Chain of Conditionals:

First Conditional for Future Situations

Teacher instructions.
1. Show students the first three sentences of the chain. The end of the first sentence becomes
the beginning of the next.

2. Arrange students in a circle. All students can be in the same circle, or you can have several smaller circles.

3. Pass out one sheet of paper to each student. Ask students to complete the sentence.

4. Ask students to pass the paper on to the next person in the circle. The next person has to write the
next complete sentence.

5. Students repeat the exercise until the worksheet is complete.

6. Review the answers. Which was the funniest? Which was the scariest? Which is the most realistic
or impossible?

7. Check errors with the class.

 CHAin of
ConditionAls
If I feel ill tomorrow, I won’t go to CLASS.

If I don’t go to CLASS, I won’t LEARN the new grAMMAR.

If I don’t LEARN the new grAMMAR,

 CHAin of
ConditionAls
If it rAINS tomorrow, I won’t PLAY tennis.

If I don’t PLAY tennis, I won’t get better AT tennis.

If I don’t get better AT tennis,

 CHAin of
ConditionAls
If I go to the SUPERMARKet tODAY, I’ll spend ALL my money on CHOCOLATe.

If I spend ALL my money on CHOCOLATe, I won’t HAVe ANY money left.

If I don’t HAVe ANY money left,