TEACHER’S NOTES

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Countdown Board Game

Activity Type Introduction

Reading and speaking This free mixed conditionals board game is perfect for reviewing
activity, group work the zero, first, second and third conditionals.

Procedure
Language Focus
Explain that the students are going to play a board game where
Mixed conditionals
they have to complete mixed conditional sentences and ask or
answer conditional questions in a ten-second time frame.
Aim
Divide the students into groups of three or four.
To complete mixed
conditional sentences and Give each group a copy of the game board, a dice and counters.
ask or answer conditional
questions in a ten-second Have one student keep the time in each group.
time frame.
Students place their counters on the start square.

Preparation
Make one copy of the
game board for each
group of three or four.
Enlarge the game board
to A3 if possible. You
will also need to prepare
some dice and counters.
Level
Upper-intermediate (B2)
Time
30 minutes
Students then take it in turns to roll the dice and move their
counter along the board.
When a student lands on a square, they have ten seconds to
make a conditional sentence using the clause in the square or ask
or answer a conditional question.
If a student can’t think of anything to say, makes a grammar
mistake, or doesn't complete the task within ten seconds, they
move back to their previous square.
The first student to reach the finish wins the game.
You can make the game easier or harder by changing the time
limit. You could also have the students miss a turn instead of
going back to their previous square if they don't complete the
task.

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 MIXED CONDITIONALS

ESL / EFL RESOURCES Countdown Board Game

I can save Oh no! If I have

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

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

If I could If I could Make a first

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

Make If I had
If you
a third Oh no! been born
baked me
conditional Go back extremely
a 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 Make
If I get Go
second a zero
home early forward 1
conditional conditional
tonight,... space
question sentence

What If you want

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

Make Make Make a

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

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