First conditional Bingo
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First conditional Bingo
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Activity Bingo
Card 1
Aim To play a game of Bingo using first conditional sentences.
Interaction Whole class
I will go to university I travel the world I will make pizza and chips
Language focus First conditional (if + present simple + future simple)
I work very hard I will work very hard I am tired in class
Skills focus Speaking, listening
Preparation Photocopy one worksheet for every six students.
When to use After Unit 4 Lesson 3
Card 2
Time 20 minutes
it rains tomorrow I go to the beach I will be tired in class
Procedure 1 Review the form of the first conditional on the board, e.g. If you listen carefully, I ll
tell you what to do.
I will buy a new mp3 player I will watch a horror film I eat too much chocolate
2 Tell the students that they are going to play a game of Bingo.
3 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 3
card they can cross it off. The first student to cross off all six boxes shouts Bingo
and is the winner.
I work very hard I will work very hard I am tired in class
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. I meet the right person I watch a horror film I will go to university
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. Card 4
Sentence beginnings Sentence endings
I will buy a new mp3 player I will watch a horror film I eat too much chocolate
If I pass my exams, I will go to university.
I will drive to work if it rains tomorrow.
I will pass my exams if I work very hard. I will go to the beach I will visit Buckingham Palace it rains tomorrow
If I win some money, I will buy a new mp3 player.
I will get married if I meet the right person.
If the weather is nice, I will go to the beach.
I will learn about new cultures if I travel the world. Card 5
I will swim in the sea if I go to the beach.
If I go to university, I will work very hard.
I meet the right person I watch a horror film I will go to university
If I go to the cinema, I will watch a horror film.
I will feel scared if I watch a horror film.
I travel the world I will make pizza and chips I work very hard
If I go to London, I will visit Buckingham Palace.
If I cook dinner tonight, I will make pizza and chips.
If I stay up late, I will be tired in class.
My teacher will be angry if I am tired in class.
Card 6
I will feel sick if I eat too much chocolate.
I will go to the beach I will visit Buckingham Palace it rains tomorrow
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.
2 At Step 4, the students could be asked to predict their sentence beginnings. I go to the beach I will be tired in class I will buy a new mp3 player
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