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What are conditionals

Second conditional

Third conditional

Quiz

Aim: being able to use and identify the 2nd and 3rd conditionals

What are Conditional Sentences?

Conditional sentences are statements that explain a condition and its result. They use 'if' to introduce the condition and the result follows the 'then'.

Introduce the concept of conditional sentences and provide examples.

The Second Conditional

• If it's not likely that something will happen now or in the future
• if + past simple, would + verb

• If we got the day off, we would go to London.
• We would all be sad if Daniel left

ATTENTION: In this conditonal use the word WERE instead of was/to be

If I were you I would not help him

Second conditional - Unlikely to happen

1. If you stopped smoking, you ______ a lot better pretty quickly.

1. feel
2. are feeling
3. will feel
4. would feel

2. If I won the Lottery, I ______ my job. I love it too much.

1. would leave
2. will leave
3. wouldn't leave
4. won't leave

3. If my sister .................. (win) a trip to Greece, she ................. (take) me with her.

1. won, would take
2. won’t, would take
3. won, would taken
4. won, would took

4. If Sandra ............... (buy) a helicopter,
her friends ...................... (be) happy.

1. would buy, were
2. bought, wouldn’t be
3. buyed, would been
4. bought, would be

5 We ................... (not change) anything
if we ................. (have) a time machine.

1. wouldn’t change, had
2. would change, had
3. wouldn’t changed, had
4. would change, haved

The Third Conditional

• After thoughts that didn't happen in the past.
• if + past perfect, would have + past tense

• If I had studied for my exams, I would have passed them.
• I would have bought that house if I had won the lottery.

1. If she ................... (study),
she ................. (pass) her exams

1. had studied, would have passed
2. would have studied, passed
3. would, had passed

If we ... (arrive) earlier, we ...(see) John

1. arrived, saw
2. had arrived, would see
3. had arrived, would have seen

Exercise 3

Put the sentences in the second conditional

Type the whole sentence

1. if he (try) harder, he (reach) his goals.

2. I (buy) these shoes if they (fit).

3. it (surprise / not) me if he (know / not) the answer.

Exercise 4

Put the sentences in the third conditional

Type the whole sentence

1. If we (listen) to the radio, we (heard) the news.

2. If you (switch) on the lights, you (fall/not) over the chair.

3. she (come) to our party if she (be/not) on holiday.

3rd conditional practise

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Use your notes, write a sentence using the second conditional...

YES! WELL DONE!

READ PART 4+5 FOR HOMEWORK (TEXT IN MAGISTER!)

Conditionals (0,1,2,3)

Main clause	Result clause	Verbs
if I put ice in the sun	it melts	present simple + present simple
if I eat cake	I will get sick	present simple + will
if I studied	I would pass the test	past simple + would
if I had studied	I would have passed the test	past perfect + would present perfect