Conditionals 3

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

ENGLISH

ZERO CONDITIONAL

FIRST CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

THIRD CONDITIONAL

QUICK RECAP- 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’. 

RECAP - 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.

RECAP

RECAP - 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. 

THIRD CONDITIONAL + MODALS

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

 If+ Past Perfect+ would have + past participle. 

WRITE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK AS YOU NEED TO REFER TO THIS DURING THE NEXT ACTIVITY

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

FOCUS ON THIS!

“And if only one thing had happened differently: if that shoelace hadn’t broken; or that delivery truck had moved moments earlier; or that package had been wrapped and ready, because the girl hadn’t broken up with her boyfriend; or that man had set his alarm and got up five minutes earlier; or that taxi driver hadn’t stopped for a cup of coffee; or that woman had remembered her coat, and got into an earlier cab, Daisy and her friend would’ve crossed the street, and the taxi would’ve driven by. 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”.

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

Example of how this should be done in their notebooks is shown on the following slide. 

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.” 

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

Time for a game!

Guess the conditional!

If they'd have stayed at home, they wouldn't have got stuck in the snow.

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.

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

If you had been quicker, we would have got home before the snow storm.

PLAN B if video not playing

1. Daisy’s friend’s shoelace broke. 

• If Daisy’s friend’s shoelace hadn’t broken, Daisy would have crossed the street and the taxi would have driven by.
• 2. The delivery truck blocked the taxi.
• If the delivery truck hadn’t blocked the taxi, Daisy would have crossed the street and the taxi would have driven by.
• 3. The package wasn’t wrapped.
• 3. If the package had been wrapped, Daisy would have crossed the street and the taxi would have driven by.

4. The girl broke up with her boyfriend. 

5. The man forgot to set his alarm.

6. The taxi driver stopped for a cup of coffee.

7. The woman didn’t remember her coat.

NOTEBOOKS

• 4. The girl broke up with her boyfriend. 
  
•  If the girl hadn’t broken up with her boyfriend, Daisy would have crossed the street and the taxi would have driven by.
• 5. The man forgot to set his alarm.
• If the man hadn’t forgotten to set his alarm, Daisy would have crossed the street and the taxi would have driven by.
• 6. The taxi driver stopped for a cup of coffee.
• 6. If the taxi driver hadn’t stopped for a cup of coffee, Daisy would have crossed the street and the taxi would have driven by.

7. The woman didn’t remember her coat.

• 7. The woman didn’t remember her coat.
• If the woman had remembered her coat, Daisy would have crossed the street and the taxi would have driven by.

Finally.....

“Sometimes we’re on a collision course, and we just don’t know it. Whether it’s by accident or by design, there’s not a thing we can do about it.”

Do you agree or disagree with the above statement?

HOMEWORK

Before Tuesday's lesson: 

PAGE 52 EXERCISES 3 AND 4