GAME

8 Mixed conditionals

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If I had been If Poland
If I were a If this was the
born one of genius, were as hot weekend,
triplets,
as Barbados,
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If we had I wouldn’t have The weather

studied mixed We would all be
asked for his would be
conditionals much happier phone number much better
before,

If my
If I hadn’t met
If I didn’t
I would not be
parents were you, want to come here today
millionaires, to class,

If Jennifer If I had We would have

Life would be had a better
a lot easier
Lawrence had forgotten chance of
never been born, my mobile, winning

If I had taken
If it made any If it were my I would watch better care of
difference, birthday today, more TV
your bike,

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8 Teacher’s notes: Mixed conditionals

Language: 2nd, 3rd and mixed conditionals

Materials: one copy of the worksheet, cut up, per group

Divide the students into groups of three or four. Explain that they are going to play a grammar game using conditional forms.
Demonstrate the activity with one group while the other students watch. Place the pile of cards face down on the table. The first
student turns over the top card and reads it out. All students in the group then have thirty seconds to think of an ending for the
sentence. This could be done in written form or orally as the teacher wishes.
If a student makes a 2nd conditional or 3rd conditional, then they score one point. If the structure produced is a mixed
conditional, then they score three points. The only rule is that the structure produced must be grammatically correct and must
make sense. Students should be able to give further explanation of their sentences if necessary.
With a stronger group, the students should be encouraged to decide on the accuracy of their classmates’ sentences and only ask
the teacher for help if the group is unsure. With a weaker group, you may need to monitor carefully and assist with this.
When all of the cards have been used, the winner is the student with the highest score.

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