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Conditional Sentences

Conditional Sentences. “ If grandma had wheels she’d be a bicycle.”. Conditional sentences. Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses .

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Conditional Sentences

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  1. Conditional Sentences “If grandma had wheels she’d be a bicycle.”

  2. Conditional sentences • Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. • They are used to express that the action in the main clause(without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled.

  3. Conditional Sentences • There are two kinds of conditional sentences: real and unreal. • Real Conditional describes real-life situations. • Unreal Conditional describes unreal, imaginary situations. • However there are three types of Conditional Sentences.

  4. What do these sentences tell us about reality? • If you work hard, you’ll succeed. • If you worked hard, you would succeed. • If you had worked hard, you would have succeeded.

  5. 1st Conditional A touch of reality…

  6. If-clauseMain clause Present simple will If I see him, I will givehim the book. If I don’t see him, I will phonehim in the evening. The order of the clauses can be reversed. In this case DO NOT use a comma. I will phone him in the evening if I don’t see him.

  7. Use of Conditional type 1 • Conditional Sentences Type I refer to the future. • An action in the future will only happen if a certain condition is fulfilled by that time. • We don't know for sure whether the condition actually will be fulfilled or not, but the conditions seems rather realistic – so we think it is likely to happen

  8. Finish the following sentences… • If I go away on holiday this year… • If I lose all my money… • If we get too much homework… • If my friend gets into trouble.. • If we finish early today… • I’ll eat my hat if… • This school will have to close if… • We will all be very happy if… • I will be rather disappointed if… • Will you help me if…

  9. 2nd Conditional There’s still hope…

  10. If-clauseMain clause Past simplewould If I won the lottery, I would buya house. If I had a car, I wouldn’t walkto school. The order of the clauses can be reversed. In this case DO NOT use a comma. I would read more if I didn’t watch so much TV.

  11. Use of Conditional type 2 • Conditional Type 2 is an unreal conditional. • The Unreal Conditional is used to talk about improbable conditions or impossible situations.

  12. Conditional sentence True Fact 1 True Fact 2 If John had money, he would buy a Ferrari. John doesn’t have money, He will not buy a Ferrari John buys an ordinary car. Please take a look at the example carefully…

  13. Conditional sentence True Fact 1 True Fact 2 If I found her address, I would send her an invitation. I don’t find her address, I will not send her an invitation It’s difficult to find her address Please take a look at the example carefully…

  14. Were instead of was • In Conditional Sentence Type II, we usually use ‚were‘ – even if the pronoun is I, he, she or it –. • We don’t use was in Conditional Sentence Type II If I were you, I would tell her.

  15. Finish the following sentences… • If people had eyes in the backs of their heads… • If cars didn’t exist.. • I would not tell him… • If I were rich… • If my best friend won the lottery… • We would kill a dog… • If we couldn’t speak English… • We wouldn’t go to Paris… • I would give you all my clothes… • If schools didn’t exist…

  16. Conditional Sentences Exercises

  17. exercise 1 If she goes by plane, she will arrive early. If he was/were a respectful person, he wouldn’t behave like that. If she travels by car, the journey will lastfor…

  18. exercise 1 - continued If he pays for anything... If they met in L.A., she would visit... Hurry up if you wantto catch the train.

  19. Exercise 2 … she wouldn’t know her mark. … she would do something about it. … she would find a good job. … he would accept it. … she will win. … would go out more.

  20. Exercise 2 - continued … someone will talk to her. … you’d be careful about the information you gave. … you won’t trust him/her ever again. … they would learn more. … her pen pal, she would be very happy. … they would visit him / her.

  21. Exercise 3 If you go to this college, you will learn a lot… If they paid in advance, they would have a bonus. If she takes part in this exchange project, she will meetnew people.

  22. Exercise 3 - continued If they facilitated the task, they would avoidproblems. If he programmes the activities, there will betime for everything. If teachers accompanythe students, ...

  23. exercise 3 cont. … you will get there earlier. … they would learn faster. … someone will find out. … you will ask for help. … would be able to speak it. … she will have to postpone the test.

  24. Conditional Sentences More Exercises

  25. Finish or start the sentences … you won’t have money to buy a … … they would be surprised. If she readsthis tale,… If you catch the wrong bus, … If he touches that plate, …

  26. Exercise B … we wouldn’t need anything else. …they would spend a lot of money in phone calls. …they didn’t improve our quality of life. …robots hadn’t been invented. …we would still carry our walkman. …if the net didn’t exist.

  27. Songswithconditionals • Havefunwiththesongsbelowthatcontainconditioals. Pickoneandwritetheconditionalsyoufind in them. They’reallonYoutube!

  28. Songs • If I were a boy – Beyoncé • If I were a carpenter – Led Zeppelin • If I had a milliondollars – Barenaked Ladies • WhatifGod – Joan Ozbourne • Seizetheday – AvengedSevenfold • Youcouldbehappy – SnowPatrol • If I had a gun – Noel Gallagher • Whatif - Coldplay

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