Adding Depth with Conditionals

B2 · Upper-intermediate50 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 4 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: weave second, third and mixed conditionals into ordinary Part 1 answers - the clearest grammatical-range evidence you can give an examiner.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: What could be, not just what is

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Conditionals for Nuance

    Read a 209-word text about Conditionals for Nuance

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Conditional Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Conditional Structures

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Conditional Practice

    Role-play: Practice incorporating conditionals naturally into Part 1 answers (3 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your conditional mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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were it not forassuming thathad I knownin an ideal worldunder different circumstancesif anything

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