FREE Guided Discovery Grammar Activity for First and Second Conditionals

[@NeveenSharaf]

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[@meruertaldazhumanova1578]

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[@leonardniamh]

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[@Allie-Eliza]

I really enjoy your vlogs. Thank you. My thoughts on this grammar..... For conveying the concepts of these grammatical structures, I think I'd want to make a more distinct scenario for the first conditional because the 1000 tickets vs 1 ticket is too subjective in yerms of actual probability. Many students will just view the 1000-ticket buyer as foolish, not as being a wise investor who is ensuring a more probable win. I'd keep the lotto context though for the 2nd conditional. Many students will feel that both scenarios that you used are improbable. And actually, I think fluent speakers of English could, quite rightly, use second conditional for both types of lotto players, without being wrong, if they viewed lotto wins to be a highly improbable event, even with 1000 tickets. For the first conditional, I would choose a scenario that will almost certainly happen, and is only dependent on something much more objective as the condition that would or wouldn't change the plan e.g. a tentative plan with a friend that is weather dependent, but will certainly go ahead if the rain isn't torrential. The condition of 'torrential rain' is much less subjective. (If we go to the fairground this weekend, I'll offer to drive there.) It's not a fixed plan yet, but it has a high certainty that it will happen (we've penciled it into our diaries), conditional on there not being rain that is torrential. You wouldn't need to deal with so much subjectivity then about the likelihood of winning the lotto, with 1 ticket or 1000. Winning can still be perceived as improbable in both situations, even if odds are increased slightly. Hogher objectivity used in the context for the first conditional scenario might make it a more reliable way to convey grammatical concept. I can see beginning teachers coming unstuck if only using lotto for both. It's almost like using 'When I win the lotto, I'll.... ' . Too much certainty laid on an improbable scenario. Better to speak hypothetically with the 2nd conditional. Others may disagree, but I hope my comments might still help beginning teachers to consider obstacles to conveying concept if students are thinking from a different perspective.

[@AmirSharifi-wv8hc]

Thank you for the tips. But this context, in my experience, would likely complicate the concepts of conditionals 1 and 2. I guess a better context would be two people who are talking about what they'd do if they became the president. You can have one famous politician like Trump saying what "he will do if he becomes president" and a regular Joey. The regular Joey says, "What he would do if he became the president."

[@elttraining]

@@AmirSharifi-wv8hc yes- that’s a great context!