Hypothetical Situations

B2 · Upper-intermediate57 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: answer 'Would you...?' Part 1 questions with confident hypothetical language - imagined realities, speculation and wishful thinking in accurate complex grammar.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The 'would you...?' invitation

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Thinking Hypothetically in Part 1

    Read a 279-word text about Thinking Hypothetically in Part 1

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Hypothetical Language

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Hypothetical Expressions

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fixing Hypothetical Sentences

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Hypothetical Practice

    Role-play: Practice weaving hypothetical language into Part 1 responses (3 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your hypothetical mission

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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