(SKKN 2022) Guiding the weak and poor students of grade 10 at Quan Son secondary and high school to master the use of conditional setences

Conditional sentence type tense Main clause verb tense Zero General truths Simple present Simple present Type 1 A possible condition and Simple present Simple future... sentence type ten

TABLE OF CONTENT

I INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Rationale 1

1.2 Aims of the study 1

1.3 Subjects of the study 1

1.4 Methods of the study 2

II CONTENT 2

2.1 Literature review 2

2.2 The reality of maintaining the students’s interest in grade 10 at Quan Son secondary and high sachool 2

2.3 The review of the theory of conditinal sentences 2

2.4 The process of guiding the weak and poor students of grade 10 at Quan Son secondary and high school to master the use of conditional sentences 14

2.4.1 Time and the process of the application 14

2.4.2 Results 16

III CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 16

3.1 Conclusion 16

3.2 Suggestion 16

I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Rationale

Language is one of the medium of expressing our ideas, feelings and emotions And if we think about language in present world then English is one

of the most used languages in the world and it is the official language in a large number of countries

In the National curriculum of Vietnam, English is one of the core subjects, which are compulsory in the high school final examination Therefore, students have to study all the English skills for their tests However, there still exist many difficulties facing teachers in teaching English to students, especially those from ethnic minorities

Enlish language teaching in moutainous and remote areas is somehow a challenging work Teachers and students there have to face various problems regarding the process of English language teaching

Quan Son, which is one of the mountainous districts of Thanh Hoa province, has poor living standard and poor standard of education Though English is taught as a compulsory subject, the students do not find the prime importance of English and their interest naturally slackens Most of them often ignore English lessons; therefore they gain little knowledge of English, especially its basic grammar They are encouraged to take part in tutoring classes to have enough knowledge in order to pass the final examinaton when they finish high school One of the most difficult grammar parts that weak and poor students have to face is conditional stentence

For these above reasons, I would like to choose the topic “GUIDING THE WEAK AND POOR STUDENTS OF GRADE 10 AT QUAN SON SECONDARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TO MASTER THE USE OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCES” in the hope of supplying upper-secondary

students, especially the students of grade 10 at Quan Son lower & upper-secondary school with enough knowledge of conditional sentences

It is hoped that both students and other teachers will find some useful reference for their learning and teaching

1.2 Aims of the study

The study is aimed to help the students:

- Help students understand how to write conditional sentences 1, 2, 3

- Students can practice by doing exercises correctly.

- Make students love learning English more

1.3 Subjects of the study

The study is carried out with 60 students of grade 10 who have been learning English for 4 years( 4 years at lower secondary school with English 6,7, 8, 9).These students study at Quan Son Secondary and High School in Quan Son, Thanh Hoa They are mainly from ethnic minority

Among 60 students who take part in the study, most of them are not good at English, even they can not write more than 5 English sentences

1.4 Methods of the study

In order to achieve the above aim, the teacher supplies or teaches the necessary knowledge about process approach and an overview of conditional sentences to the students After that, students will have time to practise them and get feedback as well as correction from their friends and teachers

In this study, theory study, observation, data collection and analysis, discussion as well as evaluation are mainly used to achieve the aims of the study

II CONTENT

2.1 Literature review

2.2 The reality of maintaining the students’ interest in grade 10 at Quan Son Secondary and High School.

Although students who are in grade 10 have been learning English for 4 years, they still feel that English is a very difficult subject, especially English grammar Most of them do not receive sufficient exposure at home They have many difficulties in recognizing English teses; therefore they are unable to acquire another knowledge related to tenses and to use them in concrete situations

Therefore, guiding the students how to master basic English grammar is really necessary and important for them in their English learning and in their tests as well

2.3 The review of the theory of conditional sentences

Conditional tenses are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen In English, most

sentences using the conditional contain the word if Many conditional forms in

English are used in sentences that include verbs in one of the past tenses This

usage is referred to as "the unreal past" because we use a past tense but we are

not actually referring to something that happened in the past There are five main ways of constructing conditional sentences in English In all cases, these

sentences are made up of an if clause and a main clause In many negative

conditional sentences, there is an equivalent sentence construction using

"unless" instead of "if".

Conditional

sentence type

tense

Main clause verb

tense

Zero General truths Simple present Simple present

Type 1 A possible condition and Simple present Simple future

sentence type

tense

Main clause verb

tense

its probable result

Type 2 A hypothetical condition

and its probable result

Simple past Present conditional

or Present continuous conditional

Type 3 An unreal past condition

and its probable result in

the past

Past perfect Perfect conditional

Mixed type An unreal past condition

and its probable result in

the present

Past perfect Present contditional

The zero conditional

The zero conditional is used for when the time being referred to is now or always and the situation is real and possible The zero conditional is often used

to refer to general truths The tense in both parts of the sentence is the simple present In zero conditional sentences, the word "if" can usually be replaced by the word "when" without changing the meaning

If clause Main clause

If this thing happens that thing happens

Type 1 conditional

The type 1 conditional is used to refer to the present or future where the situation is real The type 1 conditional refers to a possible condition and its

probable result In these sentences the if clause is in the simple present, and the main clause is in the simple future

If this thing happens that thing will happen

If you don't hurry you will miss the train

If it rains today you will get wet

Type 2 conditional

The type 2 conditional is used to refer to a time that is now or any time, and a situation that is unreal These sentences are not based on fact The type 2

conditional is used to refer to a hypothetical condition and its probable result In type 2 conditional sentences, the if clause uses the simple past, and the main clause uses the present conditional

If + simple past present conditional or present continuous

conditional

If this thing

happened

that thing would happen (but I'm not sure this thing will

happen) OR that thing would be happening

If you went to bed

earlier

you would not be so tired

If it rained you would get wet

If I spoke Italian I would be working in Italy

Type 3 conditional

The type 3 conditional is used to refer to a time that is in the past, and a situation that is contrary to reality The facts they are based on are the opposite

of what is expressed The type 3 conditional is used to refer to an unreal past condition and its probable past result In type 3 conditional sentences, the if clause uses the past perfect, and the main clause uses the perfect conditional

If + past perfect perfect conditional or perfect continuous

If clause Main clause

conditional

If this thing had

happened

that thing would have happened (but neither of those

things really happened) OR that thing would have been happening

If you had studied

harder

you would have passed the exam

If it had rained you would have gotten wet

If I had accepted that

promotion

I would have been working in Milan

Mixed type conditional

The mixed type conditional is used to refer to a time that is in the past, and a situation that is ongoing into the present The facts they are based on are

the opposite of what is expressed The mixed type conditional is used to refer to

an unreal past condition and its probable result in the present In mixed type conditional sentences, the if clause uses the past perfect, and the main clause uses the present conditional

If + past perfect or

simple past

present conditional or perfect conditional

If this thing had

happened

that thing would happen (but this thing didn't happen so that thing isn't happening)

If clause Main clause

If I had worked harder

at school

I would have a better job now

If we had looked at the

map

we wouldn't be lost

If you weren't afraid of

spiders

you would have picked it up and put it outside

REVISION EXERCISES

Exercise 1:

Part 1: Put these verbs into correct forms using conditional sentence type 1.

1 If I (study), I (pass) the exams

2 If the sun (shine), we (walk) into town

3 If he (have) a temperature, he (see) the doctor

4 If my friends (come), I (be) very happy

5 If she (earn) a lot of money, she (fly) to New York

6 If we (travel) to Hanoi, we (visit) the museums

7 If you (wear) sandals in the mountains, you (slip) on the rocks

8 If Giang (forget) her homework, the teacher (give) her a low mark

9 If they (go) to the disco, they (listen) to loud music

10.If you (wait) a minute, I (ask) my parents

Part 2: Put these verbs into correct forms using conditional sentence type 2.

11.If I (come) home earlier, I (prepare) dinner

12.If we (live) in HCMC, my boyfriend (visit) us

13.If Tung and Thanh (be) older, they (play) in our football team

14.If he (be) my friend, I (invite) him to my birthday party

15.If Xuan (study) harder, she (be) better at school

16.If they (have) enough money, they (buy) a new car.

17.If you (do) a paper round, you (earn) a little extra money

18.If Minh (get) more pocket money, he (ask) Lam out for dinner

19.If we (win) the lottery, we (fly) to London

20.If I (meet) Brad Pitt, I (ask) for his autograph

Part 3: Put these verbs into correct forms using conditional sentence type 3.

21.If the weather (be) nice, they (play) football

22.If we (go) to a good restaurant, we (have) a better dinner

23.If An (learn) more words, he (write) a good report

24.If the boys (take) the bus to school, they (arrive) on time

25.If the teacher (explain) the homework, I (do) it

26.If they (wait) for another 10 minutes, they (see) the pop star

27.If the police (come) earlier, they (arrest) the burglar

28.If you (buy) fresh green vegetable, your salad (taste) better

29.If Alex (ask) me, I (email) the documents

30.If he (speak) more slowly, Peggy (understand) him

Part 4: Put these verbs into correct forms using conditional sentences.

31.If we meet at 9:30, we (have) plenty of time

32.Lisa would find the milk if she (look) in the fridge

33.The zookeeper would have punished her with a fine if she (feed) the animals

34.If you spoke louder, your classmates (understand) you

35.Dan (arrive) safe if he drove slowly

36.You (have) no trouble at school if you had done your homework

37.If you (swim) in this lake, you’ll shiver from cold

38.The door will unlock if you (press) the green button

39.If Mel (ask) her teacher, he’d have answered her questions

40.I (call) the office if I (be) you

41.If they (listen) carefully, they might hear the woodpecker

42.If I had lain down on the sofa, I (fall) asleep

43.Ngoc could have worked as a model if she (be) taller

44.The soil (not/dry out) if you water the plants regularly

45.If you (give) the young boy this stick, he’d hurt himself

46.We (not/take) the wrong tram if Dzung had asked the policewoman

47.If the cat hides in the tree, the dog (not/find) it

48.The students would have solved the problem if they (use) their textbooks 49.If he washed his feet more often, his girlfriend (visit) him more often 50.Manh (read) the newspaper if he went by train

1 study/will

pass

2 shines/will

walk

3 has/must see

4 come/will be

5 earns/will

fly

6 travel/will

visit

7 wear/may

slip

8 forgets/will

give

9 go/have to

10 wait/will

ask

11 came/would prepare

12 lived/would visit

13 were/would play

14 were/would invite

15 studied/would be

16 had/could buy

17 did/could earn

18 got/could ask

19 won/would fly

20 met/would ask

21 had been/could have played

22 had gone/would have had

23 had learnt/could have written

24 had taken/could have arrived

25 had explained/could have done

26 had waited/might have seen

27 had come/could have arrested

28 had bought/would have tasted

29 had asked/would have emailed

30 had asked/could have understood

31 will have

32 looked

33 had fed

34 could understand

35 would arrive

36 would have had

37 swim

38 press

39 had asked

40 would call/were

41 listened

42 could have fallen

43 had been

44 won’t dry out

45 gave

46 wouldn’t have taken

47 won’t find

48 had used

49 would visit

50 would read

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each sentence

1 I would have visited you before if there _ quite a lot of people in your house

A hadn't B hadn't been C wouldn't be D wasn't

2 If you had caught the bus, you _ late for work

A wouldn't have been B would have been

C wouldn’t be D would be

3 If I _, I would express my feelings

A were asked B would ask

C had been asked D asked

4 If _ as I told her, she would have succeeded.

A she has done B she had done

C she does D she did

5 Will you be angry if I _ your pocket dictionary?

A stole B have stolen C were to steal D steal

6 You made a mistake by telling her a lie It _ better if you _ to her

A would have been / hadn't lied B would be / didn't lie

C will be / don't lie D would be / hadn't lied

7 John would be taking a great risk if he _ his money in that business

A would invest B invested C had invested D invests

8 She wouldn't have given them all that money if we _ her to

A wouldn’t advise B won't advise

C hadn't advised D didn't advise

9 If the tree hadn't been so high, he _ it up to take his kite down

A could have climbed B climb

C is climbing D climbed

10 If the wall weren't so high, he _ it up to take his ball down

A climbed B could climb C is climbing D climb

11 If I _ her phone number, I _ her last night

A had known / could have phoned B knew / would have phoned

C know / can phone D knew / could phone

12 If he the truth, the police wouldn’t arrest him

A tells B told C had told D would tell

13 If you press that button what _?

A would happen B would have happened

C will happen D happen

14 She says if she _ that the traffic lights were red she _

A had realized / would stop B realized / could have stopped

C has realized / stopped D had realized / would have stopped

15 I am very thin I think, if I _ smoking, I might get fat

A stop B had stopped C will stop D stopped

16 If I _ that yesterday, I _ them

A had discovered / would inform

B had discovered / would have informed

C had discovered / could inform

D discovered / can inform

17 If you _ to the course regularly, they a certificate last year

A go / gave B go / give

C had gone / would have given D went / would give

18 I think he is not at home If he _ in, he the phone

A was / answered B were / would answer

C were / would have answered D.had been / would have answered

19 If I in London now, I could visit British Museum