conditional sentences

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

IDIOM

You should not try to improve something that already functions well; if something works, don’t meddle with it.

Learning Goals

You know which conditional to use: 

• for likely possible future events and
  
•  for unlikely, hypothetical future events.
  

You are able to recognize the view of the “speaker” in conditional sentences.

First things first.....

One more Class Speech

and feedback sheets back

Conditionals

Today's Plan

Newspaper Pitch 2x

Explanation and practice in Lesson-Up

Further practice on Worksheet

1st conditional
can you give an example?

First conditional

2nd conditional
can you give an example?

if + past simple + would/could/might -

for hypothetical situations in the future

if + present simple + will/ won't might - 

for a future possibility

first conditional

second conditional

Second Conditional

UNLIKELY EVENTS

BTW "unless" is also a conditional clause

unless = if not

I won't eat anything, unless it is soup.

If I worked harder, I would get better grades.

Unless the rules change again, you won't be allowed to eat in the hall ways.

If the temperature stays below 0 degrees for a while, water turns into ice.

first conditional

second conditional

If I worked harder, I would get better grades.

If it rains, we will have to cancel the school trip.

We would have to cancel the trip if it rained.

If students pay attention in class, they will get better grades.

Likely to happen event

Hypothetical, unlikely to happen event

Likely to happen event

Hypothetical, unlikely to happen event

If the man takes another step,

1. the penguin will hug the man
2. the penguin will jump in the air
3. the penguin will attack the man
4. the penguin will do a somersault

If the toy cat starts waving,

1. The cat would attack the toy.
2. The cat will mimic the toy.
3. The cat would run away.
4. The cat will attack its owner.

Unlikely to event:
If she (have) her laptop with her, she
(email) me.

Possible event:
If she (not/go) to the meeting, I
(not/go) either.

If the teacher (give) us lots of homework this weekend, I (be) able to do it.
(not/be) happy.

If Juliet .....(be not) in school , she
(travel) more.

RECAP - Likely event

I will dress up, if she dresses up as well.

Main clause WILL + verb , IF clause present simple

RECAP - unlikely event

I would go to the country side, if the pollution in the city grew worse.

Main clause: WOULD + verb, IF clause PAST SIMPLE

Worksheet

Go to the worksheet and do exercises on side 1

A, B and C.

10 minutes

BoardGame - 10.45

Listen to instruction - groups of 5