Unit 3 Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence.pdf
Usage of "if"
1. WHY WE USE IF???
Agha Kousar
The Smart School
6TH CLASS
Grammar and Work Book
Agha Kousar English Teacher of The Smar
2. HOW TO USE ‘IF’ IN CONDITIONAL
SENTENCES
1. In English we have four
ways to make conditional
(if) sentences. Here is
how to make them
0 Conditional
1 Conditional
2 Conditional
3 conditional
If i won the
lottery, I
would be
rich.
Agha Kousar English Teacher of The Smar
3. 0 CONDITIONAL
is used for scientific facts or general truths. ‘If’
can be substituted for ‘when’.
Examples
‘If you boil water to 100°C, it boils.’
‘When you boil water to 100°C, it boils.’
Agha Kousar English Teacher of The Smar
4. 1ST CONDITIONAL –
is used with ‘will/can + base verb’ for a probable future result.
Examples
‘If you study hard, your English will improve.’
'If I get enough sleep, I will feel better.’
Agha Kousar English Teacher of The Smar
5. 2ND CONDITIONAL –
uses the ‘simple past’ with ‘modal +
base verb’ for imagined, impossible or
unreal future situations.
For Example
‘If I won the lottery, I would buy a plane.’
'If you met Johnny Depp, what would you
ask him?’ Agha Kousar English Teacher of The Smar
6. 3RD CONDITIONAL –
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uses the ‘past perfect’ with ‘modal + have + past participle’. It is
usually used to express a past regret about something which did not
happen in the past.
‘If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a plane.’
If I had been taller, I could have climbed on tree.
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