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complete. [Correctly Passed] A+ Grade.
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Assignment B - PPP Grammar Lesson Table: First Conditional
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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
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the table below, we do NOT mean 'What is the function of the lesson'!!!
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1. What is the target form of the first conditional
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(both clauses)? (F)
h h h Affirmative form: h
- If + Subject + Present simple, Subject + will + infinitive without to
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- Subject + will + infinitive without to If + Subject + Present simple
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(the hif hclause hcan hcome hfirst hof hsecond hin hthe hsentence. hThe hmeaning his hthe hsame.)
Example:
- If the weather is good, we will go to the beach.
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- We will go to the beach if the weather is good.
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2. What is the model sentence you will elicit to
h h h h h h h h h I will begin by providing the first part of the sentence (based on one of the students'
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begin your presentation?
h h h hexamples in warmer) and then, elicit the second part (the result clause).
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Example: If you study hard, you will pass the exam.
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3. What are the negative and question
h h h h h h Model sentence in negative form: If you don’t study hard, you won’t pass the exam.
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(interrogative) forms of your model sentence?
h h h h h h Form: If + Subject + Present simple, Subject + won’t + infinitive without to
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Model sentence in question form: Will you pass the exam if you study hard? (yes/no question)
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Where will we go if the weather is good? (wh-word question) h h h h h h h h h h
Form: (Wh-word) + Will + Subject + infinitive without to If + Subject + Present simple?
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(I will also take into account students’ warmer examples) h h h h h h h h
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,4. What is the function? (M)
h h h h h Talking about possible (or probable) situations in the future and its probable result.
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1st conditional sentences are based on facts, and they are used to make statements about
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the real world, and about particular situations.
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,5. What do students need to know about the
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h pronunciation, including sentence stress and
h h h h In affirmative form the subject and will are usually contracted:
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h intonation? (P) h I’ll, you’ll, we’ll, they’ll, etc.
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(Think only about how the model sentence
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h would normally be said.)
h h h In negative form (in the result clause) the verb will and not are usually contracted: won’t
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hReminder (Present Simple): In negative form (in the condition clause) the auxiliary
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hverbs do/does and not are usually contracted: don’t, doesn’t.
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STRESS
Affirmative:
The stress is on the main verb of the sentence and any content words following the verb:
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hIf you study hard, you will pass the exam.
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If the weather is good, we will go to the beach.
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Note: Although “will” is a weak form, sometimes, when we are sure that the result is likely
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hor not likely to happen, we can stress it.
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If the weather is good, I will go to the beach.
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Negative: Auxiliary will + not carries stress and any content words following the verb.
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If you don’t study hard, you won’t pass the exam.
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Question form: in Wh-word questions the stress is on the question word.
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Where will we go if the weather is good.
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INTONATION
Question form: h
For yes/no questions the voice rises at the end:
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, Will you pass the exam if you study hard?
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Affirmative and negative forms: voice normally falls at the end:
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If you study hard, you will pass the exam.
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6. What is the context I will use to introduce the
h h h h h h h h h h Making prediction about the future.
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7. How will I try to elicit the first conditional from
h h h h h h h h h h I will use a student example about the future events or situations, when they feel like given
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h ha certain condition something is going to happen (predicting the future).
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8. How will I encourage students to analyse the
h h h h h h h h I will put example sentences generated from students on the board, and then analyse them
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hform (S+V, etc.) themselves rather than just
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htelling them what it is? (F)
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9. What concept questions will I ask to check
h h h h h h h h - Are we talking about present or future? (Future)
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hstudents understand how the form is being
h h h h h h - Is it possible that this will happen in the future? (Yes)
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hused/what it means? h h - Is the situation real or unreal? (Real)
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- Do we use it to express possible condition and its probable result or improbable result?
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(probable)
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- Can I say if it will rain? (No)
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- Which part of the sentence is the condition and which the consequence?
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