Second Conditional Board Game
Aim:
To practice the second conditional.
Activity:
Students have to accurately complete second conditional sentences in order to move to the
next spot on the board. The winner gets a small prize.
Organisation:
Group work
Preparation:
Make two copies of the board game (five students play at a time, so two boards are needed
for a class of ten). Each student requires a counter, and each group needs a dice.
Rules of the game:
1.
2.
3.
4.
All students place their counters on “Start”.
Each student takes it in turn to throw the dice.
The student moves their counter forward the number of spaces indicated on the dice.
The student then has to complete the second conditional sentence they land on. If they
complete it correctly, they stay where they are; if the complete it incorrectly, they go
back to where they were before they threw the dice.
5. BONUS: Students can move forward one extra space if the rest of the team finds their
answer particularly creative/entertaining/humorous.
6. Encourage students to have a conversation after every square discussing the second
conditional statement made. The aim of this is to encourage fluency.
7. The first person to reach “Finish” is the winner.
… if I were
rich.
If everyone
had clean
water to
drink…
Miss a
turn
If I was a
magician…
Move
forward
two
spaces
If I were
the
president…
If I went to
the moon…
If I lived in
America…
…if I saw a
famous
actor walk
past the
classroom.
If I found a
baby
dinosaur…
If you saw
your
teacher in a
police car…
…if I needed
a lot of
money very
quickly.
Go back
two
spaces
Miss a
turn
If I could
have any
super
power…
If I could
fly…
If I spoke
perfect
Russian…
If I had
enough
money…
…if the
Internet
disappeared
If I could
switch
places with
anyone…
Move
forward
three
spaces
Go back
two
spaces
If war
broke out
tomorrow
…
…if I could
have any
job in the
world.
If I could be
any
animal…
If my greatgreatgrandmother
was alive
today…
If I was
born in
another
country…
Finish
If I met the
queen of
England…