Assignment B - PPP Grammar Lesson Table: First Conditional
✓ NB: Look at the model provided and make sure you understand what MFP refer to here. See Units 2 and 7. For example, in number 4 in the
table below, we do NOT mean 'What is the function of the lesson'!!!
1. What is the target form of the first conditional Present simple + future simple
(both clauses)? (F) Affirmative form: If + present simple + will + future simple
E.g., If it is sunny today (if clause), you will go to the beach. (Main clause)
2. What is the model sentence you will elicit to I will elicit a question about the sun: “Do you enjoy being in the sun?”
begin your presentation? Based on their response, I will use “If it is sunny today,” as my if clause, present simple, and
“You will go to the beach.” as my main clause, future simple.
Model sentence: If it is sunny today, you will go to the beach.
3. What are the negative and question Model sentence in negative form: If it is not sunny today, you will not go to the beach.
(interrogative) forms of your model sentence? Form: If + is not + present simple, subject + will not + irregular verb + future simple.
(You might find there is more than one possibility,
but you only need to show one negative and one Model sentence in question form: If it’s sunny today, will you go to the beach?
question, then analyse the forms.) Form: If + present simple, will + subject + future simple + ?.
4. What is the function? (M) The function is to talk about something that is very likely to happen.
Events that may take place in the future (It might still happen.)
It connects future events with the main clause of the first conditional. The future event has
a direct connection to the present time since it depends on the circumstances in the
present. It is the circumstances in the present that determines the likeliness of the future
event will happen.
5. What do students need to know about the Sentence stress:
pronunciation, including sentence stress and If it is sunny today, you will go to the beach.
intonation? (P)
(Think only about how the model sentence The weak forms:
would normally be said.) If it is sunny today, you will go to the beach.
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