PROJECT

CONDITIONALS

Gloria Marchirant
Guerrero
 Zero
Conditional
·Use: For to talk of things that are always certain – scientifically proven
results, obvious facts.
Ex. If you listen to very loud music, you stay deaf.
Ex. If you give a kick to aball, it moves.

·Form:
· If the “if clause” comes first, it’s followed by a comma.
Structure: If + Subj + V- present simple, Subj + V- present simple
Ex. If you stop of breathing, you die
 Let’s Practice:
1- Water boils if you heat it to 100ºC.
2- If you mix red and white, you get pink.
3- Butter melts if you leave it in the sun.
4- If you’ve got a headache, take an aspirin.
5- If you add sugar, it tastes sweet.
6- A dog bites if you go near its food when it’s eating.
7- If you put a cat’s tail, it scratches you.
8- You have more chance of being killed if you don’t wear a seat belt.
9- You can end up brain damaged if you don’t wear a crash helmet.
10- If you press this switch, the DVD player comes on.
11- If she comes home very late, her folks get very angry.
12- Farmers get very angry if you leave gates open in the country.
 The First
Conditional
·Use: For talk about situation that can happen in the present o in future.
Ex. If you lie, nobody will believe you.

·Form:
·If the “if clause” comes first, it’s followed by a comma.
Structure: If + Subj + V- present simple, Subj + will or won’t + V
Ex. If he doesn’t come soon, she’ll go.
 Let’s Practice:
· If Clare arrives late again, the hockey trainer will be furious.
· You’ll be sorry if you revise for your exams.
· We’ll go if the weather’s good.
· They’ll recognize you if you wear a wig and dark glasses.
· If the bus is on time, I won’t miss the football.
· If you do your homework now, you’ll be free all tomorrow
· We’ll eat out if there’s no food at home.
· You’ll find life much easier if you smile more often.
· If it’s hot, we’ll go for a swim.
· You’ll do it better if you take more time over it.
· If she keeps practicing, she’ll get better.
· I’ll be so happy if Ipass the exam.
· You’ll be really tired tomorrow if you go to bed soon.
 Second
Conditional
·Use: To talk about an impossible or unlikely event and its results.
Ex. If it rained, we wouldn’t go to the countryside.

·Form:
· If the “if clause” comes first, it is followed by a comma.
· We use the past simple in the “if clause”.
· We use would/wouldn’t + base form to express the result.
Structure: If + Subj + V– past simple, Subj + would/wouldn’t + V
Ex. If I were you, I wouldn’t do that.
 Let’s Practice:

· If Joe were here, he’d catched some fish for supper.

· It would be nice if the rain stopped!
· I’d sing you a song if I had my guitar.
· If I had a better sleeping bag, I wouldn’t feel so cold.
· If this tent was any small, one of us would have to sleep outside!
· I’d look out for bears if I were you.
· If I weren’t so hungry, I’d share my beans with you.
 Third
Conditional
Use: To talk about hypothesis impossible.
Ex. If you had gone to the party; he wouldn’t have annoyed.

Form:
· If the “if clause” comes first, it is followed by a comma.
Structure: If + Subject+V- past perfect, Subject+ would+ V- past perfect
Ex. If you had made your bed, your parents would have given
money.
 Let’s Practice:
He crashed his car, because he fell asleep while driving.
If he had not fell asleep while driving, he wouldn’t had crashed his car.

2. We couldn't go to the concert, because we didn't have enough money.

If we had enough money, we would had gone to the concert.

3. I lost my job because I was late for work.

I wouldn’t had lost my job if I had been late for work.

4. The wind was so strong that the bridge collapsed.

If the wind had not been so strong, the bridge wouldn’t had collapsed.

5. I couldn't call Sally because I had lost her number.

I would had call Sally if I had not lost her number.