Unit 8

Grammar
Watch the video
and think
● Is this a good zoo? Why /
Why not?

● Would you visit this zoo?

Running Dictation!
Outside is the full text. Take it in turns to run outside and fill the
gaps!
Look at the words you filled in.
What words are they?

will, V1, if
You will see many different animals if you visit a zoo.
Are we talking about the past, present, or future?
Are we talking about something that is likely or unlikely to
happen?
 You will see many different animals if you visit a zoo.
Are we talking about the past, present, or future?
Are we talking about something that is likely or unlikely
to happen?

This is called
First Conditional
Let’s look more closely...
You will see many different animals...

main clause - use will

...if you visit a zoo.

if clause - use V1
Let’s look more closely...
You will see many different animals if you visit a zoo.
Can the main clause and if clause swap places?

YES but you need to add a

comma
If you visit a zoo, you will see many different animals.
I’ll show you the start of a sentence. In
pairs, race to find the correct ending
from your pot using your chopsticks.
You will get minus 1 point for showing
me the wrong ending or using your
hands!
If a zoo is good,

animals will not be held in

small cages.
If a zoo is bad,

animals will not have plenty of

space.
A tiger will pace up
and down
if it suffers from stress.
Wild animals will
suffer from stress
if they are held in captivity.
A lion will not learn
to hunt
if it is born in captivity.
If a lion is born in
captivity,
it will not have the chance to
use its natural instincts.
How about this?
Unless they are aware of animal cruelty, people will not
understand that wild animals should be free.
What’s different about this sentence?

unless is used instead of if.

What does unless mean?

if not
So if unless means if not, how
can this sentence be changed
using if?
Unless they are aware of animal cruelty, people will not
understand that wild animals should be free.

If they are not aware of animal cruelty, people will not

understand that wild animals should be free.
Board race!
Change the sentences using unless.

If people do not understand animal

behaviour, they will not spot the signs
of stress.
Board race!
Change the sentences using unless.

If a wild animal is not given enough

space, it will suffer from stress.
Board race!
Change the sentences using unless.

A lion will not learn to hunt if it is not

born in the wild.
Board race!
Change the sentences using unless.

People will not understand animal

behaviour if they are not taught about
it.
Board race!
Change the sentences using unless.

If people are not given the correct

information, they will go on visiting
zoos.
Last one!
Board race!
Change the sentences using unless.

Animal cruelty will continue if we do

not protest about it.
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

If you ______ the zoo, you _______

fascinating animals. (visit, see)
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

If you visit the zoo, you will see

fascinating animals. (visit, see)
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

If a wild animal ______ in a cage, it

_____ soon ______ depressed.
(live, become)
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

If a wild animal lives in a cage, it will

soon become depressed.
(live, become)
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

Lions _______ never _______ to

hunt if they ______ born in captivity.
(learn, be)
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

Lions will never learn to hunt if they

are born in captivity. (learn, be)
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

Unless people ______ hunting rhinos,

they _________ from the African
plains. (stop, disappear)
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

Unless people stop hunting rhinos,

they will disappear from the African
plains. (stop, disappear)
Last one!
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

Polar bears __________ unless we

________ their environment.
(die out, protect)
Big board race!
Complete the sentences using the words in brackets.

Polar bears will die out unless we

protect their environment.
(die out, protect)
Make a poster
In groups, make a poster asking people to stop visiting zoos.

Use the First Conditional to say what will happen to the animals
if they are kept in captivity.
Unit 8
Grammar in Use
Look at the picture.

Where do you think the

children are?
What are they doing?
Listen and check your
answers.
Now listen again and fill the
gaps.
Look at the words you filled in.

With your partner, discuss what kind of

words they are.

may can should

might must ought to

What’s the name for these words?

Modal Verbs
may can should

might could ought to must

What kind of verb follows them?

Present Simple
may can should

might could ought to must

With your partner, discuss: when do we
use modal verbs?

may can

might could ought to

must should
Form - positive
It might rain.

subject + modal verb + V1

Form - negative
She could not swim.

subject + modal
verb + not + V1
Form - questions
Must we take a test?

modal
verb + subject + V1
Form - passive
Endangered animals should be protected.

subject + modal
verb + be + V3
Now answer the questions

Where is Greenfields Park?

What is it like?
Now answer the questions

What might happen to the

park?
Now answer the questions

What does the council want to

build there?
Now answer the questions

Is the design modern or

traditional?
Now answer the questions

Is everyone happy with the

design?
Now answer the questions

Will Hampton get its new

library?
Work in pairs to ask and
answer the questions.
Use ‘may’ or ‘might’.
Work with your partner and come up
with some advice for these problems.

Your friend has difficulty

reading the words on the board.
(shouldn’t)
Work with your partner and come up
with some advice for these problems.

Your friend is worried because

he failed his last science test.
(should)
Work with your partner and come up
with some advice for these problems.

You didn’t finish your

homework. What excuse do you
give to your teacher. (couldn’t)
Work with your partner and come up
with some advice for these problems.

You didn’t hear what your

friend said. (can)
Work with your partner and come up
with some advice for these problems.

Someone is bullying your friend.

(must/mustn’t)
Agony Aunt
Your turn! In small groups, write
down a problem. Another group will
have to write advice for it later.
Welcome to...
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