TODAY’S SCHEDULE

● Review - 2nd Conditional

● Vocabulary
● Reading/Listening
● Reading - Linkers

WARM-UP
SECOND CONDITIONAL REVIEW

Complete the questions to create 2nd conditional questions.

After, in your breakout rooms, ask and answer the questions using complete 2nd conditional forms to answer the questions.

2nd Conditional: Unreal / Imaginary CONDITION → RESULT

If + Subject + past simple, subject + would/might/could + base verb

1. What ________ (you do) if you ________ (find) an envelope with one thousand dollars in
cash inside it?
2. If you ________ (can) travel anywhere in the world right now, where ________ (you go)?
3. If you ________ (have) the choice, ___________ (you choose) to travel to the past or the
future? Why?
4. If you ________ (be) the leader of your country, what is the first thing you ________
(change) about your country?
A B
C

D E F
 Read the article. What was the problem
Making a choice about what is right and what is wrong is something we all with the girl?
have to do at some time or another. (However / But), sometimes the results of
the right choice and the wrong choice both seem bad. For example, if we see Read the article again and complete the
a friend, let's call him Brian, stealing, we know we should report him. That’s the empty spaces with the correct word or
right thing to do. (On the other hand, / What’s more,) we like Brian. He’s a nice
phrase.
person. If we report him, he may get into trouble and we don’t want that to
happen. (In other words, / What's more,)
To give the reason for something:
Brian might never talk to us again! Choices like these are called ‘moral dilemmas’. In a situation like this, most people will
because
do nothing. However, sometimes people have to make a choice and it’s not always easy.
Because of
Let’s think about the case of one student. Lisa is a young girl I know. When she was at school, she had a very strong
To introduce contrasting information:
sense of right and wrong, (so / but) if she saw one of the other students doing something bad, she would report them to
the teachers. For example, if she saw someone looking at the answers in a maths test, she would tell the teacher. but
However,
Or, if a classmate told a lie or took another student’s books without asking, she would report them. (Because / Because of) On the other hand,
this, the other students didn’t like her and no one wanted to be her friend. She was very unhappy, (but / however) she To explain in a different way:
wouldn’t change her behaviour because she was sure that she was right. In other words,
To show the order that things happen:
Let’s consider the teachers’ choices. Should they thank Lisa for reporting bad behaviour? If they did that, Lisa would
First,… After that,...
continue to be unpopular and unhappy. Or should they try to convince Lisa to stop reporting the other children? If they did
In the end,
this, Lisa would be happier, but they wouldn’t know when the children were breaking the rules. (In other words, / However,)
both solutions have bad results for someone! To show the result:
so
(In the end,/After that,) what do you think the staff at the school did? To add more information: READING
What’s more, p. 102

Review some of the linkers from yesterday’s lesson!

To give the reason for something:

because + subject + verb We left because we were tired.
Because of + noun/pronoun We left because of the crowd.
To introduce contrasting information:
but We wanted to go, but we weren’t allowed to.
However, We wanted to go. However, we weren’t allowed to.
On the other hand, We wanted to go. On the other hand, we didn’t want to leave.
To explain in a different way:
In other words, She spends hours on her phone. In other words, she’s addicted to it.
To show the order that things happen:
First,… After that,... First we went to Paris. After that, we went to Marseilles,
In the end, We visited many cities, but in the end, Paris was our favourite.
To show the result:
so I was tired, so I went to bed.
To add more information:
What’s more, My internet service is really fast and reliable. What’s more, it’s not
too expensive.