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Conditionally speaking
This document provides an overview of conditionals in English. It explains the different types of conditionals - zero, first, second, third, and mixed conditionals - and provides examples of each. The zero conditional describes certainties. The first conditional discusses real possibilities in the future. The second conditional imagines present or unlikely future situations. The third conditional imagines different past situations. Mixed conditionals combine elements of different conditionals types.
Conditionally speaking
- 1. Further Ahead 2011 CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING All you need to know about Conditionals… For students of Advanced levels. By: Virginia Velásquez
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- 3. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Situation CONDITION Circumstance If a particular condition is true, then a particular result happens. If x = 3 then 2x = 6
- 4. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING IF CONDITION RESULT If it rains , we will get wet RESULT IF CONDITION We will get wet if it rains
- 5. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Types ofConditionals ZERO CONDITIONAL FIRST CONDITIONAL SECOND CONDITIONAL THIRD CONDITIONAL MIXED CONDITIONAL
- 6. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Zero Conditional Certainty • “If you heat water to 100 degrees celsius, it boils” •Things that are always true •Universal facts •Personal facts “If I don´t drink coffee, I get a headache” If + Present Simple , + Present Simple
- 7. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING What happensIF…. It boils You freeze water, It turns into ice She gets an allergy Your sister eats shrimps She goes crazy She really means “YES” A woman says “NO” She actually means “NO” And if she says “YES”….
- 8. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Time topractice!
- 9. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING First Conditional A real possibility in the future “If it rains today, I'll stay at home.” •Future actions dependent on the result of another future action or event If I stay at home, I´ll be bored If + Present Simple, + Will/Other Modals + Base form
- 10. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING If she gets good grades, She will go to college She may go to college She might/could go to college She can go to college She should go to college OPINION DEFINITELY POSSIBLE NOT SURE POSSIBLE BUT NOT LIKELY
- 11. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Time topractice!
- 12. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Second Conditional ImaginaryPresent or Unlikely Future “If I had the time, I would learn Italian” •Imaginary situations in the Present •Imaginary situations in the Future If you were older, I´d ask you to marry me If + Past Simple,+ Would/Other Modals + Base
- 13. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING If you won the lottery, You would travel to Japan I´d become your best friend! Your name could be Superman! If you could fly, I´d ask you to take me everywhere If you had X-ray Vision, You might go crazy! People would hide from you
- 14. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Time topractice!
- 15. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Third Conditional Imaginary Past “If I had known that you were in trouble, I would´ve helped you” I didn´t know, so I didn´t help •Imagining something different from what actually happened If + Past perfect,+ Would/Other Modals + Have + Past Participle
- 16. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING If youhad saved your money, you could have bought a computer What happened???? You didn't save your money, so now you can't afford a computer. If it had snowed, we could have gone skiing What happened???? It didn't snow, so we couldn't go skiing.
- 17. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Time topractice!
- 18. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Mixed Conditional If you had taken dancing You would´ve been a famous 3rd classes, dancer Hypothethical Past If you took dancing classes, You would be a famous 2nd dancer Hypothetical You didn´t take the classes, so these are the Future consequences, you´re not famous now
- 19. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Mixed Conditional 2nd If I were smarter, I would be able to answer Hypothetical Present If I had been smarter, I would´ve been able to 3rd I wasn´t smart when I took the test and answer smart now either, so I I am not Hypothethical couldn´t answer it. Past
- 20. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING 3rd 2nd If I had taken an aspirin, I wouldn't have a headache now I didn´t take any aspirin, so I have a headache now 2nd 3rd If her husband had enough money, she would´ve gone on a trip to Hawaii He didn´t have money then and doesn´t have money now either, so she couldn´t go to any trip
- 21. CONDITIONALLY SPEAKING Time topractice!
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