Conditionals 3

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ZERO CONDITIONAL

FIRST CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

THIRD CONDITIONAL

CONDITIONALS

WHAT? Conditionals are sentence structures that explain a particular situation or circumstance and its consequences.

If this happens, then that happens.

FORM? If the sentence starts with 

the ‘if clause’, you add a comma 

between the ‘if clause’ and the 

‘main clause’. 

RE CAP - CONDITIONALS

USE? We use the zero conditional to talk about things which always happen.

-General facts

-Scientific facts

FORM? If/When + present simple , + present simple

EXAMPLES: If you drop an apple, it falls to the ground.

                         If you freeze water, it turns into ice.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

USE? We use the second conditional when we talk about present or future events that are not likely to happen.

FORM? If + past simple, + would + infinitive

EXAMPLES: If I were you, I would tell her.

                         If I won the lottery, I would travel the world.

 

THIRD CONDITIONAL

USE? We use the THIRD conditional to talk about unreal situations in the past.

FORM? If/When + past  perfect , + would/wouldn't have + past participle. 

EXAMPLE: If they'd stayed in the country, they wouldn't have found work.

THIRD CONDITIONAL + MODALS

USE? We use the THIRD conditional + MODALS  to talk about unreal present situations caused by an unreal past situation.

EXAMPLE: If it had snowed, it might have caused terrible traffic problems.  

FORM? If + past perfect,+ might/mightn't, could/couldn't + have + past participle. 

We can also use the continuous tense in the if clause or in the main clause. 

Example: If you'd been paying attention, you would have seen the red traffic light. 

Your turn! 

Complete the following sentences with a third conditional.

                             THE CAR ACCIDENT SCENE

1.  WATCH THE VIDEO AND PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT TENSE
   

00:28

*A woman in Paris _________(be) on her way to go shopping, but ____________(forget) her coat - went back to get it. When she __________(get) her coat, the phone ______(ring), so she’d stopped to answer it; talked for a couple of minutes.

00:40

* While the woman _________(be) on the phone, Daisy __________(rehearse) for a performance at the Paris Opera House. And while she __________(rehearse), the woman, off the phone now, ________(go) outside to get a taxi.

01:05

* Now a taxi driver _________(drop off) a fare earlier and _________(stop) to get a cup of coffee. And all the while, Daisy __________(rehearse). And this cab driver, who dropped off the earlier fare; who___________(stop) to get the cup of coffee, ________(pick up) the lady who was going shopping, and ______________ (miss) getting an earlier cab.

01:36

* The taxi ___________(have) to stop for a man crossing the street, who _________(leave) for work five minutes later than he normally ________(do), because he __________(forget) to set off his alarm. While that man, late for work, __________(cross) the street, Daisy __________(finish) rehearsing, and _________(take) a shower. And while Daisy ________(shower), the taxi _______ (wait) outside a boutique for the woman to pick up a package, which hadn’t been wrapped yet, because the girl who was supposed to wrap it ____________(break up) with her boyfriend the night before, and __________(forget).

01:54

*When the package was wrapped, the woman, who _____________(be) back in the cab, was blocked by a delivery truck, all the while Daisy______________ (get dressed). The delivery truck _________(pull away) and the taxi was able to move, while Daisy, the last to be dressed,________ (wait) for one of her friends, who_________ (break) a shoelace.

02:05

*While the taxi was stopped, waiting for a traffic light, Daisy and her friend______(come) out the back of the theater. And if only one thing had happened differently…….

shoelace break - delivery truck move moments earlier - package wrap and ready - the girl break up with her boyfriend - man set his alarm and get up five minutes earlier - taxi driver stop for a cup of coffee - woman remembered her coat and get into an earlier cab - Daisy and her friend cross

2. Use the prompts to make sentences using  the third conditional saying what it would have saved Daisy from the car accident

shoelace break - delivery truck move moments earlier - package wrap and ready - the girl break up with her boyfriend - man set his alarm and get up five minutes earlier - taxi driver stop for a cup of coffee - woman remembered her coat and get into an earlier cab - Daisy and her friend cross

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But life being what it is - a series of intersecting lives and incidents, out of anyone’s control - that taxi did not go by, and that driver was momentarily distracted, and that taxi hit Daisy, and her leg was crushed.” 

Time for a game!

I would buy you a present if you gave me a hug every day.

If you dance in the rain, I will join you.

If it snows, it is very cold.