3 Worksheet

Unit 3 Low Intermediate

IF CLAUSE RESULT CLAUSE

If you boil water, it turns into steam.

If you study hard, you’ll pass the test.

If you freeze water, it turns into ice.

If you heat metal, it expands.

If you don’t study, you’ll fail the test.

If you miss lunch, you’ll get hungry.

If you don’t sleep, you get tired.

If you travel south, you reach Antartica.

If you don’t drink anything, you’ll get thirsty.

If you don’t save any money, you won’t have money to spend.

If you face north, west is to your left.

If you break a mirror, you’ll get 7 years’ bad luck.

IF CLAUSE RESULT CLAUSE

If you boil water, it turns into steam.

If you study hard, you’ll pass the test.

If you freeze water, it turns into ice.

If you heat metal, it expands.

If you don’t study, you’ll fail the test.

If you miss lunch, you’ll get hungry.

If you don’t sleep, you get tired.

If you travel south, you reach Antartica.

If you don’t drink anything, you’ll get thirsty.

If you don’t save any money, you won’t have money to spend.

If you face north, west is to your left.

If you break a mirror, you’ll get 7 years’ bad luck.

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 3 Teacher’s Notes
Unit 3 Low Intermediate

Activity 3: Conditionals
Interaction: Whole class
Aim: To practice the “zero” and “first” conditional
Skill: Speaking, listening and reading
Grammar: The “zero” and “first” conditional
Preparation: Copy and cut up one conditional sentence for every
two students. There are twelve sentences on the worksheet
Time: 10-15 minutes

Procedure Answers Answers

1 Divide the students into two groups, A and B.
If Clause
2 Give one If clause card to each student in Group A. Give one If you boil water,
Result clause card to each student in Group B. If you study hard,
If you freeze water,
3 Tell the students to read their card and to ask if there is any If you heat metal,
vocabulary they don’t understand. If you don’t study,
If you miss lunch,
4 Tell the students that they have one half of a conditional If you don’t sleep,
sentence and that they must find the person who has the other
If you travel south,
half of their sentence. To do this they must walk around the
room and read their sentences to other students.
If you don’t drink anything,
If you don’t save any money,
5 Give the students five to ten minutes to walk around and try to If you face north,
find their partner. If you break a mirror,
Result Clause
it turns into steam.
you’ll pass the test.
it turns into ice.
it expands.
you’ll fail the test.
you’ll get hungry.
you get tired.
you reach Antartica.
you’ll get thirsty.
you won’t have money to spend.
west is to your left.
you’ll get 7 years’ bad luck.

6 When all the students have found their partner, ask them to form
a line facing their partner.

7 Ask each pair to read out their sentence. Ask the other students
to listen carefully and to say whether each sentence is correct.

8 If there’s time, you could read out the correct sentences (see
below).

Notes
• If there is an odd number of students in the class, give one card
to two weaker students and ask them to work together.

Options
• If you want to extend the activity, give each pair a few
minutes to think of an alternative ending for their
sentence. Ask pairs to say their new sentence.

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