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      Third conditional lesson

      This lesson aims to revise the form of the third conditional. Students have the chance to see and listen to how the form is used to express how events in the past could have been different. It also focuses on:

      • helping students to say third conditional sentences clearly and in the correct form.
      • letting students finish third conditional sentences to express their own opinions and answer third conditional questions about their own lives.


      Level
      - upper intermediate

      The example sentences and tapescripts are about my life and my colleagues’ lives. You can use these, or adapt the materials to describe your own life and decisions. If you have the facilities, you can also interview and record your colleagues for the listening stage. If your students know the other teachers, the activity will be
      more interesting for them.

      It is possible to use this lesson without extra equipment; however, if you have access to an overhead projector, there are optional ways of using the lesson plan. I have explained where this is possible in the plan.

      Plan components

      Lesson Plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

      Download lesson plan

      Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheets contain:

      • Sentences to be cut up
      • Chart for listening exercise
      • Tapescripts (to be read out to class)
      • Answer sheet for listening exercise
      • Complete sentences (to be copied onto an overhead transparency) 
      • Beginnings of sentences (to be copied onto an overhead transparency)

      The last two worksheets are for those who have access to an overhead projector.

      Download worksheets

      Janet Shackleton

      Copyright - please read
      All the materials on these pages are free for you to download and copy for educational use only. You may not redistribute, sell or place these materials on any other web site without written permission from the BBC and British Council. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please email us at: teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org

       

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      MacLoud's picture
      MacLoud
      Submitted on 20 November, 2009 - 12:49

      Anonymous wrote:

      This lesson aims to revise the form of the third conditional. Students have the chance to see and listen to how the form is used to express how events in the past could have been different. It also focuses on:

      • helping students to say third conditional sentences clearly and in the correct form.
      • letting students finish third conditional sentences to express their own opinions and answer third conditional questions about their own lives.


      Level
      - upper intermediate

      The example sentences and tapescripts are about my life and my colleagues’ lives. You can use these, or adapt the materials to describe your own life and decisions. If you have the facilities, you can also interview and record your colleagues for the listening stage. If your students know the other teachers, the activity will be
      more interesting for them.

      It is possible to use this lesson without extra equipment; however, if you have access to an overhead projector, there are optional ways of using the lesson plan. I have explained where this is possible in the plan.

      Plan components

      Lesson Plan: guide for teacher on procedure including answers to tasks.

      Download lesson plan

      Worksheets: exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheets contain:

      • Sentences to be cut up
      • Chart for listening exercise
      • Tapescripts (to be read out to class)
      • Answer sheet for listening exercise
      • Complete sentences (to be copied onto an overhead transparency) 
      • Beginnings of sentences (to be copied onto an overhead transparency)

      The last two worksheets are for those who have access to an overhead projector.

      Download worksheets

      Janet Shackleton

      Copyright - please read
      All the materials on these pages are free for you to download and copy for educational use only. You may not redistribute, sell or place these materials on any other web site without written permission from the BBC and British Council. If you have any questions about the use of these materials please email us at: teachingenglish@britishcouncil.org

       

      agayeva shefeq7394's picture
      agayeva shefeq7394
      Submitted on 11 May, 2011 - 11:46

      The worksheets are great.Especially, cut up sentences, complete sentences,beginnings of sentences were helpful to revise the form of the third conditional.Also thanks for the good prepared lesson plan. 

      french's picture
      french
      Submitted on 10 August, 2011 - 00:05

      12.30am, failing to dredge up either energy or brain power to design a lesson on Regrets and Mistakes for tomorrow morning - found this.

      Wonderful. Print it and use it. Everything you need, clearly presented, well structured, looks like a great lesson. Personalise it later for the next time!

      Thanks so much. I can get some sleep now!