Here's an example to teach grammar structure

1. Are the sentences OK?
1, My parents go to Thailand next week.
2, Have you ever gone to a foreign country?
3, It’ll winter soon.
4, My teen daughter doesn’t like getting sunburnt.
=>
1, My parents are going to Thailand next week.
2, Have you ever been to a foreign country?
3, It’ll be winter soon.
4, My teen daughter doesn’t like getting sunburnt.

3. Unit 8: Presentation 1Unit 8: Presentation 1
First ConditionalFirst Conditional

4. Jim is going to travel round the world with his
friend – Anthony.
So his mother is a little worried.
What problems may happen on holiday abroad?
Jim

5. mug

6. Get food poisoning

7. * You’ll lose your luggage if you aren’t careful
* Unless you are careful, you’ll lose your luggage.
* I’ll take my umbrella in case it rains
Listen and fill the words in the gaps
will/ won’t get/ run/ get/ do/ ‘ll ask/ ‘ll get
…
Mum: What ….. you ….. if you …… out of money?
Jim: We……. a job of course!
Mum: Oh. What about if you …… lost?
Jim: Mum! If we ….. lost, we ….. someone the way, but we
….. lost because we know where we're going!
…

8. * You’ll lose your luggage if you aren’t careful
* Unless you are careful, you’ll lose your luggage.
* I’ll take my umbrella in case it rains
Grammar questions
…
Mum: What will you do if you run out of money?
Jim: We'll get a job of course!
Mum: Oh. What about if you get lost?
Jim: Mum! If we get lost, we'll ask someone the way, but
we won't get lost because we know where we're going!
⇒1st
conditional:
FORM:
(+) If Present simple, future simple (S + will +V)
(-) …. , S + won’t + V
(?) (wh.) will + S + V if Present simple?
USE: a possible situation at present or in the future

9. Match a problem with a solution,
then talk about it, using 1st
conditional
• get food
poisoning
• lose passports
• get sunburnt
• be mugged
• not like the food
• not understand the
language
- not have it, drink milk
- tell the police
- shout for help
- use suncream
- go to the doctor’s
- not try it, use body
language

10. Practice
He’ll go to the doctor’s
What will Jim do if he gets
food poisoning?
- get food poisoning => go to the doctor’s
- lose passports => tell the police
- get sunburnt => use suncream
- be mugged => shout for help
- not like the food => not have it, drink milk
- not understand the language => not try it, use body language
Example:

11. 1/1/2011
1/1/2011

12. Practice: look at the pictures and complete the conversation
Lan: New Year is coming. Where are you going?
Nam: I don’t know yet.
If the weather is fine, ………..
Lan: I think buses are very crowded on that day.
Nam: If …………………….
Lan: What will you do when you’re in Hanoi?
Nam: Well, if it’s cold ….………
…………………………………
Lan: What about if you meet friendly foreigners?
Nam: …………………….
Lan: Can I go with you?
Nam: Ok. Hope the weather is fine. If I …….
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13. Make the full sentence, providing that the result of
the previous will be the condition of the next
1. If I learn well, I’ll get good marks. If I get
good marks…
2. If you don’t learn hard, you’ll get bad marks.
If you get bad marks ….

14. 1. Suggested answers
If I learn well, I’ll get good marks. If I get good marks,
I’ll receive a scholarship. If I receive a scholarship,
I’ll invite you a glass of fruit juice each at once.

15. 2,
If you don’t learn hard, you’ll get bad marks. If you
get bad marks, you’ll have to retake the exams. If
you have to retake the exams, you’ll make your
parents and teachers unhappy. So try the best to
learn.

16. 3, Answer the questions
What will you do if a partner whispers to you ‘I love
you very much’? How will you feel? Will you feel
happy? Will it affect your study result if you fall in
love? I hope it won’t.

17. Practice 4
Choose a topic and write 4 - 6 sentences
Topic 1:
If I get a job in a foreign company
after graduation, ………………..
Topic 2:
If a talkative friend visits me
so often, …………………….
Topic 3:
If someone asks me to
marry him/her while I am
at college, ……………….
Topic 4:
If I have a chance to study in
an English-speaking country,…