enough money
3. When I’m old
4. If the weather improves
5. Send me a text when
6. When we get to the hotel
7. If you want to speak English well
8. He will buy a new car when
9. If we miss the bus
10. She will go abroad next year if
11. When it’s really hot
12. If you visit my country
13. You’ll soon feel better if
14. If my teacher gives me lots of homework today
15. When I go to bed tonight
16. If he can get tickets for the concert
17. I feel relaxed when
18. When I have lots of work to do
19. He can save time in the morning if
20. When I see a sad story on the news
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