4H - Conditionals

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4H - Conditionals

When do you use the zero conditional?

When do you use the first conditional?

When do you use the second conditional?

When do you use the third conditional?

Which conditional is this? If you heat ice, it melts.

1. zero
2. first
3. second
4. third

Which conditional is this?
If she hadn’t cheated on her exam, she could have passed it on her own.

1. zero
2. first
3. second
4. third

Which conditional is this?
If I were invisible, I would scare a lot of people.

1. zero
2. first
3. second
4. third

Which conditional is this?
If she wins, she will be so happy.

1. zero
2. first
3. second
4. third

Conditionals

Zero conditional

If you heat ice, it melts.

First conditional

If she wins, she will be so happy.

Second conditional

If I were invisible, I would scare a lot of people.

Third conditional

If she hadn’t cheated on her exam, she could have passed it on her own.

For the next couple of exercises, fill in the gap. Do not use abbreviated forms (hadn't), but use the full forms instead (had not).

If he ___________
(need) to talk to somebody, tell him to call me.

This is from SB Grammar File, ex. 1

We wouldn’t have arrived late, if there
___________
(not be) a huge traffic jam.

If she ___________ (not find out) about the power station, she wouldn’t have been upset.

I wish I __________ (can/save) enough money to rent a flat with my friends.

If there _________ (not be) such amenities, the teens would have nowhere to go.

We __________ (might/take) the train if we’d known how slow the bus is.

Would you be happy if we 1 ______ in with Granddad?’ (move)

This is really ex. 2 of the Grammar File

That was the first time I heard about my parents’ plans to take over Granddad’s farm. Of course, if it had been my decision I 2 ________ to stay in the city with my friends. (choose)

Mum tried to reassure me. ‘When we move, you 3 ________ more space to do all the things you like such as horse-riding’, she said. (have)

I wasn’t convinced. If I’d spent more time at the farm I 4 ____ more about country life but we’d only ever visited once a year. (know)

‘If it 5 ________, we’ll move back’, Dad said. That was two years ago and we’re still here. (work out)

Would I go back to the city if I 6 ________? No way. (can)

Admittedly the first few months were strange, but if you 7 ________ new friends, it doesn’t take long to feel at home. (find)

In fact, when I 8 ________ school, I plan to stay on the farm full-time. It’s just great. (leave)

For the green slides, write down the two answers with a comma in between. Do not use abbreviated forms. 

1 If I ______ (walk) in the country, I ____ (feel) relaxed.

This is really ex. 1 on p. 38 of the WB

If I walk in the country, I feel relaxed.

1. It is a fact
2. It is a prediction
3. It is an unlikely / impossible situation
4. It is possible, but it did not happen in the past

2 If parking _____ (is, not) free, people ______ (visit, not).

If parking isn't free, people will not visit.

1. It is a fact
2. It is a prediction
3. It is an unlikely / impossible situation
4. It is possible, but it did not happen in the past

3 If I _____ (can design) my own house, it ______ (have) a huge games room.

If I could design my own house, it would have a huge games room.

1. It is a fact
2. It is a prediction
3. It is an unlikely / impossible situation
4. It is possible, but it did not happen in the past

4 Oh no, look what you've done! If you ______ (not kick) the ball so hard, the window _______ (break).

If you hadn't kicked the ball so hard, the window wouldn't have broken.

1. It is a fact
2. It is a prediction
3. It is an unlikely / impossible situation
4. It is possible, but it did not happen in the past

5 We grew up in different cities. If we ______ (grow up) on the same street, we _____ (go) to the same school.

If we had grown up on the same street, we might have gone to the same school.

1. It is a fact
2. It is a prediction
3. It is an unlikely / impossible situation
4. It is possible, but it did not happen in the past

Practice

Do ex. 2, 3, 4 on p. 52 SB

Do ex. 2 and 5 on p. 38 WB