Conditional sentences

Conditional Sentences,[object Object]

Conditional Sentences,[object Object],Structure :,[object Object],A conditional sentence is composed of 2 parts :,[object Object],If-clause ,[object Object], +,[object Object],Main Clause,[object Object],Example :,[object Object],If it rains tomorrow, we will not come.,[object Object],If-clause,[object Object],Main Clause,[object Object]

Conditional Sentences,[object Object],Types :,[object Object],[object Object], important. ,[object Object], But if the if-clause comes first, it must be followed by,[object Object], a comma.,[object Object],If it rains, I’ll stay at home,[object Object],[object Object], They are classified according to the degree of ,[object Object], probability that they express.,[object Object],[object Object], tenses to show the difference in the degree of ,[object Object], probability.,[object Object]

Conditional Sentences,[object Object],Zero Conditional: If /when + present tense ….. / modal,[object Object],Water boils if it reaches 100º,[object Object],First Conditional: If/unless + present,….. Future,[object Object],If I study, I’ll pass,[object Object],Second Conditional: If + past, ……would +inf.,[object Object],If I studied, I would pass,[object Object],Third Conditional: If + past perfect ….. would have + pp,[object Object],If I had studied, I would have passed,[object Object]

Zero Conditionals,[object Object],Tense :,[object Object],Present tense in both clauses,[object Object],Example :,[object Object],Present Tense,[object Object],Present Tense,[object Object],If you heat water to 100°C, it boils.,[object Object], If you pour oil into water, it floats.,[object Object]

Zero Conditionals,[object Object],Use :,[object Object],[object Object],If you heat ice, it turns to water,[object Object],[object Object],IfIseea spider, I get very scared!,[object Object]

First Conditionals,[object Object],Tense :,[object Object],If-clause ~ Present Tense,[object Object],Main Clause ~ Future Tense,[object Object],Present Tense,[object Object],Future Tense,[object Object],If I feel sick tomorrow, I will not go to school.,[object Object], If it rains, the match will be cancelled.,[object Object]

First Conditionals,[object Object],Use :,[object Object],[object Object],If the weather is as sunny tomorrow as it was today, we will go surfing.,[object Object],[object Object],If you forget my birthday, I’ll never speak to you again.,[object Object],[object Object],If you aretired, go to bed!,[object Object],In this case the verb in the main clause is an Imperative,[object Object]

Exercise One. First Conditionals,[object Object],do not come,[object Object],If you ___________________ (not come),,[object Object], You ________________ (miss ) the show.,[object Object],will miss,[object Object],will buy,[object Object],John __________________ (buy)a car if he ,[object Object], _____________ (get) a job.,[object Object],gets,[object Object],will get,[object Object],Mary ________________(get) a toothache if ,[object Object], she_________________ (eat) too many sweets.,[object Object],eats,[object Object]

Second Conditionals,[object Object],Tense :,[object Object],If-clause ~ Past Tense,[object Object],Main Clause ~ would + an infinitive,[object Object],Example :,[object Object],Past Tense,[object Object],Would + infinitive,[object Object], If he were a bird, he would fly across the harbour.,[object Object],If I had $200,000 now, I would buy a car.,[object Object]

Second Conditionals,[object Object],MIND,[object Object],Were is often used instead of was in the 1st and 3rd person singular,[object Object],Use :,[object Object],[object Object],situations which are unlikely to happen.,[object Object],If I had any money I would lend it to you.,[object Object],If I were you I wouldn't do this.,[object Object]

Third Conditionals,[object Object],Tense :,[object Object],If-clause ~ Past Perfect Tense,[object Object],Main Clause ~ Would Have + Past Participle ,[object Object],Past Perfect Tense,[object Object],Would have+ Past Participle,[object Object],If I had had enough money, I would have bought the camera yesterday.,[object Object],If I had come home earlier, I would not havemissed the programme.,[object Object]

Third Conditionals,[object Object],Use :,[object Object],[object Object],If they’d gone by bus, they would have arrived much later.,[object Object],(They didn’t go by bus),[object Object],He would have travelled around the world if he had hadmore money.,[object Object],(Impossible to change, because he didn’t have the money),[object Object]

Exercise Two,[object Object],were,[object Object],If I ________________ (be) four years old, I ,[object Object], ________________ (learn) to play the piano. ,[object Object],would learn,[object Object],had not failed,[object Object],If I ________________ (not fail) in the ,[object Object], examination, my mother_______________ (buy) ,[object Object], me a new computer.,[object Object],would have bought,[object Object],would have finished,[object Object],3. We ________________________ (finish) if we ,[object Object], ________________ (have) better preparation.,[object Object],had had,[object Object]

Conditional Sentences,[object Object],Other connectors:,[object Object],Type 1 : UNLESS,[object Object],If you don’t phone John, he’ll get very angry.,[object Object],Unless you phone John, he’ll get very angry.,[object Object],Unless can replace If in negative conditionals,[object Object]

Conditional Sentences,[object Object],Other connectors:,[object Object],PROVIDED / PROVIDING (THAT)/ WITH THE CONDITION THAT/ AS LONG AS,[object Object],You can stay with the condition that you ,[object Object],sleep on the couch.,[object Object],I will go to the party as long as you go there too,[object Object],IMAGINE / SUPPOSE /SUPPOSING THAT,[object Object],Imagine that you won a million pounds, what would you do?,[object Object]

Conditional Sentences,[object Object],Other connectors:,[object Object],EVEN IF,[object Object],I won’t go to the party even if they beg me,[object Object],IN CASE,[object Object],Take an umbrella in case it rains,[object Object]

Conditional Sentences,[object Object],Modal verbs in conditional sentences,[object Object],Variations:,[object Object],Type 1, 2 and 3 :,[object Object],If we are not careful, many species may become extinct.,[object Object],If I were an aeroplane, I could fly in the sky.,[object Object],If she hadn’t worn her helmet, she might have been seriously injured.,[object Object]

Exercises,[object Object],Identifying conditionals,[object Object],I. Choose the correct answer.,[object Object],1 - If I drink tea in the morning, it makes me feel sick.,[object Object],[object Object]

Third Conditional,[object Object]

Exercises,[object Object],2 - I'll tell her if she comes.,[object Object],[object Object]

Third Conditional,[object Object], 3 - If I were you, I'd buy it as soon as possible.,[object Object],[object Object]

Exercises,[object Object],4 - If I had the time, I’d help you,[object Object],[object Object]

Third Conditional,[object Object],5 – I would have done things differently if I had been the manager.,[object Object],[object Object]

Exercises,[object Object],6 - If you work hard enough, you may well pass.,[object Object],[object Object]

Third Conditional,[object Object],7 – Water boils if you heat it to a hundred degrees celsius.,[object Object],[object Object]

Exercises,[object Object],8 - I would be surprised if it rained.,[object Object],[object Object]

Third Conditional,[object Object],9 – If she'd tried harder, she might have succeeded.,[object Object],[object Object]

Exercises,[object Object],II. Choose the correct answer.,[object Object],1 - If I ...... you, I would tell him straightaway,[object Object],[object Object]

Conditional sentences

Conditional sentences

Recomendados

Más contenido relacionado

Was ist angesagt?

Was ist angesagt?(20)

Destacado

Destacado(20)

Similar a Conditional sentences

Similar a Conditional sentences(20)

Más de Carmenramirezgonzalez

Más de Carmenramirezgonzalez(10)

Último

Último(6)

Conditional sentences