If This Happens... Consequences in the Real World
Learners build first conditional sentences about money, work, communities and the environment by combining an if-clause and subject with a will/won't consequence and a future time expression.
A free Battleships Game for Adults at CEFR B2 level. Topic: First conditional.
Grammar focus: First conditional
Grid rows
- If prices keep rising, many families
- If the factory closes, the town
- If I save a little every week, I
- If the council builds more cycle lanes, residents
- If my sister gets the promotion, she
- If we don't cut emissions, coastal cities
Grid columns
- this winter
- next year
- by the summer
- in the long run
- over the next decade
- before long
Vocabulary
- struggle
- afford
- cut back
- essentials
- debt
- living standards
- trust
- government
- unemployment
- sharp rise
- source of income
- investment
- ghost town
- pay off
- deposit
- secure
- emergency fund
- build up
- council
- residents
- cycling
- commute
- traffic
- promotion
- manage
- earn
- emissions
- coastal
- severe
- flood defences
- water shortages
- uninhabitable
- rising seas
- flooding
Printable worksheet
This Battleships Game comes with a free printable worksheet: 2 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.
What's on the worksheet
- Play Battleships on paper · Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.
- Build the sentence · Use the words to write a full sentence.
Part 1: Play Battleships on paper
Draw 3 ships on your grid: one of 3 squares and two of 2 squares. Don't show your partner. To fire, say a full sentence. Your partner says hit or miss.