Grammar and Communicative activities on

GRETA THUNBERG’S SPEECH

In support of

FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE STUDENTS’ MOVEMENT

ACTIVITY 1. Do you still remember Greta’s words?

We use conditional sentences to talk about probable or improbable situations. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in the box below. Do you feel Greta is expressing low or high probability?

there is will ask start focusing can get are cannot solve treat can should change don’t go wanted to have

1.If a few children __don’t go________ to school, they ____are_____ headlines all over the world.

2. Imagine what we _____can get______ all do together if we really ___wanted to_________.

3.If solutions within this system ______are______so impossible to find then we ___should change_________the system itself.

4.We _ cannot solve________ a crisis unless we ___treat______ it as a crisis.

5.Unless you ___start focusing________on what needs to be done rather than what it’s politically possible,______there is_______ no hope.

6.If I _____have_______ children, in my 75th birthday with me, maybe the_______will ask_________why you didn't do anything while there still was time to act.

ACTIVITY 2. What about you? What’s your opinion about climate justice action?

Work in pairs and finish these conditional sentences with your own ideas:

1. If all students take action together around the world... the news generations will be able to enjoy our planet

2. If politicians start caring for our planet… we are on time to save the world of the destruction

3. There is no hope, unless politicians.... take the necessary mesures

4. If we all start caring about climate justice now, in year 2078... the planet will be improve

Score: _____/ 12p

1 point for each sentence that makes sense and communicates an idea, even if grammar is not fully correct.

2 points for each sentence that is grammatically correct and makes sense.

3 points for each sentence that is grammatically correct, makes sense and it’s unique in the class.

0 points for each sentence that doesn’t manage to communicate an idea.

ACTIVITY 3. Conditional chain for picturing a better future.

Follow your teacher’s instructions. Remember to keep positive when imagining our future!

ACTIVITY 4. Never too late..!

Complete Greta’s words and the rephrasing sentences below with TOO or ENOUGH:

● You (people) are never __enough____ small to make a difference.

People are always big (powerful) __too_______.

● You (politicians) are _too______ scared of being unpopular.

Politicians are not brave _enough_________.

● You (politicians) are not mature ______enough__ to tell it like it is.

Politicians are ___too_____ immature.

Circle the right option.

Write the right option.

TOO / ENOUGH

➔ Means more than what is necessary.

➔ Is used before the adjective.

________ + adjective.

TOO/ ENOUGH

➔ Means as much as necessary.

➔ Is used after the adjective.

adjective + __________

ACTIVITY 5 Class debate.

Fill in the gaps with Too or Enough and talk about it with your classmates:

1. Do you really think people are __too______ small to make changes in the world?

2. Do you agree with Greta that politicians are ____too_____scared about losing popularity? Why?

3. How do you feel about a 15 year-old girl telling politicians they are not mature ___enough______?

ACTIVITY 6. “Our civilization is being sacrificed. Our biosphere is being sacrificed.”

Work in pairs. Fill in the gaps and answer the questions with your partner.

● Our civilization and our biosphere __is____ being sacrificed by _______us__________.

➢ Greta Thunberg doesn’t say WHO is sacrificing our civilization and our biosphere. She uses a passive structure so there is no active subject. Who do you think it is? __I think its because of us__________

➢ According to her words, is the sacrificing happening in the past, present or future? ___Present_____

What else is being sacrificed in our planet at the moment? Write it down below. Can we stop it? How? At the moment the civilizations are sacrificed a lot of thinks because of the pandemia. For exemple the meetings with friends to go anywere but I don’t know how we can to stop this, I guess bypasing the rules of the politicians.

___________________is/are being sacrificed.

___________________is/are being sacrificed.

____________________is/are being sacrificed.

___________________is/are being sacrificed.

FINAL ACTIVITY. “The year 2078 I will celebrate my 75th birthday”, says Greta. How old will you be in 2078? What will climate be like then? And the planet? What will people be doing? And politicians? Keep positive and imagine life in 2078. Write about it, using will and future continuous.

In 2078 I will celebrate my 73rd birthday and I hope that the situation will be better than now and with the mesures we are taking I think that we can to get it because the people is becoming more and more aware and the politicians are doing the things good.