3A Wednesday 12 March 2025

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Learning goals

By the end of this lesson:

- you will have practised English writing skills

- you will have learned how to use conditional sentences 

(=if sentences)

Writing exercises

Stepping Stones

p. 68, ex. 19

p. 69, ex. 21

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

Type 0

• Zero conditional

 

if sentence	result
present simple	present simple
If you add two and two,	you get four.

General truths and habits 

Type 1 

• First conditional

 

if sentence	result
present simple	will + infinitive
If I get sick,	I will go to the doctor.

Possible or likely things in the future 

Type 2

• Second conditional

 

if sentence	result
past simple	would + infinitive
If I won the lottery,	I would buy a car.

impossible things in the present, unlikely things in the future 

Type 3 

• Third conditional

 

if sentence	result
past perfect	would + have + past participle
If I had studied harder,	I would have passed the exam.

Things that didn't happen in the past and their imaginary results 

Zero conditional
If I eat ........................ , ........................................

When do you use the first conditional?

I get tired if I ................................................

If you don't wash clothes, they ...................

If you mix black and white, ..........................

Self-study

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-quizzes/mixed-conditionals.htm

https://www.lingobest.com/free-online-english-course/zero-and-first-conditionals-games-and-exercises-in-english/

Takeaway from this lesson

Write down a sentence using either zero, or first conditional