Unit 5 - Conditionals

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Unit 5

Rights and wrongs

Conditionals

Zero conditional: If you heat ice, it melts.

First conditional: If you are late, you will miss the bus.

Second conditional: If I had a car, I would drive to London

Third conditional: If I had passed my exams, I would have gone to university.

First Conditional

To express something that is likely to happen in the future (the result) if the condition happens or is true.

A possible future situation and its probable result.

If + present simple + will + verb

If you are late, you’ll miss the bus.

Quiz

1. If I go out tonight, I __________ to the cinema.

1. will go
2. would go
3. went

2. If you get back late, I ______ be angry.

1. would be
2. will be
3. was

3. If the weather doesn't improve, we __________ a picnic.

1. wouldn't have
2. didn't have
3. won't have

First conditional

Fill in at least half the sentences below to make them true for you, then read out just the part you have written to see if your partner can guess which sentence you are reading from 

Let's play a game!

The challenge is to create a new sentence using the end of the previous one.

One student begins with a sentence, for example:'If I go out tomorrow, I’ll go to a beach.’ 

 The next person in the team must then use the end of the previous sentence: If I go to the beach, I’ll sunbathe… If I sunbathe, I’ll get burnt… If I get burnt, I’ll go to a pharmacy…

if + present simple  ....... will + verb

To express something that is likely to happen in the future (the result) if the condition happens or is true.

Second Conditional

To express something that is unlikely to happen in the future, or hypothetical (the result) if another unlikely or hypothetical thing (condition) happens.

Wish / imaginary situation in the present or future

If + past simple, would + verb

If I had a car, I would drive to London.

If I earned money, I would travel the world. (But I’m 13…)

Quiz

1. If I were you, I __________ a new job.

1. will get
2. would get
3. got

2. If I had enough money, I _________ a big house.

1. would buy
2. will buy
3. bought

3. If she ________ the exam, she would be able to enter university.

1. passed
2. passes

4. She would call him if she _________ his number.

1. had
2. has

5. We wouldn't be late again if we ___________ a new car.

1. bought
2. buy

Game: What would you do?

What would you do if these things happened to you? Work in groups of 4/5. Role the dice and complete the sentence that corresponds to the number. For example, if you role a 2, you need to complete sentence 2 using the second conditional. 

(=unlikely/ imaginary situation in the present or future)

If + past simple, would + verb

1. If I went to the Australia, …………………………………

2. If I found an alien spaceship, ………………………………………………

Game: Going away

Use the second conditional.

If I had one day in [city/country]

I would eat....

I would visit...

I would eat....
It would go...

unlikely/ imaginary situation in the present or future: If + past simple, would + verb

Let's play a Kahoot!

Individual task

Read the text on p. 56-57.

Read the strategie

Do exercises 2 + 3  + 4 on p. 56