Conditionals

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

How do you make the ZERO conditional?

The Zero Conditional

• Wordt gebruikt bij zaken die absoluut gebeuren: wetenschappelijke feiten en algemene waarheden
• if + present simple, present simple

• If you get too close to the sun, you melt
• If you cross a border, you enter another country
• if you heat up ice, it melts

Third conditional

First conditional

Second conditional

If + present simple, will + infinitive

If + past simple, would + infinitive

If + past perfect, would + present perfect

How do you make the FIRST conditional

first conditional

1. If it rains tonight,

1. I don't go out
2. I will not go out
3. I wouldn't have gone out
4. I would go out

2. If Tim studies hard,

1. He would have passed his exam
2. He will pass his exam
3. He passes him exam
4. He would pass his exam

How do you make the SECOND conditional?

Second conditional

An impossible or imaginary situation

If + past simple, would + infinitive

If it rained, it wouldn't be so bad to stay inside. 

(It is sunny now, so imaginary situation) 

Second conditional - Unlikely to happen

6. If you stopped smoking, you ______ a lot better pretty quickly.

1. feel
2. are feeling
3. will feel
4. would feel

7. If I won the Lottery, I ______ my job. I love it too much.

1. would leave
2. will leave
3. wouldn't leave
4. won't leave

How do you form the THIRD conditional?

If I had gone to bed earlier, I ...(not to be) tired in the afternoon.

1. wouldn't have been
2. wouldn't be
3. won't be
4. am not

If we had tidied our flat, we ...(not / to lose) our keys.

1. will not lose
2. would not lose
3. wouldn't have lost
4. hadn't lost

MIX

If there is an earthquake,

1. Buildings will collapse
2. Buildings collapse
3. Buildings would collapse
4. Buildings would have collapsed

If my sister .................. (win) a trip to Greece, she ................. (take) me with her.

1. won, would take
2. won’t, would take
3. won, would taken
4. won, would took

If I put water in the freezer, ...

1. it is going to become ice.
2. it will become ice.
3. it becomes ice.

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