Decision time
1.- Introduction
In today’s lesson, we’re going to talk about making decisions. We are also going to look at the zero and first conditional.
Every day we make lots of decisions. In the morning, we decide what time to wake up, what to eat for breakfast and what clothes to wear.
Some of the decisions we make each day are more important than others.
A. Decide which category the following decisions belong in.
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Getting married What to have for lunch When to go to bed Going to university |
Having a baby Going shopping Buying a house What clothes to wear to work |
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B. Try and add two of your own ideas to the list.
2.- Listening – How do you react?
A. Your teacher is going to dictate three questions to you. Write them in the box provided.
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B. Now listen to your teacher answer the questions and make notes on her answers.
| 1) | If a friend invites you to a party and you don´t want to go, what do you say? | |
| 2) | If you mum gives you a present and you don´t like it, what do you do? | |
| 3) | If you go for a job interview and you do not get the job, how do you feel? | |
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3.- Speaking Activity
A. It’s now your turn to answer the questions.
Remember this is the zero conditional so:
If + present + present
To help you, here is the first part of the sentence:
1. If a friend invites me to a party and I don’t want to go, I say....
2. If my mum gives me a present and I don’t like it, I....
3. If I go for a job interview and I don’t get the job, I feel...
4.- Pre-listening task
It’s Thursday evening. You are going to listen to two friends talking on the phone. They are trying to make a decision about what to do this weekend.
Tanya is a student and Adam is a football player
A. Before you listen, choose two things from the list below that you think they will talk about.
Going to a party / Saturday / Meeting friends
Work/Studies
Now listen, did you guess correctly?
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B. Listen again. Are the following questions True (T) or False (F)? Correct the False statements.
| 1) | Adam is going to Bolton on Friday | |
| 2) | Adam has got an important football match in Bolton on Sunday | |
| 3) | Tanya has to go to work on Saturday so she can´t go with Adam | |
| 4) | Tanya has more than a week to write her essay | |
| 5) | Adam convinces Tanya to come with him | |
| 6) | Tanya is not good ar making instant decisions | |
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5.- Focus on Grammar: First Conditional
A. In the audio script there is an example of the first conditional. Can you find it?
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Audio script
The example is:
- If you come with me on Saturday you will have a great time.
B. Can you identify the tenses of the underlined verbs?
| 1) | Come | |
| 2) | Will have | |
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6.- First conditional form:
We can form the first conditional with:
If + present (simple /continuous) + future (will/going to)
Or
Future (will/going to) + if + present (simple/continuous)
First conditional use:
Look at the example above and choose the correct answer:
A. We use the first conditional to talk about
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B. Correct the form of the underlined verb. Remember to use the rules above.
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C. Read the paragraph and fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Tanya
1) I really don´t know what to do on Saturday. Should I stay at homeand write my essay or should I go to Bolton to watch Adam play football? I don´t know what to do. 2) If I stay at home I (get) lots of work done. But, if I (go) to Bolton I will get to relax and spend a day without thinking about my essay! 3) I guess I need to consider, if I go on Saturday I (have) enough time to finish my essay nest week? Also if I (decide) to go, will be ablle to relax? I think I will...I´m going to go...I´m going to Bolton Adam. Where´s my phone!
7.- Focus on Vocabulary
Here are some useful expressions related to making decisions. Learn them!
- To make a decision: tomar una decisión
- To change your mind: cambiar de opinión
- To solve a problem: resolver un problema
- To make the right decision: tomar la decisión correcta
- To regret something: lamentar algo
- A wise decision: una decisión acertada
- A joint decision: una decisión compartida
A. Match the two halves to make sentences.
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8.- Speaking Activity
Imagine yourself in the following situation. Complete the sentences with your own answers and think of some more things you need to consider in the decision process.
Situation: You are in your final year at university. You get offered a job in a city which is 300 kilometres away from your home town. Ideally, you wanted to get a job near your house so you could be with your friends and family BUT this is your perfect job.
Describe your decision process:
If I take the job I will _________________________
If I take the job my family will __________________
If I take the job my friends ____________________
If I don’t take the job ________________________
I will ____________ if I don’t take the job.
I will ____________ if I do take the job.
