Assignment B
Please complete the assignment templates without removing any of the instructions.
1. PPP Grammar Lesson Table: First Conditional
✔ This table assesses your understanding of the Meaning, Form & Pronunciation (MFP) of the first conditional. To get you started, meaning
has been filled in for you. Please ensure you fully understand what MFP refer to here. See the assignment glossary and Units 2 and 7 of
the course.
1. What is the meaning (why do we use the We use the first conditional to talk about future events that are realistically likely to happen.
first conditional)? (M)
2. What is the model sentence you will elicit If you pass your exam, I will buy you a new phone.
to begin your presentation?
3. What is the target form of the first Model sentence in positive form: If you pass your exam, I will buy you a new phone.
conditional? (F) Form: If + subject + present simple, subject + will + base verb
(For negative and positive form, just
choose one possibility and analyse the Model sentence in negative form: If you don’t pass your exam, I won’t buy you a new phone.
form.) Form: If + subject + do not + base verb, subject + will not + base verb
Model sentence in question form: If I pass my exam, will you buy me a new phone?
Form: If + subject + present simple, will + subject + base verb?
4. What do students need to know about Sentence stress in positive model sentence: If you PASS your exam, I will BUY you a new
sentence stress (P) phone.
(Sentence stress means the words in the
sentence that are emphasised. Think Sentence stress in negative model sentence: If you DON’T PASS your exam, I WON’T BUY you a
about how the model sentence would new phone.
normally be said. Write your positive and
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, negative model sentences and put the Why do we stress these words?
stressed words in bold.)
We.stress these words because they carry.the main meaning. of the sentence. In the sentence “If
you PASS your exam, I will BUY you a new phone,” the words PASS and BUY show the key actions.
We stress PASS because this is the.condition. It shows what must happen first. We stress BUY
because this is the.result. It shows what will happen after. In the negative sentence, “If you DON’T
PASS your exam, I WON’T BUY you a new phone,” the negative.parts are stressed because they
completely.change the meaning. It shows clearly that something will NOT happen.
5. What timeline will you use to help
students to understand the first
conditional?
You must include an actual timeline, not
just a description.
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Please complete the assignment templates without removing any of the instructions.
1. PPP Grammar Lesson Table: First Conditional
✔ This table assesses your understanding of the Meaning, Form & Pronunciation (MFP) of the first conditional. To get you started, meaning
has been filled in for you. Please ensure you fully understand what MFP refer to here. See the assignment glossary and Units 2 and 7 of
the course.
1. What is the meaning (why do we use the We use the first conditional to talk about future events that are realistically likely to happen.
first conditional)? (M)
2. What is the model sentence you will elicit If you pass your exam, I will buy you a new phone.
to begin your presentation?
3. What is the target form of the first Model sentence in positive form: If you pass your exam, I will buy you a new phone.
conditional? (F) Form: If + subject + present simple, subject + will + base verb
(For negative and positive form, just
choose one possibility and analyse the Model sentence in negative form: If you don’t pass your exam, I won’t buy you a new phone.
form.) Form: If + subject + do not + base verb, subject + will not + base verb
Model sentence in question form: If I pass my exam, will you buy me a new phone?
Form: If + subject + present simple, will + subject + base verb?
4. What do students need to know about Sentence stress in positive model sentence: If you PASS your exam, I will BUY you a new
sentence stress (P) phone.
(Sentence stress means the words in the
sentence that are emphasised. Think Sentence stress in negative model sentence: If you DON’T PASS your exam, I WON’T BUY you a
about how the model sentence would new phone.
normally be said. Write your positive and
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, negative model sentences and put the Why do we stress these words?
stressed words in bold.)
We.stress these words because they carry.the main meaning. of the sentence. In the sentence “If
you PASS your exam, I will BUY you a new phone,” the words PASS and BUY show the key actions.
We stress PASS because this is the.condition. It shows what must happen first. We stress BUY
because this is the.result. It shows what will happen after. In the negative sentence, “If you DON’T
PASS your exam, I WON’T BUY you a new phone,” the negative.parts are stressed because they
completely.change the meaning. It shows clearly that something will NOT happen.
5. What timeline will you use to help
students to understand the first
conditional?
You must include an actual timeline, not
just a description.
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