Forgetting Sarah Marshall - Second Conditionals

Movie scene
Intermediate
warmer
Second conditionals

Have you seen this movie?
Would you like to?
What is it about?
What`s the worst thing that can happen to a person when someone breaks up with them?

1. If someone you cared a lot for broke up with you, what would you do to put yourself together soon? Make a list of at least 3 suggestions.

If someone I cared for broke up with me I`d...

2. Watch this scene and check if the character did any of the things you mentioned.



3. What would you do if you were in his shoes? Would you leave? Would you stay? Would you make a scene?

Castaway - Using Second Conditional

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Level -  intermediate

Aim    - Contextualize grammar point - second conditional

Age groups - adults and teens

1. Watch the first scene and discuss the following questions.

What would be the first thing you'd do if you found yourself stranded on a desert island?
What would your chances of survival be?
How would you find/store water?
What would be the most important course of actions to take to guarantee your survival?
Would you have the strength to fight for your life?
Would you have fierce will to live?

2. In groups of three you have to agree on 5 objects that would be wonderful to find on a desert island. Prepare to say what you'd do with the items.

“If I were on a desert island and found/came across a _________________,  I would use it to ____________________.”

3. You will watch 4 short movie scenes in which the main actor is struggling to make it on the island. Before you watch them  discuss the folowing questions.

If you found many coconuts, how would you open them?
If you were standed on a desert island, how would you fish?

If you had survived a plane chash and were alone on a desert island, how would you make fire?

If you spent 4 years on the island by yourself, how different would you be?

4. While you watch. Watch the following scenes and decide whether the sentences are true or false.

To open the coconut, he used a rock as a knife.

It was rather easy for him to figure out how to open the coconut. 
He lost his mind because he knew he would die of thirst.
He almost lost his mind before he finally realized how to start a fire.
He didn't take long to realize how easy it was to start a fire. 

He never gave up going back to his family. 

He used to avoid going to the dentist like a plague. But now he wishes wIlson were a dentist.
He had nothing to lose, so he decided to get his tooth off with a rock.
He lost track of time during his stay on the island. 

5. The character in the movie found many things that he could use to survive. Look at the list and try to guess what he is going to use each item for. Complete the sentences below.
Rollerblades - fabric - plastic - shoes - paper box

If I were him, I'd use the ___________ to ______________.

6. Watch the scene and check your guesses.

7. After you watch - In groups of three, reevaluate the objects you thought you`d like to find on a desert island. Have you changed your mind? Why?

Second Conditionals - On A Desert Island

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• Intermediate
• Teens; Adults
• Problem solving
• Wilderness, Being on a desert island
• Web2.0 - Voki
• Second conditional
• Materials

1. Discuss in groups.

What do you think about the outdoors?

Do you enjoy being around nature?

Are you a surviver? Would you be able to survive in the wilderness?

2. You have a puzzle to solve. In groups of three you have to agree on 5 things that would be wonderful to find if you were alone on a desert island. Prepare to say what you'd do with the items.

If I were on a desert island I would like to find a _________________ because I would use it to ____________________.

3. Watch the movie scene and check how many things you mentioned appear in the movie.

4. The character in the movie found many things that he could use to survive. Look at the list and try to guess what he is going to use each item for. Complete the sentences below.

Rollerblades - fabric - plastic - shoes - paper box

If I were him, I'd use the ___________ to ______________.

5. Watch the scene and check your guesses.

6. Leave a comment here telling your group what you'd take to the island and why or

record your voice on voki.com and add the link to the comment area to share with your group.