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Conditional Dominoes

I would have If we don't see

The teacher gets if we don’t work
bought a car each other
angry hard.
straight away. tomorrow,

If I had started
we will see each I would visit the
if I went to China. studying English
other next week. Great Wall
earlier,

I would have been if you aren’t If it's sunny

It's easier to sleep
fluent by now. stressed. tomorrow,

I would have
I would travel
I will go to the park. if I won the lottery. bought you a
around the world
present

if I had known it
If public transport is people stop using I will arrive home in
was your birthday
efficient, their cars. 30 minutes
yesterday.

I wouldn’t ask him

If I met a famous I could have bought
if I leave now. or her for an
person, a new house
autograph.

Many animal
if I had saved my If people eat too
they get fat. species will
money. much,
become extinct

If there were no If I had passed my

if we keep polluting it would be a much
hungry people in driving test last
our planet. better place.
the world, month,

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Conditional Dominoes
In this engaging teaching activity, students play a game of dominoes by matching halves of
zero, first, second and third conditional sentences.

Before class, make one copy of the worksheet for each group of three and cut into cards as
indicated.

Procedure

Begin by revising the use of the zero, first, second and third conditional.

Tell the students that they are going to play a game of dominoes where they have to match
halves of zero, first, second and third conditional sentences.

Divide the students into groups of three and give each group a set of dominoes. The
dominoes contain different halves of conditional sentences.

Tell the students to shuffle the dominoes and deal out five cards each. The remaining
domino is placed face up on the table.

The first player adds a domino to make a correct conditional sentence. The player can add
their domino either before or after the domino on the table.

Play then passes to the next student and so on.

If a player cannot put down one of their dominoes, play passes to the next student.

The winner is the first player to get rid of all their dominoes.

The other players continue to put down their dominoes, as when all the dominoes have been
matched they form a loop. If a loop is not formed, then the students haven’t matched the
dominoes correctly and they should look for their mistake.

The correct loop (answers) can be seen on the uncut worksheet.

When the students have finished, have them discuss the sentences and say whether they
are true for them or not and if they agree or disagree with what each sentence says.

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