Optional English 11. Conditional

Period: 14 Date of teaching: /11/2008
REVISION OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
I. OBJECTIVES: After the lesson, the students:
• Will able to revise how to use the verbs in the form of the conditional sentences
• will be able to rewrite sentences using the conditional sentences.
II. PREPARATION: Handouts
III. PROCEDURE:
Teacher’s activities Students’ activities
• Briefly review the conditional sentences
If clause Main clause Use
Type
1:
Present simple Future simple express real
or probable
conditions
Type
2:
Past Simple /
Past Subjunctive
Would/ could/
might + bare-
infinitive
express unreal
conditions in
the present
Type
3:
Past perfect Would/ could/
might + have +
past participle
express unreal

conditions in
the past
Give handouts and ask Ss to do Exercises
Exercise 1: Give the correct form of the verbs in
brackets
Have Ss do the exercise in 7 minutes
Walk around the class to observe
Call Ss to read aloud and explain their answers
Ask the whole class to check and correct
Give the corrects answers and explain more if
necessary
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
Walk around the class to observe
Call Ss to read aloud and explain their answers
Give the corrects answers and explain more if
necessary
Exercise 3: Make conditional sentences from the
following sentences:
.
Walk around the class to observe and offer help if
necessary
Call Ss to read aloud and explain their answers
Ask Ss to write sentence by sentence on the board
Ask the whole class to check and correct
Give the corrects answers and explain more if
necessary
4. Homework
- Redo the exercises
Remind the knowledge of the conditional sentences,
give examples

Ex 1: If Van gets high marks in the exam, her
parents will give her a computer.
Ex 2a: If I had enough money, I would buy a house for
my parents.
Ex 2b: If I were a flower, I would be a sunflower.
Ex 3: If I had had time, I would have gone swimming
with you yesterday
Take handouts and do Exercises
Work individually, then compare the answers with a
partner's
Suggested answers:
1. were 6. find
2. won 7. married
3. would tell 8. had spoken
4. would 9. would write
5. comes 10. hadn’t been
Work in pairs
Suggested answers:
1. B 3. A 5. C 7. A
2. C. 4. D 6. A 8. D
Work individually, then exchange their results with
a friend
Suggested answers:
1. If you are not calm, you will make a wrong
decision.
2. If Tram hadn’t stayed up late to watch TV last night,
she wouldn’t have been late for class this morning.
3. If Mr. Trong had worn a helmet, he wouldn’t
have been injured in the accident.
4. If she weren’t absent from class, she could keep

pace with her classmates.
5. If we had had a map, we wouldn’t have got lost.
6. If the boy had books, he would write the essay
better.
7. If she could walk without help, she would go out
very often.
8. If I had known that you arrived in Ho Chi Minh
City last Saturday, I would have picked you up at
the station.
IV. COMMENTS:
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HANDOUT
Exercise 1: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets
1) If I (be) ________ in your place, I would accept Mr. Anderson’s invitation.
2) If I (win) _________ a big prize in a lottery, I’d give up my job.
3) If I were you, I (tell) ________ the truth.
4) If I had enough time now, I (write) ________ to my parents.
5) If she (come) ________ late again, she’ll lose her job.
6) I’ll let you know if I (find) ________ out what’s happening.
7) It would be a pity if she (marry) ___________ Fred.
8) I could have understood him if he (speak) ___________ more slowly.
9) If I knew his address, I (write) ____________ a letter to him.
10) If you (not be) __________ so busy, I would have shown you how to play.
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer.
1) If that hat costs much, I _____ a small one.
A. would have bought B. will buy C. bought D. would buy

2) If you _____ more carefully, you wouldn’t have had so many accidents.
A. drive B. drove C. had driven D. driven
3) If I ______ that mistake again, my teacher will get angry with me.
A. make B. makes C. made D. had made
4) If I spoke English, my job _____ a lot easier.
A. was B. were C. will be D. would be
5) If he ______ to London yesterday, he would have met his old friend.
A. goes B. went C. had gone D. would go
6) I will lend them some money if they ______ me.
A. ask B. will ask C. asked D. had asked
7) If we had known who he was, we ______ him to speak at our meeting.
A. would have invited B. have invited C. will invite D. would invite
8) If I ______ enough money, I would buy a house.
A. have B. had had C. will have D. had

Exercise 3: Make conditional sentences from the following sentences:
1. Be calm, or you will make a wrong decision
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2. Tram stayed up late to watch TV last night, so she was late for class this morning.
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3. Mr. Trong’s head was badly injured in the accident because he didn’t wear a helmet.
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4. She is often absent from class, so she can’t keep pace with her classmates
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5. We got lost because we didn’t have a map
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6. The boy doesn’t have books, so he can’t write that essay better.
…………………………………………………………………………………….
7. She can’t walk without help, so she doesn’t go out very often
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8. I didn’t know that you arrived in Ho Chi Minh City last Saturday, so I didn’t pick you up at the station.
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