First conditional

1. English file Pre-
Intermediate
Unit 8B – First conditional

2. • Lead in – examples of Murphy’s law (5 mins)
• Discussion questions – Murphy’s law (10 mins)
• Reading – Murphy’s law – new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Reading – Murphy’s law – new vocabulary (5 mins)
• Reading – Murphy’s law – matching sentences (5 mins)
• Discussing the Murphy’s law examples (5 mins)
• Grammar – first conditional – highlighting (5 mins)
• Grammar – first conditional – presentation (5 mins)
• Grammar – first conditional – exercises (15 mins) 60
• Funny Murphy’s law examples quiz (10 mins)
• Grammar – first conditional – making sentences (5 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – homophones – discussion (5 mins)
• Pronunciation focus – homophones – exercises (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – confusing verbs – Intro (5 mins)
• Vocabulary building – confusing verbs – matching (10 mins)
• Vocabulary building – confusing verbs – discussion (5 mins)
• Words from the class quiz (5 mins)
• Listening activities - HW

4. • How many of the things from the pictures
happen to you?
• What do you do when these things happen? Get
angry? Or accept it? Or something else?
• When was the last time something like this
happened to you? Describe the situation to
your partner.

7. Murphy was an
American
aerospace
engineer.
His 'Law' is ‘if
there is
something that
can go wrong, it
will go wrong.’

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10. Shopping
1. If you lose a glove and buy a new pair,... D. you'll find the lost one.
2. If you order something online,... H. you'll be out when they deliver it.
Transport
3. If you stop waiting for a bus and start walking, B. three will come at the same
time.
4. If you're in a taxi and you're late for something important, C. all the traffic
lights will be red.
Technology
5. If a technician comes to fix your computer, A. it will immediately start working.
6. If you need to print a document urgently, F. the printer won't have any paper.
Air travel
7. If you get to the airport early, E. your flight will be delayed.
8. If you're late for your flight, G. there'll be a long queue at security.

12. • If you lose a glove and buy a new pair, you'll find the lost
one.
• If you order something online, you'll be out when they
deliver it.
• If you stop waiting for a bus and start walking, three will
come at the same time.
• If you're in a taxi and you're late for something important,
all the traffic lights will be red.
The verb after if is in the present simple and the
other verb is in the future (will / won’t + infinitive).

15. D
G
E
F
A
B

16. tell won’t tell
don’t write
won’t remember
Will call get
‘ll help ask
‘ll phone hear
‘ll miss move
listen ‘ll understand
won’t be are
‘ll drive give
don’t take ‘ll rain

17. A)challenge
B)request
C) joke

18. Law of the Bath - When the body is fully
immersed in water, ________________ .
A) the telephone
rings
B) someone needs
the toilet
C) the hot water
goes
the telephone rings

19. Law of Probability – You’re more likely to
be watched if you’re doing something
__________.
A) stupid
B) important
C) dangerous
stupid

20. Law of Random Numbers - If you dial
__________ number, you never get a busy
signal and someone always answers.
A) an expensive
B) a wrong
C) your boss’s
a wrong

21. Doctors' Law - If you don't feel well, make
an appointment to go to the doctor, by the
time you get there you’ll _____________.
A) feel the same
B) feel worse
C) feel better
feel better

22. Wilson's Law of Marketing Strategy -
As soon as you find a product that you
really like, they will _______________.
A) increase the
price
B) stop making it
C) change the
formula
stop making it

23. Decree of Close Encounters - The chances of
meeting someone you know increases if you are
female and you have gone out with _____________
and wearing your worst clothes and with greasy hair.
A) no make up
B) no money
C) no phone
no makeup

28. Where
no
meat
wait
right
won
sea
wore

29. 1. I can see the sea from here.
2. I write with my right hand.
3. He won one game.
4. I know there’s no hope.

31. 1. recession = a difficult time for the economy of a country
2. applied for = sent applications and CVs to possible employers
3. got cut off = lost phone connection

32. 4. either, or = one of two options
5. in the wild = in its natural state
6. the whole = all of

33. • Peter waited four months for a job interview, but when
the phone call finally came for an interview, they call got
cut off.
• Sue got up early for a trip to see a tiger, but didn’t see
one.
• However, other people who went on a trip to see birds saw
the tiger.

35. 1. F (Peter did maths at university.)
2. T
3. F (Peter couldn’t call them back because his phone said
‘unknown number’.)
4. T
5. F (The guide wasn’t optimistic about seeing the tiger.)
6. F (Sue enjoyed her trip.)

39. 1. looking for
2. told

43. 1. hope that something good will happen,
hope to do something, wait for a bus,
wait for a long time
2. wear jewellery, wear clothes, carry a
bag, carry a baby
3. watch TV, watch a match, look at a
photo, look at a view
4. miss the bus, miss a class, lose a
match, lose your glasses

44. 5. know somebody well, know something,
meet somebody for the first time, meet
at eleven o'clock
6. look for your glasses, look for a
job, find your glasses, find a job

46. 7. lend money to somebody, borrow
money from somebody
8. win a match, win a medal, win a prize,
earn a salary, earn money
9. bring your dictionary, bring
something back from holiday, take an
umbrella, take your children to school
10. say sorry, say hello, say something to
somebody, tell a joke, tell a lie, tell
somebody something

47. 12. hear a noise, hear the door bell,
listen to music, listen to the radio
11. look happy, look about twenty-five
years old, look like your mother,
look like a model