Conditionals

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Conditionals

What do you think is meant with conditionals?

“If my grandmother had wheels, she would have been a bike”.

• Zero conditional

if sentence	result
present simple	present simple
If you add two and two,	you get four.

• General truths and habits 
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• If/When + present simple, Present simple 

Voorbeeld

Een zero conditional gebruik je voor feiten:

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

Welke van deze zinnen is een 'zero conditional'?

1. Ice melts if you heat it.
2. If water reaches a 100 degrees, it boils.
3. If it rains, the grass gets wet.
4. All the answers are correct.

Zero conditional 

First conditional 

Second conditional 

Het is onwaarschijnlijk dat er aan de voorwaarde voldaan wordt.

Het is waarschijnlijk dat er aan de voorwaarde voldaan wordt.

Het is een feit.

First conditional:

Second conditional:

If + present simple 

If + past simple 

will + hele ww

would + hele ww

Conditionals (if- clause statement)

Drag the example to the appropriate conditional. 

first

conditional 

second

conditional 

If it freezes tonight, water ... (turn) into ice

if it rains, you ............wet (to get)

When you (heat) iron, it (expand)

If you had money, you ....(buy) a new car

If he walks to school, I ....(go) with him.

We will invite you to the party if you (want) to come.

If you want to leave, I .....(go) with you.

If my parents sold our house, we .... (be) homeless.

Make

Exercises 1, 2 and 3 of part C: Conditionals on page 39