Conditionals

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Conditionals

Goal for today

At the end of this lesson, you will understand and know how to use conditionals (if-clauses)

Do you know what conditionals are?

What are conditionals?

• A sentence that is made up of an if-clause (condition) and a main clause (result) 
• We also call them 'if sentences'
• Describes a situation that might happen or might have happened
• There are 4 types of conditionals and they are made using different English verb tenses. 

Zero Conditional

• Real factual situations
• if + present simple, ... present simple
• e.g. If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.
• If it rains, the soil gets wet

If he ___ (touch) the fire, he ___ (get) burned.

If you ___(freeze) water, it ___ (become) a solid.

First conditional

• Possible future action
• if + present simple, ... will + infinitive
  
  Example: 
  If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema

More examples

• If you like warm weather, you will like Florida or California.
• If you go to California, you'll be able to go to great beaches.
• if you go by plane, it will take about 6 hours.

If you ___ (make) trouble, I ___(send) you to the principal.

If she __ (get) good grades, she __(go) to university.

2nd conditional

• Unreal, improbable situations
• if + past simple, .... would + infinitive
• If I won the lottery, I would buy a mansion

If burglers __ (break) into my house, they ___ (not find) any money.

If I ___ (be) you, I ___ (quit) smoking.

Third  conditional

• Unreal past situations
• if + past perfect,... would have + past participle
• If I had left earlier, I would have arrived on time.
  
• He would not have met her, if he had stayed at home

If I ___ (save) my money, I ___ (buy) a PlayStation 5.

If he ___(not take) the job, he __(go) travelling.

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50%

0%

If I study, I will pass

If I studied, I would pass

If I had studied, I would have passed

Probability (how true is it?)

Recap

• Zero: Real factual situations
• First:  Possible future action
• Second: Unreal, improbable situations
• Third: Unreal past situations

Recap

How well do you know now how to use the conditionals (on a scale from 1 to 10)?

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