3. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
Situation
CONDITION
Circumstance
If a particular condition is true, then a particular result happens.
If x = 3 then 2x = 6
4. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
IF CONDITION RESULT
If it rains , we will get wet
RESULT IF CONDITION
We will get wet if it rains
5. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
Types of Conditionals
ZERO CONDITIONAL
FIRST CONDITIONAL
SECOND CONDITIONAL
THIRD CONDITIONAL
MIXED CONDITIONAL
6. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
Zero Conditional
Certainty
• “If you heat water to 100 degrees
celsius, it boils”
•Things that are always true
•Universal facts
•Personal facts
“If I don´t drink coffee, I get a headache”
If + Present Simple , + Present Simple
7. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
What happens IF….
It boils
You freeze water,
It turns into ice
She gets an allergy
Your sister eats
shrimps
She goes crazy
She really means “YES”
A woman says
“NO” She actually means “NO”
And if she says “YES”….
9. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
First Conditional
A real possibility in the future
“If it rains today, I'll stay at home.”
•Future actions dependent
on the result of another
future action or event
If I stay at home, I´ll be bored
If + Present Simple, + Will/Other Modals + Base form
10. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
If she gets good grades,
She will go to college She may go to college
She might/could go to college
She can go to college She should go to college
OPINION
DEFINITELY POSSIBLE
NOT SURE
POSSIBLE BUT NOT
LIKELY
12. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
Second Conditional
Imaginary Present or Unlikely Future
“If I had the time, I would learn
Italian”
•Imaginary situations in the Present
•Imaginary situations in the Future
If you were older, I´d ask you to marry
me
If + Past Simple,+ Would/Other Modals + Base
13. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
If you won the lottery,
You would travel to Japan
I´d become your best friend!
Your name could be
Superman!
If you could fly,
I´d ask you to take me
everywhere
If you had X-ray Vision,
You might go crazy! People would hide from you
15. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
Third Conditional
Imaginary Past
“If I had known that you were in trouble, I would´ve
helped you”
I didn´t know, so I didn´t help
•Imagining something different
from what actually happened
If + Past perfect,+ Would/Other Modals + Have + Past Participle
16. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
If you had saved your money, you could have bought a computer
What happened????
You didn't save your money, so
now you can't afford a computer.
If it had snowed, we could have gone skiing
What happened????
It didn't snow, so we
couldn't go skiing.
18. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
Mixed Conditional
If you had taken dancing You would´ve been a famous 3rd
classes, dancer Hypothethical
Past
If you took dancing classes, You would be a famous 2nd
dancer
Hypothetical
You didn´t take the classes, so these are the Future
consequences, you´re not famous now
19. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
Mixed Conditional
2nd
If I were smarter, I would be able to answer Hypothetical
Present
If I had been smarter, I would´ve been able to 3rd
I wasn´t smart when I took the test and answer smart now either, so I
I am not Hypothethical
couldn´t answer it. Past
20. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING
3rd 2nd
If I had taken an aspirin, I wouldn't have a headache now
I didn´t take any aspirin, so I have a headache now
2nd 3rd
If her husband had enough money, she would´ve gone on a trip to Hawaii
He didn´t have money then and doesn´t have money now either, so she
couldn´t go to any trip
