Conditionals

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Conditionals

Theme 7 - Grammar

Grammar - if/when & conditionals - page 107

IF (page 107)

If means: 'als' or 'indien' 

You use it when you are not sure if it is going to happen

OR

to talk about a condition (voorwaarde)

If I win the lottery I  will  buy a new car. (voorwaarde)

If you're not too late, you could still make it.  (onzeker)

WHEN (page 107)

When means: 'toen' or 'wanneer'

You use it: 

When you know for certain something is going to happen.

I'll call you when the airplane has landed.

When I get home, I will clean my room.

'If' sentences  (conditionals - voorwaardelijke bijzin) - 4 kinds -

• 0: facts - If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.
• 1: real or likely situations - If you leave now, you'll be in time.
• 2: unlikely or hypothetical situations - If I won the lottery, I would go travelling around the world.
• 3: 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.) 

Remember!

IF + WILL

it makes the teacher ill

Remember!

IF + WOULD

is not GOOD

if + past simple + would/could/might- for general truths or the result of a situation/action

if/unless + present simple + will/ won't might - for a future possibility

if + past perfect + would have + past participle - for hypothetical situations in present or future, suggestions and advice

if/when + present simple + present simple - for hypothetical situations in the past or regrets about the past

Zero conditional

first conditional

second conditional

third conditional

If Cosimo hadn't built a treehouse first, Francesco probably wouldn't have bothered

When we think about a living space, we imagine a 'normal ' house, flat or hotel.

if you saw this treehouse, you'd think it was something out of a fairytale.

If I were you, I'd try it one day!

If you have a space you can go to, then you might find that your mind becomes freer.

Things like this won't happen unless you live in the countryside.

Zero conditional

first conditional

second conditional

third conditional

...., your mom won't buy you a present.

1. If you failed your exam
2. If you fails your exam
3. If you had failed your exam
4. If you fail your exam

If you ..... (leave) a message,
the manager ..... (call) you.

1. will leave, calls
2. leave, calls
3. left, will call
4. leave, will call

If you ..... (work) in the evening,
you ..... (miss) your favourite TV programme.

1. work, miss
2. will work, miss
3. work, will miss
4. will work, will miss

......, we will miss our flight.

1. If you will be late
2. If you are late
3. If you had been late
4. If you were late

If Ben ..... (cook) the food, it ..... (be) fantastic.

1. will cook, is
2. cooks, will be
3. cook, will be
4. will cook, will be

If Tim studies hard, ....

1. he would have passed his exam
2. he will pass his exam
3. he passes him exam
4. he would pass his exam

If it rains tonight, ...

1. I don't go out
2. I will not/won't go out
3. I wouldn't have gone out
4. I would go out

Time to do your homework