Lesson 38 - First, second, third conditional

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Lesson 38 100s of possibilities

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Today

• (No) possibility - 1st and 2nd conditional
• Unrealistic situations - 3rd conditional
• Test information

Goals

• You know when to use the zero, first, second, and third conditional.
• You know what to study for the test.

If water reaches 0°C or lower, it freezes.

1. Yes
2. No

If you sleep, you will feel refreshed in the morning.

1. Yes
2. No

You can get very hurt if you fall.

1. Yes
2. No

Conditionals general rules

• 0 - facts / generally true

• 1 - (very) likely to happen in the future

• 2 - unlikely to happen in the future / imaginary in present

• 3 - untrue in the past 

Possible situations

Unrealistic situations

If the weather is nice, I will take a walk outside.

He would buy a villa if he won the lottery.

If I didn't already have a boyfriend, I would date you.

If you smile a lot, you will be happier.

She will be late if her train is late.

First conditional

• Things that are possible in the future + results
• if-clause: if + present simple
• main clause: will + infinitive (without to)

• If I see the book, I will buy it.
• Will you tell me if Anna calls?
• If you climb that tree, you will hurt yourself.

Second conditional

• Things that are unlikely to happen / are imaginary
• if-clause: if + past simple
• main clause: would + infinitive (without to)
  

• If I won the lottery, I would buy a house.
• I would say hello if I met the queen of England.
• If she were rich, she would travel all over the world.

Quick practice.

1. If she (to have) her laptop with her, she (to e-mail) me. (2nd)
2. I (not / to be) happy if the teacher (to give) us a lot of homework. (1st)
3. If I (not / to go) to bed soon, I (to feel) tired in the morning. (1st)
4. It (to be) less stressful if you (to arrive) early. (2nd)

Quick practice.

1. If she had her laptop with her, she would e-mail me. (2nd)
2. I (not / to be) happy if the teacher (to give) us a lot of homework. (1st)
3. If I (not / to go) to bed soon, I (to feel) tired in the morning. (1st)
4. It (to be) less stressful if you (to arrive) early. (2nd)

Quick practice.

1. If she had her laptop with her, she would e-mail me. (2nd)
2. I will not be happy if the teacher gives us a lot of homework. (1st)
3. If I (not / to go) to bed soon, I (to feel) tired in the morning. (1st)
4. It (to be) less stressful if you (to arrive) early. (2nd)

Quick practice.

1. If she had her laptop with her, she would e-mail me. (2nd)
2. I will not be happy if the teacher gives us a lot of homework. (1st)
3. If I don't go to bed soon, I will feel tired in the morning. (1st)
4. It (to be) less stressful if you (to arrive) early. (2nd)

Quick practice.

1. If she had her laptop with her, she would e-mail me. (2nd)
2. I will not be happy if the teacher gives us a lot of homework. (1st)
3. If I don't go to bed soon, I will feel tired in the morning. (1st)
4. It would be less stressful if you arrived early. (2nd)

Get to work

Work on the following exercises

• p.165 - exercise 4
• p.175 - exercises 2 and 3

Finished? Study the intermediate British Council vocabulary.

Third conditional

• Events in the past that did not happen
• if-clause: if + past perfect
• main clause: would + have + past participle

•  I would have passed the test if I had studied.
• If I had paid attention, I wouldn't have crashed my bike.
• If I had lived in the 1920s, my hair would have been short.

If we had tidied our flat, we wouldn't have lost our keys.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

If Julie hadn't gone to Sweden, she will have gone to Germany.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

If the weather haven't been so cold, we would had gone to the beach.

1. Correct
2. Incorrect

Get to work

Work on the following exercises

• p.179 - exercises 1 and 2
• p.143 - exercise 8

Finished? Study the intermediate British Council vocabulary.

Zero conditional

First conditional

Second conditional

Third conditional

Facts

Things that are generally true

Events in the past that did not happen

Things that are possible in the future

Things that are unlikely to happen

Things that

are imaginary

Zero conditional

First conditional

Second conditional

Third conditional

If + present simple / Present simple

If + present simple / Will + infinitive

If + past simple / Would + infinitive

If + past perfect/ 

Would + have + past participle

After the carnival break

Test on

• Comparative and superlative adjectives/adverbs
• Modal verbs
• Zero, first, second, and third conditional

After the carnival break

• Test will be on Zoom
• It will be an open book test
• You are allowed to use your book and the internet
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