Activity 13: Conditional heads and tails

 Topic related: Conditionals

Who is it best for: Teenagers

Explanation and objectives:

The object of the game is to provide a statement that connects to the previous player while using a conditional sentence. The game works best with the second conditional, but the first and third conditionals can be effective as well, depending on the level of your students. 

Materials:

None.

Instructions: 

1. This explanation presents the game as a whole class activity, but you can divide the class in half if you have a large class.
2. Before you begin, decid which conditional grammar you want to practice.
3. Here is an example using the second conditional:
• Write the half of an if clausesentence on the board, such as "If I were an animal..."
• The first student completes the sentence life this: "If i were an animal, I would be an elefant."
• The next student continues by using the second clause of the sentence as his or her opening if clause: "If I were an elephant, I would eat peanuts."
• The third student continues in a similar way: "If I ate peanuts, I would get fat."
• The fourth student also continues in the same format: "If I got fat, I would buy a lot of new clothes."
4. Play is finally over when a student can't produce a new sentence. 

Notes:

Make sure the students follow the pattern as described above. 

Note that the story line itself can change, but the pattern has to stay the same.

For higher-level students, you might require them to keep the story line restricted to the original subject.