conditionals

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

00:16

If the winner is unsuccessful then

1. they will marry Fiona.
2. the first runner up will take their place.
3. Lord Farquaat will rescue Fiona.
4. Shrek will marry donkey.

01:05

If one of the soldiers kills the ogre

1. he will be named donkey.
2. he will come and live in the palace.
3. he will get a barrel of beer.
4. he will be named champion.

03:24

If Shrek goes on the quest, he will

1. get to marry Fiona.
2. get to keep all the fairy-tale creatures.
3. get his swamp back.
4. get to kill all the fairy-tale creatures.

The goal of today's lesson:

• to know the difference between different sentences with 'if.....'
• to be able to use these sentences in different situations

'If' statements - 4 kinds:

• facts - If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.
• real or likely situations - If a soldier kills the ogre, he will be named champion.
• unlikely or hypothetical situations - If I won the lottery, I would go travelling around the world.
• situations that cannot be changed - If I had studied for the test, I would have passed. (But I didn't study, so I didn't pass.) 

Fact: If + present simple = > present simple

condition: If + present simple 

result: present simple

Facts: 

Hagar says, "If I win, I don't eat."

If you _______ (press) the button, the light ________ (come) on.
The missing words are:

Real/likely situation: If + present simple => will

The mirror says, "If I tell the truth, I will get broken..........."

Real / likely situations:

condition: if + present simple

result: will + verb

If she _______ (not, hurry), we ________ (miss) the train.
The missing words are:

Unlikely situation: If + past simple = > would

Unreal / unlikely situations:

condition: if + past simple

result: would + verb

Garfield, "If I did, would I be standing here."

If I _________ (win) a million euros, I __________ (buy) a million bags of crisps.
The missing words are:

Giving advice / imagining situations:

If I were you, I would study harder.

If I were a boy (even just for one day), I would roll out of bed in the morning.......... (Beyonce)

If I were a rich man, I would live a life of luxury.

Situations that you cannot change anymore: 

If + past perfect => would + present perfect

Situations that cannot be changed anymore:

condition: if + past perfect

result: would + present perfect

The bank robber says, "If I hadn't been caught, I would have gotten away with it."

Gap-fill execrise

Complete the sentences on the worksheet using the correct tenses.

Coffee

If coffee can't fix it, it's a serious problem.

If it's a serious problem, you will need to get help.

If you need to get help, you phone 112. 

If you phone 112 and no-one answers, you have a serious problem. 

If you have a serious problem, drink coffee!!

Snakes and Ladders

In groups of 4/5 students: 

When it is your turn

• roll the dice, the number of spots is the number of squares you move
• you take a card (cards should have been placed face down) and answer the question with a sentence starting with "if..............."
• the other players  decide if you have used the correct tenses in the sentence
• If you have used the correct sentences, you may throw the dice again and move forward. Your turn is now over.

In groups of 4/5 students: 

When it is your turn

• roll the dice, the number of spots is the number of squares you move
• you take a card (cards should have been placed face down) and answer the question with a sentence starting with "if..............."
• the other players decide if you have used the correct tenses in the sentence
• If you have used the correct sentence structure, you may throw the dice again and move forward. Your turn is now over.
• If you land on a square with a ladder, move your counter to the top of the ladder.
• If you land on a square with a snake's head, move your counter to the other end of the snake.
• The person who gets to the last square first is the winner.

Snakes and Ladders

Summary:

• four types of conditional sentence
• for facts
• for real, likely situations
• for unreal, unlikely situations
• for situations that cannot be changed anymore