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1. 9 Present Real
Conditionals
Herbal Remedies
Focus on Grammar 4
Part IX, Unit 21
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. Herbal Remedies
If people are sick, they go to a doctor. But some
people also use herbal remedies for basic
healthcare. For example, if you aren’t sleeping
well, you can drink chamomile tea. If you suffer
from motion sickness, ginger settles your
stomach. When you have a cold, you can add
garlic to your food. Make a lavender compress
when you have a headache. If you get a burn, try
the juice of the aloe plant. But if you take herbs,
tell your doctor. Some herbs may interfere with
other medicines.

3. Present Real Conditionals 1
Use present real conditionals for general truths. Use
the simple present in both clauses.
If your body temperature is above 98.6º, you have a fever.
result clause
if clause
If people get sick, they sometimes try herbs.
if clause result clause

4. Present Real Conditionals 2
Conditional sentences have an if clause (condition)
and a result clause.
If people get sick, they try herbal remedies.
if clause result clause

5. Present Real Conditionals 3
Use real conditionals for habits and things that
happen again and again.
If I’m feeling sick, I eat more garlic.
if clause
result clause
simple present or
present progressive
simple present

6. When
You can often use when instead of if.
If I have a sore throat, I take
licorice root.
When I have a sore throat, I take
licorice root.

7. Use with Modals
You can use modals in the result clause.
If you aren’t sleeping well, you can drink
chamomile tea.
If you get a burn, you might use aloe gel.

8. Combine each group of words to
Practice 1 make a sentence with a conditional
clause and a result clause.
Example: drink green tea / may lower your blood sugar
If you drink green tea, you may lower your blood sugar.
1. take ginkgo / memory might improve
If you take ginkgo, your memory might improve.
2. use tea tree oil / can heal skin problems
If you use tea tree oil, it can heal skin problems.
3. take evening primrose oil / could lower your cholesterol
If you take evening primrose oil, you could lower your
cholesterol.

9. Use with Imperatives
You can use imperatives in the result clause.
If you take herbs, tell your doctor.
If you have a headache, make a lavender compress.

10. Look at the chart. Make
Practice 2 conditional sentences with
modals or imperatives.
Problem Herbal Remedy
insomnia lavender bath
mild depression St. John’s wort
cough slippery elm tea
cold Echinacea
Example:
If you have insomnia, you should takebath.
take a lavender a lavender bath.
1. If you have mild depression, you can take St. John’s wort.
2. If you have a cough, drink slippery elm tea.
3. If you have a cold, you can take Echinacea.

11. Clause Order
A conditional sentence can begin with the if
clause or the result clause.
If you have motion sickness, eat ginger root.
if clause result clause
Eat ginger root if you have motion sickness.
result clause if clause

12. Be Careful!
Use a comma between the two clauses only when
the if clause comes first.
,
If you have motion sickness eat ginger root.
if clause
Eat ginger root , if you have motion sickness.
if clause

13. Reverse the order of the
Practice 3 clauses in each sentence. Be
careful with punctuation.
Example: If you are nauseous, ginger settles your stomach.
Ginger settles your stomach if you are nauseous.
1. If you get a burn, use aloe gel.
Use aloe gel if you get a burn.
2. Make a lavender compress when you have a headache.
When you have a headache, make a lavender compress.
3. If you take herbs, tell your doctor.
Tell your doctor if you take herbs.

14. Use with Negatives
You can make either or both clauses negative.
If I drink slippery elm tea, I don’t cough as much.
If I’m not sleeping well, I don’t drink coffee.

15. Complete the sentences
Practice 4 with remedies used in
your family or culture.
Example: If you have a cold. . .
If we have a cold, we eat a bowl of chicken noodle soup.
1. If you have a headache. . .
2. When you can’t sleep. . .
3. If you have a stomachache. . .
4. Whenever you have the hiccups. . .
5. If you ___________ . . .

16. References
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