Conditionals

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Look at these four sentences.

0.  If you stand in the rain, you get wet.

1. If you study, you will pass the test.

2. If I sold my house, I would be rich.

3. If I had taken an earlier bus, I would have caught the train.

Condition

0.      If you stand in the rain, 

1.       If you study,

2.      If I sold my house,

3.     If I had taken an earlier bus,

Result

you get wet.

you will pass the test.

 I would be rich.

I would have caught the train.

Zero Conditional

    

This conditional is used when the result will always happen.

If you stand in the rain, you get wet. 

If can be replaced by when.

Zero Conditional

    

This conditional is used when the result will always happen.

If you stand in the rain, you get wet. 

If can be replaced by when.

First Conditional

It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future.

If you study, you will pass the test.

Second Conditional

We can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true.

If I sold my house, I would be rich.

(I'm not going to though. Where would I live?)

We can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true. 

If I had his number, I would call him.

Third Conditional

It describes the past. It talks about the past or an imaginary situation and the result is something you can only dream about.

If I had taken an earlier bus, I would have caught the train.

Fill in if it' a sentence with a 

0 conditional

1 conditional

2 conditional

3 conditional

If I had known the answer, I would have raised my hand.

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3

If you lend me your car, I'll clean it every day.

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3

If you had studied hard, you wouldn't have failed your exam.

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3

If they can't find you, they can't wash you.

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3

If you were a banker, I'd totally save you.

1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3

Conditional and Tenses

Conditionals 

and 

Tenses

Condition

0.      If you stand in the rain, 

      

if + Present Simple,

If you stand

Result

you get wet.

Present Simple

you get

Condition

1.       If you study,

if + present simple,

If you study,

Result

you will pass the test.

will + infinitive

will pass

Condition

2.      If I sold my house,

if + past simple,

If I sold

Result

 I would be rich.

would + infinitive

would be

Condition

3.     If I had taken an earlier bus,

if + past perfect

If I had taken

Result

I would have caught the train.

would + have + past participle

would have caught

Fill the gap with the correct tense.

Fill in the zero conditional:
If it ... (rain), the grass ... (get) wet.

Fill in the first conditional:
If he ... (go) to Paris next month, he ... (visit) the Eiffel Tower.

Fill in the second conditional:
If England ... (have) better weather, it ... (be) the perfect place to live.

Fill in the third conditional: If you ....... (study), you .......... (pass) the exam

If it freezes tonight, water ... (turn) into ice

If Sarah .... (clean) her room today, she will be allowed to go to the cinema

If we won the lottery, I ..... (be) very happy

If it .... (snow) tonight,
the coach will cancel the match

If we move to a bigger house, I ... (have) my own room

If you ....... (tell) me, I definitely would have remembered

If you .... (press) this button, you will hear the doorbell

If I had brought my camera with me, I ........ (take) a photo

Do the exercises on page 54 of your Studentbook.