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CONDITIONAL

SENTENCES
Dolores Fernández Martínez
& Francisco Vizcaíno Ortega
Warm-up
• Give us some examples of if-statements.

• How many parts are there in such if-


statements?

• What do we call these parts?


ZERO CONDITIONAL
• If you heat ice, ……………..
ZERO CONDITIONAL
• If you heat ice, it melts.
ZERO-CONDITIONAL
• If you touch a fire, ………………….

• If you touch a fire, you get burned.


ZERO-CONDITIONAL
USE:
To talk about things that are generally or
always true.

FORM:
If-clause + result-clause
Present + present
ZERO CONDITIONAL
vs. FIRST CONDITIONAL
• What is the difference in meaning between?

• If people shout at me, I get stressed.


• If people shout at me, I will get stressed.

• The zero conditional describes what happens


in general, whereas the first conditional
describes a particular situation.
FIRST CONDITIONAL
• If it rains tomorrow, ……………………..

• If it rains tomorrow, I will stay at home.


FIRST CONDITIONAL
• If you drive too fast, ………………….

• If you drive too fast, you will crash.


FIRST CONDITIONAL
USE:
To talk about things which are likely to happen in
the future.

FORM?
• If you drive so fast, you will crash.
• If you have already finished, you may go.
• If it is raining, take your umbrella.

• Phot 1: A. Superstitions
FIRST CONDITIONAL
FORM:

IF-CLAUSE RESULT-CLAUSE
FIRST CONDITIONAL
FORM:

IF-CLAUSE RESULT-CLAUSE

Present simple Will / going to


Present continuous Imperative
Present perfect simple Modals
Present perfect continuous
CONJUNCTIONS
Unless: the same as ‘except if’ / ‘if not’.
• The economy will go down, unless people pay their
loans on time.

Provided / ing (that):


• You can go abroad on holidays, provided / ing that you
get good grades at school.
• Provided / ing you leave now, you will catch the 9
o’clock bus.

As long as:
• Tom will come as long as he finishes early at the office.
FIRST CONDITIONAL

How to be a good citizen:

• If you want to be a good citizen,…

• If you want to be a good citizen, you should


help elderly people.
• ………………………….
• ………………………….
SECOND CONDITIONAL
• If money grew in trees,…………………….

• If money grew in trees, everybody would


be rich.
SECOND CONDITIONAL
• If I met Angelina Jolie, …………………….

• If I met Angelina Jolie, I would hug her.


SECOND CONDITIONAL
USE:
To talk about an imaginary, unlikely or
impossible present or future situation.

FORM:
If-clause + result-clause
Past + would
Pair work
Tell your partner what you would do in these
situations:

• If I were president, ………………


• If I won the lottery, ………………
Phot 1: B. ZERO, FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONALS
(KEYS)

• Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:


1. If crime were non-existent in this city, I (LEAVE) my front door
unlocked at night.
2. If their policies continue undermining national unity, they
(DESTROY) the country.
3. If you really want to help people, (DONATE) blood!
4. If they (FIGHT) corruption, people would feel safer at home.
5. Unless they (DO) something more to combat rising crime,
people will not vote for them.
6. You can’t get into the country, if you (FORGET) your passport.
7. You would learn a lot about other cultures, if you (MAKE)
friends with immigrants.
8. If the economy booms in the following months, new jobs
(CREATE).
Phot 1: B. ZERO, FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONALS
(KEYS)

• Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form:


1. If crime were non-existent in this city, I would leave my front
door unlocked at night.
2. If their policies continue undermining national unity, they
will destroy the country.
3. If you really want to help people, donate blood!
4. If they fought corruption, people would feel safer at home.
5. Unless they do something more to combat rising crime,
people will not vote for them.
6. You can’t get into the country, if you forget your passport.
7. You would learn a lot about other cultures, if you made
friends with immigrants.
8. If the economy booms in the following months, new jobs
will be created.

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