Lesson goal: Environment vocabulary and the first conditional: what happens if we change our habits.
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Lesson plan
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Warm-up
Questions to get the student talking and lead into the topic.
- What do you do to protect the environment?
- Is recycling popular in your city?
- What is the biggest environmental problem today?
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New words
Meet the words and practise them in games.
FlashcardsMatch the pairspollution · recycle · rubbish · plastic · climate change · global warming · endangered · species · protect · waste · save energy · renewable · solar power · flood · drought
All words in the set - 3
Exercises
The lesson's words in context. Only you see the answers.
- Multiple choice
If we recycle more, there ___ less rubbish in our streets.
would bewill beis beingwas - Multiple choice
If you ___ the lights off, you will save energy.
turnwill turnturnedwould turn - Multiple choice
We won't stop climate change ___ we change our habits.
ifalthoughunlessso - Multiple choice
Which sentence is correct?
If it will rain tomorrow, we will cancel the beach clean-up.If it rained tomorrow, we will cancel the beach clean-up.If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the beach clean-up.If it rains tomorrow, we cancelled the beach clean-up. - Fill the gap
If people ___ bikes instead of cars, the air will be cleaner.
Answer: use - Fill the gap
If we cut down the forests, many animals ___ (lose) their homes.
Answer: will lose / are going to lose - Fill the gap
If you ___ (not / turn) off the tap, you will waste water.
Answer: don't turn / do not turn - Fill the gap
The planet will get warmer if we ___ burning so much coal.
Answer: don't stop - Fill the gap
What will happen if the sea level ___ (rise) by one metre?
Answer: rises - True / false
This sentence is correct: 'If we plant more trees, the city will be greener.'
Answer: True - Discussion question
What will happen to our planet if we don't change our habits?
Sample answer: If we don't change our habits, the climate will get hotter and there will be more floods and fires. Many animals will disappear. - Discussion question
If you have a free weekend soon, what will you do to help the environment?
Sample answer: If I have a free weekend, I'll join a park clean-up and I'll sort all the rubbish at home.
- Multiple choice
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Speaking
The student answers using the new words.
- 'If we use fewer cars, the air will be cleaner. If the air is cleaner, …' — continue the chain in turns.
- Suggest three changes for your town and say what will happen.
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Review
A quiz on the lesson's words. With a student, it's homework on their link.
Quiz