Review contractions for would and would not: I would = I’d, I would
not = I wouldn’t, You would = You’d, He would = He’d
Only the word "if" is used with the present unreal conditional because
you are discussing imaginary situations. "When" cannot be used.
Materials 7 envelopes/papers with a picture and the first part of an unreal present
conditional phrase
5 images printed
tape
whiteboard, markers, eraser
Time & PROCEDURE
Materials
Contextualization
10-15 minutes TT: Good morning! How is everyone today? Good? ____, how are you
feeling today? How about you _____, how are you? Good?
TT: Well...guess what? Things are about to get really good. Because today I
want you to imagine that some amazing things are going to happen.
Remember how we have recently explored travel? Well, today I want to know
what you would do if a wonderful surprise came along and you got to travel
for free. Dreaming is free, so get excited. OK! I have here 7 envelopes...and I
need to know who is feeling good today? Who is feeling lucky and wants to
travel?
TT: Please don’t open your envelopes yet. I have kept one for myself because
I feel like travelling, and I also want to demonstrate what you have to do.
With your envelope, you are going to open it, read, imagine, and write. When
you are finished writing, raise your hand. I will call on you. You can show it
to the class and read it out loud, Ok? Any questions? Then let’s begin. Open
your envelope and raise your hand when you are ready to tell us about your
plans.
TT: OK! Excellent. So I know most of these situations don’t look like they are
happening right now, yes? They are unrealistic situations.
20 minutes Isolation
Need vocabulary.
OK. We have talked about this a bit. To talk about this topic some more, we
need some words.
real (adj.)
Real. What does this word mean? Yes. Anyone else? Yes. You can see it. You
can touch it. Can you give me some examples of things that are real? OK.
We can change that to the opposite.
unreal (adj.)
Unreal. What does this word mean? Yes. It’s not real. We look outside and
know we are in Toronto and it’s cold. Is that real or unreal? Yes. Real.
Susana, What is the temperature in Cuba? What is the colour of the water.
What’s it like there? What can we do there? Is everyone thinking about being
in Cuba. Being in Cuba. [gerund, level 4] Is that real or unreal? Yes. Unreal.
We are not really there. We are thinking about it. We are wishing about it.
hypothetical (adj.)
… like unreal …
[change this]
In your first language, at school, you made plays happen. You have some
people [not actors, 3000, level 8+]. What do you tell them? What do you give
them? … student describes. … What did he do? He made a situation.
situation (noun)
All these things that are happening together.
Note to self. Do not use “outcome”. It’s in a more formal register. It’s more
in writing than in speaking. Say “what comes out of …” or “what would
happen from ...”.
Sentences similar to contextualization. Get them onto the board, left side.
Focus on Student B.
You heard what [Student A] said. Talk to her. Repeat back to her. What
would she do?/Where would she go?
Get main clause answer from student [do something, go somewhere].
Rephrase as full statement and write on board.
[Student B]
If you won the lottery, you would ________[do something]
Focus on Student C.
You heard what [Student A] said. Talk to me. What would she do?/Where
would she go?
Get main clause answer from student [do something].
Rephrase as full statement and write on board.
[Student C]
If she won the lottery, she would ___________[do something]
Focus on one student, Student E, from the other half of the class.
They are all together. You heard what they said. Talk to them. Repeat back to
them. What would they do?/Where would they go?
Get main clause answer from student [do something, go somewhere].
Rephrase as full statement and write on board.
If you won the lottery, you would ___________[do something]
Focus on one student, Student F, from the other half of the class.
They are all together. You heard what they said. Talk to me. What would they
do?/Where would they go?
Get main clause answer from student [do something, go somewhere].
Rephrase as full statement and write on board.
If they won the lottery, they would ___________[do something]
Same subjects, different verbs. First, get the IF clause needed for negation.
Right now, we are looking at Travel & Transportation. And right now, in
LINC 5, we are looking at the topic of Places of Interest. Last month, in
LINC 4, we looked at the topic of Getting a Driver’s Licence. I know that
now some of you have your driver’s licence. And I know that now some of
you do not have your driver’s licence. I need to know who has a driver’s
licence and who does not have a driver’s licence.
Select a student that does not have a driver’s licence. Student G.
If you had a driver’s licence, what would you do?
If I had a driver’s licence, I would __________[do something]
After you opened your envelopes, who talked about having a private plane?
[Student H]?
And what would you do?
Get main clause answer from student [do something, go somewhere].
Rephrase as full statement and write on board.
[Student H]
If I had a private plane, I would ___________[do something]
After you opened your envelopes, who got Sara’s car? [Student I]?
And what would you do?
Get main clause answer from student [do something, go somewhere].
Rephrase as full statement and write on board.
[Student I]
If I got Sara’s car, I would ____________[do something]
Whiteboard. Middle.
Name. Present Unreal Conditional
Form. If … (simple past), … would + (base verb)
Use. Hypothetical situation in the present
We talk about a situation, a lot of things happening together. We talk about it
in the present, right now. And the situation is unreal, not real. It’s
conditional … if it happened, what would a person do?
Let’s go back to who has a driver’s licence and who does not have a driver’s
licence. I need to know again. Who does not have a driver’s licence?
Select a student that does not have a driver’s licence.
If you had a driver’s licence, what would you do? where would you go?
Student answers.
[Student G] would drive to Montreal.
(+) Positive
If I had a driver’s licence, I would drive to __________
(–) Negative
Select a different student that does not have a driver’s licence.
If you had a driver’s licence, what would you do? where would you go?
Student answers.
You would drive to Vancouver. You would not drive to Montreal. OK.
If I had a driver’s licence, I would drive to Vancouver.
If I had a driver’s licence, I would not drive to Montreal.
If I had a driver’s licence, I would not drive to Montreal.
Let’s look at these two. We have the same IF clause. And for the main
clause, one is positive and the other is negative.
(Yes/No Question)
Let’s go back to our positive sentence.
If I had a driver’s licence, I would drive to _______.
Let’s make a Yes/No question.
If you had a driver’s licence, would you drive to ________?
For the question sentence … First, put her in the unreal situation. Second,
ask her about what she would do and be very specific.
And the answers? …
Yes, I would. No, I would not (wouldn’t).
(Info Question)
Let’s make an information question. And … First, put her in the unreal
situation. Second, ask her what she would do.
If you had a driver’s licence, where would you go?
Or
If you had a driver’s licence, what would you do?
Persons.
If I | |I | |
If you | had | you | would | …
If she/he/it | won | she/he/it | |
If we | got | we | |
If you | received | you | |
If they | | they | |
They are all the same. In the IF clause, first IF, then the subject, then the
verb in simple past which is the same for all persons. In the main clause, the
subject, then would, then the base verb, and then the rest of the sentence.
No time expressions.
Spelling.
There are contractions, but we’ve seen them before.
Do not write them all. Write “I”. Verbally review the others.
If …, I would → I’d
If …, you would → you’d
If …, she would → she’d
If …, we would → we’d
If …, you would → you’d
If …, they would → they’d
And there are contractions for “would not”. We’ve seen them before also.
Do not write them all. Write “I”. Verbally review the others.
If …, I would not → I wouldn’t
If …, you would not → you wouldn’t
If …, she would not → she wouldn’t
If …, we would not → we wouldn’t
If …, you would not → you wouldn’t
If …, they would not → they wouldn’t
Special with “be”.
There is one special case. And that’s when we use the verb “be”.
In English, there is a way of speaking and writing with “be”. And it is used
here with Present Unreal Conditional. It is like this.
Write beside Persons.
BE
If | I | were | ___________ | I | would | ...
| you | were | | you | |
| she/he/it | were | | she/he/it | |
| we | were | | we | |
| you | were | | you | |
| they | were | | they | |
In the IF clause, BE is always “were”. It doesn’t change.
Make some examples using nouns, proper nouns, adjectives after “be”.
If I were the Prime Minister (I’m not. That’s unreal.), I would make every
Wednesday a holiday.
If you were older (You’re not. You’re young.), you would remember that big
event.
Student A drives a long way. I was talking with Student B does not want to
drive so much. If he (B) were A (and he’s not, that’s unreal), he’d move to a
place nearby.
Pronunciation.
In everyday speaking, in informal speaking, you do not always hear “were”.
You hear something else.
If I were … → If I was …
If he were … → If he was …
In formal speaking and writing, you use “were”.
10 minutes Verification
(LIVE) ON AN ISLAND
(FIND) $1 M
*If I found $1 million, I would travel the world.
Do you know where SS would go to first? Can you ask where he would go
first if he traveled the world?
What about you? SS, what would you do if you found $1 million?
*If I had $1 million I would buy my dream car.
If you bought your dream car, where would you go?