Prepared by: Amna Tabasum

Subject: English{ESL}
Level: Advanced
Objectives: This lesson aims: helping students to say their 3rd
conditional sentences clearly and in correct from eliciting
information from peers via discussion.

Time

Content Stage

10 minutes

Engage

Topic: 3rd Conditional Advanced level

Teaching Procedure

Introducing Topic
-Teacher gives students situation
where something has gone wrong,
they have to blame each other for
what happened
-Teacher divides the students in
group
-Ex you locked yourself out the
house
-Give solutions (excuses)
i.e if you have reminded me to take
my keys ,we wouldnt be stuck
outside
-If you hadnt been in such a rush, I
wouldnt have run out in such a
hurry
-Give students different situations:
-you overslept
-you failed an exam

Topic: 3rd Conditional

Resource: White board, OPH and handouts
Skills: Listening and speaking

Aim

To give students an
idea of 3rd
conditional.

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Student
Activity

Pupils will
listen.

Aid

White board

Date: 27-01-2014
Time: 45 minutes
Assumption: Students often get
confuse when to use had/would
have.

Assessment

Observation

Problems
Anticipated

Initially there would

be some difficulty in
becoming familiar
with the topic.

Course: TFEL

20 Minutes

15 minutes

Study

Activate

Main Focus
-Teacher explains when 3rd
conditional is used and its structure
-If+ past perfect wouldnt+ present
perfect
-Teacher explains that it is used to
talk about something happened in
past that didnt happen in past.
-Teacher plays a video clip from web
link no. 2 Once upon a Time by
learn with videos and students
practice it.
-Teacher plays a song by Taylor swift
and gives handouts to analyze
structure
-i.e. If I had known what Id known
now, I never would have played so
nonchalant.

To consolidate the
concept and Concept
and check their
concepts.

Will listen
and make
response

White board

Q&A

Some students may

not response.

Telling students its

3rd conditional and
how it is formed

eliciting
from
students
by Q&A

OPH

Q&A

Some may make

mistakes.

Activity One
-Divide students into three and four
-Asks students to give excuses on
the following situations
1) You are late for school
2) You havent done your homework
3) You have lost your money
4) Your friend is angry because you
didnt help her.
5) Make students in pairs talk about
2-3 regrets.

Check their
comprehension

Pair work
Actively
involved

Pronunciation
mistakes
Group work

Observation
Where to put would
have/had

References:
1) www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/third-conditional.lesson
2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnONBkEQUU0
3) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycZpEzNLRk
Topic: 3rd Conditional Advanced level

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Course: TFEL