Worksheets: third conditional

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Past conditionals board game

B1-B2

20-30mins

groups: 3-4

board game

speaking cues

Dice board with 23 squares. Each contains a prompt for a past conditional statement: If I had / hadn't gone to bed late last night... Includes third conditionals with alternative structures Had I not... If it hadn't been for...

Past conditionals - Chance discoveries and inventions

B1-B2

30 mins

groups: 3

Three short texts (150 words) about well-known inventions or discoveries that happened by chance (ice-lollies, Velcro and penicillin). Students read and make third conditional sentences.

It serves you right

B1-B2

Ss take it in turn to read situations. Others respond with a third conditional sentence - 'If you hadn't.... or criticism - should have etc.

Third conditional story

B1-B2

Cut up story. Reassemble and make sentences expressing regret and past conditionals

Conditionals sentence assembly III

B1-B2

Three cut up sentences. Second, third and mixed condtionals.

Second and third conditionals oral practice

B1-B2

Students take it in turns to read out statements on the left of the cards. Others have to reply with a second or third conditional statement following from this.

Wishes, regrets, second and third conditionals practice

B1-B2

(1) Students complete worksheet from prompts. (2) Interview their partners

Conditional dominoes II

B1-B2

20 - 30 mins

groups: 3-4

Dominoes matching activity for first, second and third conditionals. Conditionals with if only. Sixteen cards For other conditional structures, see Conditional dominoes II Advanced

Conditional dominoes III - Advanced

20-30 mins

groups: 3-4

Challenging conditionals dominoes matching activity for all conditionals - zero, second and third + conditional structures without 'if'.

Conditionals - sentence assembly

Cut-up sentences: first, second, third and open conditionals.