First conditional Bingo
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—- [iim To play a game of Bingo using first conditional sentences.
: Whole class
First conditional (f+ present simple + future simple)
= Speaking, listening
Photocopy one worksheet for every si students
After Unit 4 Lesson 3
20 minutes
1 Review the form of the first conditional on the board, e.g. Ifyou listen carefully I]
tell you what to do.
‘Tell the students that they are going to play a game of Bingo.
Explain that each student will be given a card containing six boxes. In each box
there is the ending of a first conditional sentence. Explain that you will read out,
the beginning of a sentence and that if a student has the correct ending on their
card they can cross it off. The first student to cross off all six boxes shouts Bingo
and is the winner.
4 Give out the Bingo cards and ask the students to read their sentence endings
quietly,
5. Do the first sentence as a class to check that the students have understood.
6 Read out the sentence beginnings (in any order) until one student shouts Bingo.
‘Tick or number the sentence beginnings you have read out so that you can check
the answers afterwards,
7 Ask that student to read back their sentence endings to check they are correct.
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Sentence beginnings
If | pass my exams,
L will drive to work if
Sentence endings
Iwill go to university.
itrains tomorrow.
1 will pass my exams if I work very hard.
If | win some money, Iwill buy a new mp3 player.
1 will get married if I meet the right person.
If the weather is nice, Iwill go to the beach
1 will learn about new cultures if ‘I travel the world.
1 will swim in the sea if Igo to the beach.
If 1 go to university, Iwill work very hard.
If | go to the cinema, Iwill watch a horror film.
1 will feel scared if Iwatch a horror fin.
If 1 go to London, Iwill visit Buckingham Palace.
If I cook dinner tonight,
Iwill make pizza and chips.
If | stay up late, will be tired in class.
My teacher will be angry if Lam tired in class.
1 will feel sick if eat too much chocolate.
Variations 1
‘To avoid more than one student having the same card, this activity could be done
in groups of seven with one student reading out the sentence beginnings.
At Step 4, the students could be asked to predict their sentence beginnings.Card i
| will go to university
| travel the world
| will make pizza and chips
| work very hard
| will work very hard
lam tired in class
Card 2
it rains tomorrow
| go to the beach
| will be tired in class
Iwill buy a new mp3 player
| will waten a norror film
| gat too much chocolate
card 3
| work very hard
| will work very hard
Lam tired in class.
| meet the right person
| watch a horror film
| will go to university
Card 4
Iwill buy a new mp3 player
| will waten a horror film
| gat to0 much chocolate
| will go to the beach
| will visit Buckingham Palace
itrains tomorrow
Card 5
| meet the right person
| watch a horror film
| will go to university
I travel the world
| will make pizza and chips
Iwork very hard
Card 6
| will go to the beach
| will visit Buckingham Palace
itrains tomorrow
| goto the beach
Iwill be tired in class
| will buy a new mp3 player