IF

 What should we do during bad weather?

 If there’s a Black Rainstorm, we need to stay inside

We use if- sentences to talk about two events:

 Something happens first

It rains

 Then another thing happens

I wear a raincoat

Constructed with an if- clause and a main clause.

If-clause + Main clause

If it rains, I wear a raincoat.

The if-clause can come at the beginning or end of a sentence:

 If there’s a black rainstorm, we need to stay inside.
 We need to stay inside if there’s a black rainstorm.
Should we … ?

What should we do if we want to ride a

bicycle?

If we want to ride a bicycle, we should

ride it on a cycle path.

Example:

cross the road / If we want to cross the road, we

use a pedestrian should use a pedestrian crossing.
crossing
We should use a pedestrian crossing
if we want to cross the road

a stranger / If a stranger talks to us, we should

talk to us / not talk to him or her.
not talk to him or
her

want to buy a If we want to buy a snack after

snack after school, we should not buy food from
school / a hawker.
not buy food
from a hawker

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IF
 What could I do to pass the exam?
 If you studied harder, you would pass easily.

We use if- sentences to talk about two events:

 Something happens first

It rained

 Then another thing happens

I would wear a raincoat

Constructed with an if- clause and a main clause.

If-clause + Main clause

If it rained, I would wear a raincoat.

The if-clause can come at the beginning or end of a sentence:

 If the bus arrived on time, we would get on time to class.
 We would get on time to class if the bus arrived on time.

Example:

sign / If the sign hanged dangerously from

hanging that building, we would take it
dangerously / down.
from a building /
take it down We would take it down if the sign
hanged dangerously from that
building.

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a flood / If there were a flood, we would
clear the drains need to clear the drains.

We would need to clear the drains if

there were a flood.

boat / We would need to send a rescue

sinking / team if a boat sank.
send a rescue
team If a boat sank, we would need to
send a rescue team.

Should we … ?

What should we do if we want to ride a

bicycle?

If we want to ride a bicycle, we should

ride it on a cycle path.

Example:

cross the road / If we crossed the road, we would use

use a pedestrian the pedestrian crossing.
crossing
We would use the pedestrian crossing
if we crossed the road.

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cross the road / If we didn’t cross the road, we would
miss the bus miss the bus.

We would miss the bus if we didn’t

cross the road

a stranger / If the stranger talked to us, we

talk to us / wouldn’t talk to him or her.
not talk to him or
her

want to buy a If we wanted to buy a snack after

snack after school, we wouldn’t buy food from a
school / hawker.
not buy food
from a hawker