Conditionals - 0,1,2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Today's objective 

To understand the difference between different conditional types 0, 1, & 2.

To be able to correctly use these conditional sentences

Voorwaarde

Gevolg

Voorwaarde - condition

If/ When the door bell rings,

 "If/ When" part 

Is the clause (bijzin) 

Gevolg - result

the dog barks.

The other part 

Is the main sentence (hoofdzin)

Zero conditional - Type 0 

This always happens, it is always true (Het is altijd zo)

If/ when + present simple, present simple.

If/ when it rains, the ground gets wet.

The ground gets wet if it rains.

First conditional - Type 1

If I eat all this chocolate, I will get fat. 

If he doesn't hurry, he will be late. 

Has this already happened?

 First conditional - Type 1

If + present simple, will + verb 

If you leave now, you won't be late.

If the weather gets better, we will go for a picnic.

He will wash your car if you ask him to.

We use it to talk about what we expect to happen in the future, if the condition (voorwaarde) is met

Second conditional - Type 2

If I had a car, I would drive all my friends around.

If I won the lottery, I would quit my job.

Do I have a car? 

Have I won the lottery?

Second conditional - type 2

If + past simple, would + verb

If he had the money, he would buy a sports car.

• Used to talk about imaginary situations 
• A theoretical  situation that is highly unlikely, but not impossible.

Let op!!

Second conditional >> "If" and a form of "to be" 

Always use "were" for "I" 

If I were you, I would see a doctor about your cough

With "I" use "were" not "was"

Match the grammar construction to the conditional

if + present simple, present simple

If + present simple, will + verb

if + past simple, would + verb

First conditional 

Second conditional 

Zero conditonal

Zero conditional:
When you ..........(to heat) ice, it ........(melt)

1. heat, will melt
2. heat, melts
3. have heated, melts
4. heat, would melt

First conditional:
If I ... (have) enough money, I ... (buy) new shoes.

1. have - will buy
2. will have - buy
3. have - buy
4. will have - will have

Zero conditional:
When you..... (to cut) your hair, it....(to grow) back

1. will cut, grows
2. cut, grow
3. cut, grows
4. cut, will grow

Second conditional:
If they ...(tell) their father, he ...(be)
very angry.

1. told / would be
2. tell / would be
3. told / will be

If I ....   (go) out tonight, I ....  (go) to the cinema. 

If you ...  (get) back late, I ...  (be) angry.

If we .... (eat) all this cake, we ... (feel) sick.

She ... (stay) in London if she ...  (find)

a job.

Use the first conditional to complete the sentences

Will go

go

get

will be

will feel

eat

will stay

finds

Answers

If I go out, I will go to the cinema.

If you get back late, I will be angry.

If we eat all the cake, we will feel sick.

She will stay in London if she finds a job.

Second conditional:
We .......................(not, to be) lost if we .............(to have) a map.

1. would be, have
2. wouldn't be, had
3. would not be, have
4. were not, would have

Zero conditional:
If you.........(to fail) a test, you ..... (to have) a low mark.

1. fail / will have
2. failed / would have
3. fail / have
4. failed / have

First conditional:
If I ....... (go) out tonight, I ....... (go) to the cinema.

1. go / 'll goes
2. go / 'll go
3. go / will go
4. go / will goes

Second conditional:
If she ..... (go) on holiday this summer, she ..... (go) to Spain, but she hasn't got any money.
(only missing words, no commas)

First conditional: If I (not/go) to bed soon, I
(be) tired in the morning.
(use a contraction, missing words only, no comma)

Match the grammar construction to the conditional

if + present simple, present simple

If + present simple, will + verb

if + past simple, would + verb

First conditional 

Second conditional 

Zero conditonal

Choose the correct answers. 

The following are zero, first or second conditionals - fill in the correct conditional.

Tip: Zero = altijd zo

First =  iets in de toekomst

Second = hoogst onwaarschijnlijk/ hyperthetisch

He ...........(to be) in trouble, if he ...........(to be) late for school.

Fill in the missing words:
I .....................(to send) her a postcard, if I ..................(to know) her address.

If you .............(to mix) yellow and red, it ....(to make) an orange colour.

If Mark .........(to finish) work early today, he .......(to come) to the cinema with us.

Fill in the missing words - no contractions:
If he .............(not, to talk) so quickly, I ..............(to understand) him better.

If I woke up on a desert island,

We form the second conditional with....

1. if + past simple, would + verb
2. if + present simple, would + past simple
3. If + past perfect, would + verb
4. If + past simple, would + past simple

Continue with...

 U6:L5  Ex. 4, 5, 6, 7 

Finished ? 

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(I get this/ I don't get the second conditional/ I am not sure when to use which one / your own answer etc.)

Check your knowledge:
We use the second conditional to...

1. talk about certain situations in our future
2. talk about imaginary situations in the future
3. talk about real situations at present
4. talk about imaginary situations in our past