MIXED CONDITIONALs - Grammar Speaking

2 x fun, non-prep, interactive, communicative, pairwork activities.

Target Language: MIXED CONDITIONALs

Warmer:

• Student A takes the first card and describes the word to Student B.
• Student B tries to guess the word on the card.
• If Student B is correct, the card is placed on the right.
• If Student B does not know the word, or only knows the word in their native
• language, the card is placed on the left.
• Student B draws the next card and the game continues until all cards have been described.
• Ss then try and order the flashcards by date of invention -from oldest (Nº 1) to most recent (Nº 20)

PART 1: Invention Impact

• Using mixed conditionals, students evaluate the impact of each invention on the world.

For example:

Mixed conditional type 1:
“If anaesthesia hadn’t been invented, serious operations would still be very painful”
OR
Mixed conditional type 2:
“If the internet didn’t exist, Google would not have been invented"

PART 2: Discussion questions

• Conversation questions encouraging use of mixed conditionals

Full instructions and gamification options provided.