Lesson plan

Level:

Pre-intermediate

Age:

12-15 years

Time:

45-50 minutes

Aim: To make students familiar with will function- about possible future action.
Objective:

Students should be able to talk about possibility in future in their normal

conversation.

Students should be able to use will with if clause in sentences.

Aids: Whiteboard, chart, board marker, worksheets, pictures

Procedure:
Warm-up: (5 min)
Students will be shown pictures pasted on white board. They will be elicited regarding
the pictures. For example, they will see a picture of a doctor, and then will be asked If
you become a doctor, what will you do? Some other examples with some pictures will
be, If you become a pilot, what will you do? If you go to Murree, where will you
stay? If you become a teacher, where will you teach?
Presentation stage: (10 min)
Students will be given introduction to the first conditional with If clause that is possible
future action with explicit example. A comprehensible dialogue will be presented which
would highlight the function that is being taught.
Form: If+ simple present+ will+ verb
Example: If you hurry, you will catch the bus.

Practice stage: (15-25 min)

Controlled activities:
Activity 1:
Students will be given a worksheet. This worksheet contains some sentences with blanks.
Students have to fill in the blanks with appropriate answers using the words in bracket. .
Activity 2:
A worksheet will be given to students in which sentences are written with prompts
(phrases). They will write the correct sentence by the help of these prompts, the If
clause structure and main clause.
Activity 3
Students will be given a worksheet in which sentence will be scrambled. They have to
use their knowledge of the structure will and if to rewrite the correct sentence.
Semi-control activity:
Activity 4
Students are asked to solve the worksheet. The worksheet consists of half sentences of
if clauses. Students will complete the other half of the sentence by putting the main
clause of their own choice.
Production stage: (10 min)
Activity 5
A context with pictures will be given to the students from which they will build up their
own story by using if clause and main clause.

Home work
Write a story using If and main clause beginning with one of the sentences below and show it in the next lesson:
If I visit London I ....
If Maria wins a lottery she ....

Dialogue

Ali:

If I have time on Saturday, Ill visit my parents.

Bilal: If you visit them, theyll be very happy.

Ali:

Ill bring some groceries if I visit them.

Bilal: If you go to their house, theyll make a big dinner for you.
Ali:

If I dont have time this Saturday, Ill go there next weekend.

Bilal: Theyll be glad whenever you can visit them.

Activity 1
Fill in the blanks with appropriate word given in the bracket. The first one
is done for you.

1.She .....will give... (give) you a ring if you .....need...... (need) any advice.
2.I ...................... (make it) if the meeting .........................(be) on Monday.
3.If it ......................(be) sunny, we ...................... (bring) our raincoats for nothing.
4.If you ............................ (think) positively, you .........................(succeed).
5. I ........................ (buy) a car If you .......................... (give) me the money.
6. If her boyfriend (call / not) _______ today, she (leave) _________ him.
7. They (pass / not) _________ the exam If they (study / not) _________ harder.
8. If it (rain) _________ tomorrow, I (have to / not) __________ water the plants.
9. You (be able/ not) ________ to sleep If you (watch) __________ this scary film.
10. If my sister (eat) ______ all the cake, I ______ (be) angry.
11. She (receive) __________ it tomorrow If you (send) ________ this letter now.
12. If I (do) _________ this test, I (improve) _________ my English.

Activity 2
Write sentences by using the prompts.
The first one is done for you.
Wake up late / miss the bus
If I wake up late, I will miss the bus.

1.

miss bus / lose job

_________________________________________________________________.
2.

lose job / have no money

_________________________________________________________________.
3.

have no money / stay at home

_________________________________________________________________.
4.

stay at home / sleep a lot

_________________________________________________________________.
5.

sleep a lot / wake up early

_________________________________________________________________.
6.

wake up early / get a new job

_________________________________________________________________.
7.

get a new job / be tired

_________________________________________________________________.
8.

be tired / wake up late

_________________________________________________________________.

Activity 3

Scrambled sentences.
Put the words in the correct order to make conditional sentences.
Ex: works will she hard boss give a the raise if her
The boss will give her a raise if she works hard.
1. We if is cancel the bad will the weather game.
________________________________________________________________________
2. she car if will doesnt take the start bus her.
________________________________________________________________________
3. I am your will if come to I not party busy.
________________________________________________________________________
4. if will umbrella it take rain I an.
________________________________________________________________________
5. if put will in fridge you the grow dont milk the it sour.

Activity 3
Complete the following phrases by putting the possible situation. What do
you think will happen?
1. If you eat quickly, ________________________________________.
2. If the phone rings, ________________________________________.
3. If I dont find a job, _______________________________________.
4. If it doesnt rain, _________________________________________.
5. If we go to Paris, _________________________________________.
6. If she misses the bus, ______________________________________.
7. If he studies a lot, _________________________________________.
8. If you visit your parents at Paris, _____________________________.
9. If you buy a new car, ______________________________________.
10.If she gets a new job, ________________________________________.

Activity 5
Build a story of given pictures using if and main clause.