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TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Going Away

Activity Type Introduction


Speaking Activity: Here is an intriguing second conditional activity to use in class with
sentence and question your students. In the activity, students ask and answer questions
completion, asking and about how they would spend their last day at home if they were
answering questions, going away for a year.
controlled practice (pair
work) Procedure
Ask the students to imagine that they are going on a one-year
Focus trip around the world. Ask the students what they would miss
about being away from home.
Second conditional
statements and questions
Next, give each student a copy of the worksheet.

Tell the students to complete the second conditional sentences


Aim
about how they would spend their last day at home and to write
To write second their answers in the column marked 'You'. Students must also
conditional statements create two sentences of their own at the end.
and questions and then
interview a partner using Example:
the questions.
If I had one last day at home, I’d eat a big steak with french-fries.

Preparation When they have done this, ask them to focus on the column
marked 'Questions'. Students then write second conditional
Make one copy of the
questions in the spaces using the verbs from the first column.
worksheet for each
student.
Example:

Level If you had one last day at home, what would you eat?

Intermediate (B1) When the students have finished, explain that they are now going
to use the questions to interview a partner about how they would
spend their last day at home.
Time
35 minutes Divide the students into pairs.

The students take it in turns to interview each other by asking


and answering the second conditional questions. Students write
their partner’s answers in the corresponding column using the
third person.

Example:

If Emma had one last day at home, she would eat spaghetti.

Afterwards, ask the students to report back to the class on


anything interesting, surprising or amusing they found out.

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SECOND CONDITIONAL

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Going Away

You're going on a one-year trip around the world!

How would you spend your last day at home?

You Questions Your partner

If I had one last day at If you had one last day at If ................... had one last
home,… home,… day at home,…

I'd eat ................................ ........................................? .........................................

I'd go ................................. ........................................? .........................................

I'd play ............................... ........................................? .........................................

I'd visit ............................... ........................................? .........................................

I'd watch ............................. ........................................? .........................................

I'd have .............................. ........................................? .........................................

I'd meet .............................. ........................................? .........................................

I'd pack .............................. ........................................? .........................................

I'd drink .............................. ........................................? .........................................

I'd ..................................... ........................................? .........................................

I'd ..................................... ........................................? .........................................

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