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![1st conditional
To talk about possible present or future situations and
their result.
Structure:
[CLAUSE 1] + [CLAUSE 2]
If / unless + Any present tense + will / won’t
modal verb
imperative mood
If we pass the exam, our parents will let us go on vacation.
I will finish my work tomorrow, unless my children take up all my time.
NOTICE that unless (if + not) adds a negative meaning, so the verb used in the
same clause is in the affirmative form.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/thirdconditional-180411184501/85/Third-conditional-4-320.jpg)
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- 2. Try to completethe following sentences I always have a great time if… When I can’t sleep well… As soon as I get home… If I were omnipotent…
- 4. 1st conditional Totalk about possible present or future situations and their result. Structure: [CLAUSE 1] + [CLAUSE 2] If / unless + Any present tense + will / won’t modal verb imperative mood If we pass the exam, our parents will let us go on vacation. I will finish my work tomorrow, unless my children take up all my time. NOTICE that unless (if + not) adds a negative meaning, so the verb used in the same clause is in the affirmative form.
- 6. 2nd conditional Totalk about hypothetical or improbable situations in the present or future. Structure: If I were/was braver, I could watch more horror films. He would call if he weren’t driving. CLAUSE 1 If + past tense (simple or continuous) If + could CLAUSE 2 Would + infinitive Could + infinitive
- 7. If after I/ he / she / it After the singular pronouns or singular subjects, both was or were can be used. If it was warmer, we could have a swim. If your sister were here, she’d know what to do.
- 8. To give advicestarting with If I were you… normally just the form were is used. Here we don’t normally use If I was you… i.e.: If I were you, I’d buy a new computer.
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- 10. 3rd conditional Totalk about a hypothetical situation in the past. Structure: They could have stayed together if they had been honest to each other. If I had been saving money, now I wouldn’t have borrowed it from my parents. CLAUSE 1 If + past perfect (simple or continuous) CLAUSE 2 would have + past participle could have + past participle might have + past participle
- 12. Make groups andthink of a popular story like the Little Red Riding Hood. Create a different version thinking how it could have gone different.
- 13. Building around • Stayin groups • One student begins with a sentence in the past using 3rd conditional. • Clockwise, the student next to her/him, produces another 3rd conditional sentence stating a consequence of the first sentence.
- 14. Building around • Stayin groups • One student begins with a sentence in the past using 3rd conditional. • Clockwise, the student next to her/him, produces another 3rd conditional sentence stating a consequence of the first sentence. For example: Student 1: If I had gotten married after high school, I would not have come to the United States. Student 2: If I hadn’t come to the United States, I wouldn’t have visited the Grand Canyon. Student 3: If I hadn’t visited the Grand Canyon, I wouldn’t have taken so many pictures.
- 16. Rewrite the sentenceswith mistakes so they are correct. 2. If you would win the lottery, what would you do?
- 17. Rewrite the sentenceswith mistakes so they are correct. 2. Suppose you would win the lottery, what would you do? Suppose you won the lottery, what would you do?
- 18. Rewrite the sentenceswith mistakes so they are correct. • I’ve bought some food if Marianne and John came round for dinner.
- 19. Rewrite the sentenceswith mistakes so they are correct. • I’ve bought some food in case Marianne and John came round for dinner. I’ve bought some food in case Marianne and John came round for dinner.
- 20. Rewrite the sentenceswith mistakes so they are correct. • Unless Brian will instruct us otherwise, we will close the shop at 7.
- 21. Rewrite the sentenceswith mistakes so they are correct. • Unless Brian will instruct us otherwise, we will close the shop at 7. Unless Brian instructs us otherwise, we will close the shop at 7.