Superstitions: conditionals

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

SUPERSTITIONS

Plan for today: 

- Conditionals: revision

- Conditionals: activity

- Holmwood's 

Wat is het verschil tussen de volgende zinnen:
- If you break a leg, you can't stand on it.
- If you keep eating all the chocolate, your mother will get angry.

Zero conditional

Facts, always true.

If present simple,    

present simple

If you walk in the rain without any protection, you get wet.

Type	If-gedeelte	Gevolg	Gebruik
Zero
First

Altijd waar, voor jou altijd waar. 

Specifiek geval, nu of in de toekomst

If + present simple 1

If + present simple 2

Present simple

will + hele werkwoord

If-zinnen: Which is correct?

1. He will be better at soccer, if he practises.
2. If he will practise, he is better at soccer.

ZERO CONDITIONAL: Complete the sentence.

If you only eat junkfood, you ... fat!

1. got
2. gets
3. get
4. gotten

Fill the gaps, use the Zero Conditional:

If you ........ plants, they ........

1. water, die
2. water, will die
3. don't water, die
4. don't water, will die

FIRST CONDITIONAL: Complete the sentence.

I hate getting wet! If it rains, I ... outside.

1. will go
2. won't go
3. going
4. goes

If I win a million euros, I ............ an island.

1. buy
2. would buy
3. will buy
4. buying

If he keeps skipping classes, he ..... in trouble

1. will get
2. gets
3. would get
4. get

If the weather ..... nice tomorrow, we will go hiking

1. will be
2. is
3. would be
4. was

The next activity is about
superstitions. Think about the
picture of the black cat. What
do you think a superstition is?

Which superstitious beliefs do
you know?

Superstition activity 

Watch the video, try to follow it and remember as many of the superstitions around the world as you can. 

You may take notes 

Ireland: if you see one magpie when you open the door, ......
(Write a conditional!)

If you chew gum after dark in Turkey, .......
(Write a conditional!)

If you cut a baby's hair before its first birthday in Africa, ......
(Write a conditional!)

If a pregnant woman goes to the zoo in Africa, ...................
(Write a conditional!)

Greece: if you spit on a bride, .....................
(Write a conditional!)

HOLMWOOD'S TIME