Date :April 23

rd
, 2014 School: Al Khawarizmi technical high school
Class level: 2nd year Bac Class size: 22
Class period: From 9 to 10 Title : Expressing certainty and uncertainty
Textbook: Ticket 2 English Teacher trainee: Mohammed BOUKNIFY
Unit: 9 Lesson type: functions
Objectives : by the end of the lesson , the students will be able to
Recognise various expressions of certainty and uncertainty.
Appropriately use them in different contexts.

Timing Procedures and steps of the lesson Techniques
of teaching

15min























20min












Warm-up: T. greets the Ss and asks them about their last holiday.
Presentation: Review of functions responding to good and bad
news
T: Can you give me some expressions we use to respond to bad or
good news?
S: Sorry to hear that/ sounds great/ My goodness/Superb/Are you
kidding? / I cant believe it/ Really?/ incredible!
T: suppose that you have knocked several times on your friends
door. Nobody answered you. What can you deduce? Is he at home?
S1: no
T: what can you say? Use must.
S2: he must be out.
T: what can you say? Use may, might, can, could.
S3: He may be in the caf.
S4: He might have gone to the stadium.
S5: He could be in the office.
T writes down the students contributions on the BB, then asks the
students :
T: what does the first sentence express? Are you sure or not?
S1: certainty.
T: what do the other three sentences express? Are you sure?
S2: uncertainty.
There are other expressions of certainty and uncertainty. Ss
study the phrases used to express certainty and uncertainty
and fill in the following table: [ex. 1, page 131]
Certainty Uncertainty

BB correction:
Certainty Uncertainty
Undoubtedly....
It is crystal clear that........
No one can deny..............
The staff wont be..........
They are sure that..............

I doubt....
They may go......
Some users may..............
Probably...............
I think.................









Elicitation























Chart
filling








25min








T. distributes the handouts and asks students to do the exercises.

Key : I/1.Im sure/2.No doubt/3.perhaps/4.I wonder/5.Iam not sure/6.I am
certain/7.I wonder/8.No doubt/9.I am certain/10.I am sure/11.I wonder/12.I am
sure/13.May be/14.no doubt.
II/May be /I am sure/Perhaps/wonder/ Im certain/No doubt

Key3:
1: may, can, 2: must, 3: probably, 4: think / guess, 5: certainly, 6:
guess / think, 7: certainly, 8: likely,


Ss use other expressions on a hand-out to respond to the
following ideas by expressing certainty and uncertainty:
1. Scientists will find a cure to Cancers.
2. Do you think that human beings are enslaved by
technology?
3. Will there be a destroying war of robots?
4. Will we be attacked by creatures from other planets?
















Situational
cues