First AND Second_Conditional con vocabulario del medio ambiente

1. First & Second Conditional
with Environmental
Vocabulary
Level: 2nd Bachillerato
English Grammar & Vocabulary Integration

2. Lesson Objectives
🠶 Use First and Second Conditional
correctly.
🠶 Incorporate vocabulary about Pollution
and Natural Environments.
🠶 Apply grammar in real environmental
contexts.

3. Vocabulary: Pollution
🠶 Air pollution – contamination of the air.
🠶 Water pollution – contamination of rivers, lakes,
and oceans.
🠶 Plastic waste – discarded plastic materials.
🠶 Deforestation – removal of forests.
🠶 Global warming – increase in Earth's
temperature.

4. Vocabulary: Natural
Environments
🠶 Rainforest – dense forest with high rainfall.
🠶 Desert – dry, barren area of land.
🠶 Wetlands – land saturated with water.
🠶 Mountains – large natural elevations of the
earth's surface.
🠶 Ocean – large body of salt water.

5. First Conditional
🠶 Use: Real or probable situations in the future.
🠶 Structure: If + present simple, will + verb.
🠶 Example: If we recycle more, we will reduce
pollution.
🠶 Example: If people plant more trees, the air
will be cleaner.

6. Second Conditional
🠶 Use: Hypothetical or unlikely situations.
🠶 Structure: If + past simple, would + verb.
🠶 Example: If I lived near the coast, I would clean the
beach every weekend.
🠶 Example: If the government invested in renewable
energy, pollution would decrease.

7. First vs Second Conditional
🠶 First Conditional: Real situations – If + present, will + verb.
🠶 Second Conditional: Hypothetical situations – If + past,
would + verb.
🠶 Example (First): If we use less plastic, the ocean will be
cleaner.
🠶 Example (Second): If I were president, I would ban single-
use plastics.

8. Practice Exercises
🠶 1. Complete: If people __________ (recycle) more, the Earth
will be cleaner.
🠶 2. Complete: If I __________ (be) a scientist, I would create
eco-friendly energy.
🠶 3. Transform a First Conditional sentence into Second
Conditional.
🠶 4. Make 3 sentences using new vocabulary and First
Conditional.
🠶 5. Make 3 sentences using new vocabulary and Second
Conditional.

9. Communicative Activity
🠶 Role-play: Environmental Leaders
🠶 If you were the mayor, what would you do to
reduce pollution in our city?
🠶 If people stop using plastic bags, what will
happen to the environment?
🠶 Discuss in pairs and share ideas with the class.

10. Summary & Homework
🠶 Summary:
🠶 - First Conditional: Real future possibilities.
🠶 - Second Conditional: Hypothetical situations.
🠶 Homework:
🠶 Write 5 sentences using First Conditional with
environmental vocabulary.
🠶 Write 5 sentences using Second Conditional
with environmental vocabulary.