2. Conditionals
•SORT OUT THESE SENTENCES INTO 3 CATEGORIES:
If you freeze water, it turns into ice.
What would you do if you had 1 million dollars?
You’ll put on weight if you don’t take any exercise.
If you heat ice, it melts.
If you met him, you’d be shocked.
If we don’t land soon, I´ll miss my next plane.
If she asks me, I´ll help her with her homework.
•She would be very pleased if you phoned her.
3. Conditionals
•CATEGORY 1: ZERO CONDITIONAL
If you freeze water, it turns into ice.
If you heat ice, it melts.
4. Conditionals
•ZERO CONDITIONAL
These sentences refer to things that are always true.
You can use WHEN instead of IF and the meaning remains the same
5. Conditionals
•CATEGORY 2: FIRST CONDITIONAL
You’ll put on weight if you don’t take any exercise.
If we don’t land soon, I´ll miss my next plane.
If she asks me, I´ll help her with her homework.
6. Conditionals
•FIRST CONDITIONAL
Used to talk about something in the future that will happen if
something else happens (possible situations).
The If-clause is in the present tense.
The main clause is in the future tense (will).
The sentence refers to a present or future event.
7. Conditionals
•CATEGORY 3: SECOND CONDITIONAL
What would you do if you had 1 million dollars?
She would be very pleased if you phoned her.
If you met him, you’d be shocked.
8. Conditionals
•SECOND CONDITIONAL
When you use the second conditional, you are talking about an
imaginary or unreal situation.
The If-clause is in the past tense.
The main clause is in the conditional form (would).
The sentence does not refer to the past.
9. Conditionals
•THIRD CONDITIONAL
If I had known about the exam, I´d have studied harder.
If we had taken a GPS, we wouldn´t have got lost.
If he had been a doctor, he would have saved her.
If she had followed your advice, she would have read the book.
10. Conditionals
•THIRD CONDITIONAL: STRUCTURE
If-clause: past perfect
main clause: would have + past participle
11. Conditionals
•THIRD CONDITIONAL: MEANING
Used to talk about an unreal situation in the past.
We are talking about something which didn’t happen.
Frequently used to express regret.
12. Conditionals
UNLESS
I won’t go unless he invites me.
Unless you were very ill, you would be at work.
We wouldn’t have phoned him, unless you had suggested it.
13. Conditionals
YOUR TURN
Choose the 5 words which complete each sentence
Adapted from BBCLearnEnglish
............................ marry him, would you say yes?
he to if would asked asks you
If he asked you to marry him, would you say yes?
14. Conditionals
YOUR TURN
Choose the 5 words which complete each sentence
How would we keep in touch ...............................?
to didn’t we have if did computers
How would we keep in touch if we didn’t have computers?
15. Conditionals
YOUR TURN
Choose the 5 words which complete each sentence
...................... if the pay was lower than this?
leave you left job your if would
Would you leave your job if the pay was lower than this?
16. Conditionals
YOUR TURN
Choose the 5 words which complete each sentence
If she .................... , ..............going out with her.
he beautiful wouldn’t isn’t wasn’t being be
If she wasn’t beautiful, he wouldn’t be going out with her
17. Conditionals
YOUR TURN
Choose the 5 words which complete each sentence
If people ............................ , ........................ be fewer wars.
more would there tolerant wouldn’t were are
If people were more tolerant, there would be fewer wars.
18. Conditionals
YOUR TURN
Choose the 5 words which complete each sentence
If you ........................ , ..................... be able to communicate.
speak spoke speaking couldn’t wouldn’t we English
If you couldn’t speak English, we wouldn’t be able to
communicate.
19. YOUR TURN
THIRD CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Put these facts about The Titanic in the correct order Adapted from OnestopEnglish
Other ships warn The Titanic about ice but The Titanic hits the iceberg
the captain continues at the same speed
The lookouts do not see the iceberg
The Titanic leaves Ireland
The captain increases the speed of the ship
The passengers start to get into the
lifeboats but there is not enough room The Titanic sinks
What would have happened if each of the events had
not happened?
20. YOUR TURN
THIRD CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Complete these sentences
If the Titanic ...... (not leave) Ireland, it ..... (not sink)
If the Titanic ...... (travel) slowly, it ..... (miss) the iceberg.
If the captain ...... (listen) to the warnings, he ..... (be) more careful.
If the lookouts ...... (see) the iceberg earlier, they ..... (tell) the captain in time to
save the ship.
If the Titanic ...... (nit hit) the iceberg, it ..... (not sink).
If there .......... (be) more lifeboats, fewer people ..... (die).
If the Titanic ...... (travel) slowly, it ..... (arrive) in New York.
21. Conditionals
ONLINE EXERCISES
Possible situations.
Unreal present situations.
Unreal situations: present and past.
