Conditionals

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 5

What is the difference in certainty (zekerheid)?

• If you stand in the rain, you get wet.
  
  
• If it rains we will have to cancel the trip.
  
  
• If I won the lottery, I would be rich.
  
  
• If I hadn't been sick, I would have gone to the party.

What is the difference in certainty (zekerheid)?

• If you stand in the rain, you get wet.                                    Facts and certainties
  
  
• If it rains we will cancel the trip.                                             Possible / likely predictions
  
  
• If I won the lottery, I would be rich.                                        Hypothetical / unlikely situations
  
  
• If I hadn't been sick, I would have gone to the party.     Imagining a different past
  

How do the verbs change per condition?

• If you stand in the rain, you get wet.                                    Present Simple - Present Simple
  
  
• If it rains, we will cancel the trip.                                            Present Simple         -  will + ww
  
  
• If I won the lottery, I would be rich.                                        Past Simple          - would + ww
  
  
• If I hadn't been sick, I would have gone to the party.  Past perfect          - would have  + volt dw
  

You can reverse the clauses too, but the comma disappears!

• If you stand in the rain, you get wet.                                   You get wet if you stand in the rain.   
  
  
• If it rains, we will cancel the trip.                                         We will cancel the trip if it rains.
  
  
• If I won the lottery, I would be rich.                                     I would be rich if I won the lottery.
  

• If I hadn't been sick, I would have gone to the party. 

       I would have gone to the party if I hadn't been sick

IF-ZINNEN
Welke zin klopt?

1. If you help me, I will help you.
2. If you will help me, I help you.

if-zinnen:
"If you never eat vegetables, ......."

1. you will get sick
2. you shall get sick

if-zinnen:
"........, if we don't work together"

1. This project fails,
2. This project will fail,

If I were you, ...

1. I will marry him
2. I marry him
3. I would marry him
4. would have married him

His eyes light up when

1. he speaks about her
2. he spoke about her
3. he would speak about her
4. he would have spoken about her

I will watch the match ...

1. if I have enough time
2. if I had enough time
3. if I would have enough time
4. if I will have enough time

If you had worked harder, you ...

1. will have a better career.
2. would have a better career
3. would have had a better career
4. have a better career

I would have lent you my car ...

1. if I knew you needed it
2. if I had known you needed it.
3. if know you need it.
4. if I would know you needed it.

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.
3. If he will practise, he will be better at soccer

Which conditional sentence is correct?

1. If you would have told me you needed a ride, I would have left earlier.
2. I would have left earlier, if you had told me you needed a ride.
3. If I had cleaned the house, I could go to the movies.
4. If I would own a zoo, I let people interact with the animals more.