Zero and First Conditionals
Zero and First Conditionals
Department of Education
Region IX
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY
Ipil National High School
Date and Day: October 17, 2024 / Thursday & October 18, 2024/
Friday Grade/Section/Time: Grade-9
Class STOC/ (Thursday)
Grade-9 Class STOC/ (Friday)
Length of Class: 40 minutes
I. MELC Competency:
• Use conditionals in expressing arguments (EN9G-IIe-20)
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II. OBJECTIVES:
B. Activity
The teacher will have a "Conditional Sentence Relay" activity.
Divide the class into two groups.
Give each group a set of flashcards, each with a clause
Each group has to match clauses to create correct conditional sentences (either First or
Zero Conditional).The first team to correctly pair all clauses wins.
C. Analysis
The teacher will ask the following questions:
How did you find the activity?
What have you observed from the flashcards?
What have you noticed from your answers or responses?
What have do you think is our topic today?
D. Abstraction
The teacher will discuss the topic:
Conditionals are extremely important in the English language because they help us express things that may
happen in the present and future. Conditionals serve many purposes and take several different forms. They
can be used to give advice, express regret and discuss facts, among other things.
A conditional sentence has 2 parts: the if clause and the result clause.
E. Application
The class will be having another group activity “Expressing Arguments with
conditionals”.
Each group will be given a scenario card(e.g., “It might rain tomorrow,”)
The groups will create two sentences for each scenario- one using a Zero
Conditional and another using a First Conditional.
Each group will present their answers in front of the class creatively.
(Presentation will be 3 mins only)
Criteria for scoring:
Proper comparing and contrasting of ideas --------- 10 points
Creativity -------- 8 points
Teamwork ------ 2 points
Total ------- 20 points
F. Valuing
Why is it important to understand the difference between a general truth and a future
possibility when communicating with others?
V. Evaluation
A. Directions: Complete each sentence with Zero Conditionals. Writer the letter of your answer
on your answer sheet.
1. Water freezes if you _________________________.
a. heat it at 100’C b. place it in an oven
c. cool it at 0’C d. leave it under the sun
2. If you run 400 meter in an oval field, _____________.
a. you would feel strong b. you feel exhausted
c. you might be a potential athlete d. you could win the track events
B. Directions: Complete the 1st conditional sentences by writing the correct forms of the verbs in
parenthesis. Write your answers on your paper.
3. If you (look) in the fridge, you____ (find) different flavored ice cream.
4. I (lend) you my umbrella if you (need) it.
C. Directions: Arrange the following jumbled words to form sensible first conditional sentences.
Write your answer on your paper.
5. year / money / If / we / we / poor / don't / will / be/ save / this
______________________________________________________________
6. hard / if / they / will not /study /buy a don't /new /computer / you
______________________________________________________________
7. we / If / will / we / don't / care / of / our / suffer / planet
______________________________________________________________
V- Assignment:
Write a short paragraph using three Zero Conditional sentences and three conditional
sentences to support and argument. (e.g., “Why is it important to plant trees”, “What
happens if you don’t get enough sleep?”