Conditional sentences

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Coming up

Wed 12 Feb: CAE Sample Reading and Use of English Test (not for a grade)

Get from library: An Inspector calls

Test on Future forms and Conditionals + vocab.

Test on Passives, Relative clauses + vocab. 

Test A la carte: AF + An Inspector calls

Test Use of English 

In the meantime: listening, speaking, writing practice (Cambridge exam)

Learning goals

Grammar - Conditional sentences

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

Type 0

• Zero conditional

 

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

General truths and habits 

Type 1 

• First conditional

 

if sentence	result
present simple	will + infinitive
If I get sick,	I will go to the doctor.

Possible or likely things in the future 

Type 2

• Second conditional

 

if sentence	result
past simple	would + infinitive
If I won the lottery,	I would buy a car.

impossible things in the present, unlikely things in the future 

Type 3 

• Third conditional

 

if sentence	result
past perfect	would + have + past participle
If I had studied harder,	I would have passed the exam.

Things that didn't happen in the past and their imaginary results 

Zero conditional 

First conditional 

Second conditional 

Third conditional 

Highly UNlikely to happen

Highly likely to happen

It's a fact.

Thing cannot happen anymore.

Zero conditional:

First conditional:

Second conditional:

If/when + present simple

If + present simple 

If + past simple 

present simple

will + infinitive

would + infinitive

Conditionals (if- clause statement)

Drag the example to the appropriate conditional. 

zero conditional 

first

conditional 

second

conditional 

third

conditional 

zero conditional
If I eat ........................ , ........................................

When do you use the first conditional?

If I were invisible, ...
(second conditional)

third conditional

If I had ........................ , ...................................

Self-study

Compact First Book, Student's Book: p. 57, ex. 1-4

make ends meet

unaffordable

bankrupt

auction

out of the blue

play with fire

tip of the iceberg

Today's agenda

Future forms

Conditional sentences

Future forms 

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-5110.php (whole class activity)

Compact First Book, Student's Book, p. 41, ex. 3 (pair work)

Conditional sentences

https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/308521

Future forms

Compact First Book: p. 41, ex. 1, 3