A selection of English ESL first conditional speaking practice printables

This task is designed to foster engaging discussions among students while reinforcing the use of the first conditional structure. Students will explore various hypothetical situations, prompting them to apply their understanding of this grammatical concept in real-life contexts.

In this activity, students will be presented with a series of scenarios that could potentially occur in the future. Each scenario will be accompanied by a sentence in the first conditional form, comprising an 'if' clause and a main clause. Students will then discuss these situations in pairs or small groups, considering the possible outcomes and implications of each scenario.

By participating in this task, students will not only enhance their understanding of the first conditional structure but also develop their ability to express hypothetical situations and their potential consequences effectively. Moreover, engaging in discussions will encourage students to think critically, collaborate with their peers, and express their ideas fluently in English. This task offers a dynamic and interactive approach to learning grammar while fostering meaningful communication among students.

FIRST CONDITIONAL speaking

Some activities to practise both Conditionals and Part 3 of the FCE Speaking Paper

FCE Speaking Practice

FOR INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED STUDENTS ONLY.  IT'S A WORKSHEET PRACTICING WRITING AND SPEAKING ZERO, FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD CONDITIONAL SENTENCES WITH A FEW CONDITIONAL SENTENCES USING SHOULD, COULD, ETC. 

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Practise using zero and first conditional forms by answering questions and finishing the sentences. This ESL worksheet is divided into three parts which include enough questions even for a quite big group of students.

Zero & First Conditional SPEAKING

This one is always good fun, though not during the first lesson on First Conditional. :) Simply, students must be careful to replicate the structure correctly, so you'll have to stand by and help if they get lost. Yet, the questions are funny and basically reflect what our daily life is  about, so ... enjoy! :) 

What will you do if .... ? - speaking activity

Some dialogues focusing on conditional 1. Below each dialogue is a question. More practices are at the bottom. Hope this is helpful for both speaking and grammar classes.

Conditional 1- Dialogues and Exercise

Fro further written practice with the third conditional. It might seem a bit hard at first but it works out fine if students really grasp the use of the third conditional. I advise teachers do some speaking drill on the topic after it´s presented and before this one is done.

Third Conditional

Some dialogues focusing on conditional 1, it's easier than the other one I made. There're some practices at the bottom. Hope this is helpful for both speaking and grammar classes.

Conditional 1- Dialogues and Exercise (easier content)

The object of the game is to create a first or second conditional chain where the last clause of a statement becomes the first clause of the next statement. Excellent in class practice for first and second conditionals.

First and Second Conditional Chains Game

This fun and engaging B1-level worksheet is designed to review all four types of conditionals (zero, first, second, and third) through a humorous gym-themed context. Targeted at teens and young adults, especially those interested in fitness or gym culture, the worksheet uses bro-style jokes and relatable situations to reinforce grammar structures. Activities include a grammar recap, gap-fill tasks, roleplay speaking prompts, a sentence-matching game, and a final writing challenge. Great for students who’ve already learned conditionals and need meaningful, motivating review.



Conditionals Review: For the gym bros

This engaging B1-level worksheet helps students review all four types of conditionals (zero, first, second, and third) through a fun football (soccer) theme. Perfect for teens and sports fans, it features grammar explanations, gap-fill exercises, sentence-matching, and creative speaking and writing tasks based on real and imagined match situations. Students will identify conditional types, complete dialogue-based roleplays, and create their own football-inspired sentences — all while kicking their grammar skills into shape! Great for revision or as an active grammar warm-up.

Conditionals Review: Kick Your Grammar into Play!

NBA playoffs time! Test your knowledge of conditionals 1,2,3 and basketball together by completing the statements/questions. Editable- use your own ideas or favorite players.





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NBA Boardgame - Test Your Conditionals Knowledge

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

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Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

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A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

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19 First conditional speaking practice English ESL worksheets pdf & doc