TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Countdown

Activity Type Introduction

Reading, listening and This conditionals board game is perfect for reviewing the zero,
speaking activity, group first, second and third conditionals. In the game, students race
work to complete mixed conditional sentences and ask or answer
conditional questions in a ten-second time frame.

Focus Procedure
Mixed conditionals
Divide the students into groups of three or four.

Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.
Aim
To complete mixed Have one student keep the time in each group.
conditional sentences and
ask or answer conditional Students place their counters on the start square.
questions in a ten-second
time frame. Students then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their
counter along the board.

Preparation When a student lands on a square, they have ten seconds to

make a conditional sentence using the clause in the square or ask
Make one copy of the or answer a conditional question.
game board for each
group of three or four. If a student can’t think of anything to say, makes a grammar
Enlarge the game board mistake, or doesn't complete the task within ten seconds, they
to A3 if possible. You move back two squares.
will also need to prepare
some dice and counters. The first student to reach the finish wins the game.

You can make the game easier or harder by changing the time
Level limit. You could also have the students miss a turn instead of
going back to their previous square if they don't complete the
Upper-intermediate (B2) task.

Time
30 minutes

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 MIXED CONDITIONALS

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Countdown

I can save Oh no! If I have

Make a first You feel
I will go out time in the Go back a holiday
conditional healthier
tonight if... mornings to the next
sentence when...
if... start year,...

If you were
a world If you
If I feel If I
leader what visit my
stressed,... hadn't...
would you country,...
do?

If I could If I could Make a first

Oh no!
go back in have a super conditional
Go back
time,... power, question

Make If I had
If you
a third Oh no! been born
baked me a
conditional Go back extremely
cake,...
sentence wealthy,...

If I could If you
If I get the
If I could live in any practice
opportunity,
fly,... period in English
...
history,... every day,...

Make a
If I get Make a zero Go
second
home early conditional forward 1
conditional
tonight,... sentence space
question

What would If you want

you do if to learn If my dog If I were a
you saw a English ran away,... colour,...
UFO? quickly,...

Make Make a
Make a zero
a third second
conditional Finish conditional conditional
question
question sentence

If I could
I get I feel really
change one
annoyed relaxed
thing about
when... when...
my life,...

If I had
Go
If I could known as a
If I weren't Miss forward
learn one child what
here now,... a turn 2
thing,... I know
now,...
spaces Start

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