Conditional Clauses Zero-First-Second

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

The Zero Conditional:

• Real factual situations
• (if + present simple, ... present simple)
• e.g. If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.
• If I miss the 8 o'clock bus, I am late for work.

Choose the Zero Conditionals

1. People die if they don't eat.
2. If babies are hungry, they cry
3. You will get water if you mix hydrogen and oxygen.
4. If you touch a fire, you get burned.

Pick the Zero Conditional sentence.

1. If Julie doesn't wear a hat, she gets sunstroke.
2. If Julie wears a hat, she will be protected from the sun.
3. If Julie wore a hat, she wouldn't get sunstroke.
4. If Julie had worn a hat, she wouldn't have gotten sunstroke.

Which one is the zero conditional sentence?

1. If Greg practised more, he would be a great pianist.
2. If Sarah drives to Amsterdam, she will have to pay for parking.
3. If you sleep well, you have more energy.
4. She would worry if I told her the truth.

Fill in the zero conditional:
If it ... (rain), the grass ... (get) wet.

If you ___(freeze) water, it ___ (become) a solid.

The first conditional

• possible future action
• (if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)
• e.g. If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema
• If I go to the shop, I will buy something

If you ___ (make) trouble, I ___(send) you to the principal.

If she __ (get) good grades, she __(go) to university.

What will you do if she _______ you?

1. won't call
2. doesn't call
3. wouldn't call
4. didn't call

If you _______ well tonight, you won't be tired tomorrow.

1. sleep
2. will sleep
3. slept
4. would sleep

I________(go) shopping on the way home if I _____(have) time.

1. go, have
2. will go, have
3. go, will have

If Arsenal _____(win), they ____(be) the top of the league.

1. wins, are
2. will win, are
3. will win, will be
4. win, will be

Remember!

IF + WILL

it makes the teacher ill

The second conditional

• unreal, improbable situations
• (if + past simple, .... would + infinitive)
• If I won the lottery, I would buy a mansion

1. If she had her laptop with her, she ___________ (email) me.

1. will email
2. email
3. would email
4. emailed

4. If Lucy ________(have) enough time, she would travel more.

1. has
2. would have
3. will have
4. had

Second conditionals:
If we .... (live) in Mexico, I ...... (speak) Spanish.

1. Lives / would speak
2. Lived / would speak
3. Lived / 'd speak
4. Live / would speak

Second conditionals:
If you ...... (have) a better job, we
...... (be) able to buy a new car.

1. Would have/ were
2. Had / would be
3. Have / would be
4. Has / would be

If I ........ (meet) the Queen of England I ........... (say) Hello!