The document explains the difference between 'if' and 'when', with examples for each usage. It includes classroom activities to practice constructing sentences using 'when' and 'if' related to personal health situations. The activities encourage students to engage with each other by asking and answering questions based on these scenarios.

1. IF AND WHEN

2. IF AND WHEN
• Both have similar meaning.
•If refers to possibility of something happening.
Example: I drink hot vinegar with honey if I get a really bad
cold.
•WHEN referring to the time something is going to
happen.
Example: I do not take anything when I have a cold.

3. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU
HAVE A COLD?
•I sometimes take aspirin when I have a cold
(in the middle - no comma).
•When I have a cold, I sometimes take aspirin
(at the beginning - place comma).

4. WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU GET A
REALLY BAD COLD?
•If I get a really bad cold, I always drink hot
vinegar with honey. (at the beginning - place
comma)
•I always drink hot vinegar with honey if I get a
really bad cold. (in the middle - no comma)

5. USING WHEN IN OTHER SITUATIONS
•The grass grows when It rains
•When It rains, the grass grows
•I can´t do my homework when I´m tired.
•When I am sad, I read a book.

6. USING IF IN OTHER SITUATIONS
•The grass grows if It rains
•If It rains, the grass grows
•Tea tastes good if I put enough honey.
•If I miss the bus, I get angry.

7. IN CLASS ACTIVITY
IN YOUR
NOTEBOOK COPY
THE FOLLOWING
SENTENCES, THEN
MATCH THEM.
BE BACK IN 15
MINUTES.

8. IN CLASS ACTIVITY IN YOUR
NOTEBOOK
• Join the phrases with WHEN to make true sentences about yourself.
1. have a fever/ take medicine 4. feel sick/ lie down for a while
2. get a stomachache/ stay in bed 5. have a sore throat/ drink hot tea with
honey.
3 have a cough/ go to the doctor 6. have a headache / take aspirin
Add 2 more
• Example: have a toothache/ go to the dentist
When I have a toothache, I go to the dentist.
I go to the dentist when I have a toothache.
Be prepare to read your sentences in class to get extra points in participation

9. IN CLASS ACTIVITY
• Write questions for specific people (more than one person), ask what do they
do in these specific situations
( use if in your questions)
• Look for the questions your classmates asked you and answer them (use if)
• Example: have a bad cold and have to go to class?
• What do you do if you have a bad cold and have to go to class?
• If I have a bad cold, I usually stay home.
1. Feel sore after exercising? 4. have an upset stomach after you eat?
2. Have a high fever? 5. Feel tired and run down ?
3. Have to cough at a concert? 6. Have to sneeze at a movie?