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CONDITIONALS
"If you never try, you’ll never know"

What are conditionals in English grammar?

Conditionals are sentences with two clauses that are closely related. They describe the result of something that might
happen (in the present or future) or might have happened but didn't (in the past). They are made using different English
verb tenses.

Let’s check your knowledge about conditionals. What kind of conditionals are these?

LOOK AT THESE SENTENCES AND DECIDE WHETHER THEY ARE ZERO, 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, OR MIXED CONDITIONAL.

1. Last night’s party was kind of crazy; everybody got intoxicated, even granny! Believe me, if I hadn't seen grandma drunk
with my own eyes, I'd never have believed it. It was hilarious.
2. Undoubtedly, Allyson is not just an attractive woman but also very interesting with a nice repartee. I’d ask her out now
if I were you. Windows of opportunities shut down quickly.
3. It seems mom loves her plants more than us; she says that if you don’t water them every single day, they wither. Maybe
she’s overreacting, kind of annoying though, she even sings to them.
4. Do you remember when you took that crash course of "office" long ago? Actually, you wouldn’t get this job if you
hadn’t taken it back then. And you thought summer courses were a waste of time.
5. Guys, I’m sure that if we make a commitment right now and keep an eye on the prize, we’re going to be celebrating
satisfactorily any time soon. So, what do you say if we put the show on the road?
6. Sometimes I dream of traveling back in time and doing things way different. I wonder, if I could do that for real, I
wouldn’t get married this time and I’d take that chance of living abroad instead.
7. I really love Blendex because all of my teachers explain to me patiently when I don’t understand those tricky topics.
Blendex rocks!
8. Caroline keeps on making promises she can’t keep. But you know what, she’ll have to face the music and fall from grace
with me if she breaks this one. I really hate being fooled.
9. I feel like the puppet master of my friend circle, did you ever imagine Anne and Mark would be together if I hadn’t
introduced them? I just hope they have a wonderful life.
10. Remember that Ruben used to smoke weed before classes every morning, well, he obviously flunked the term and
now he has trouble at home. I know for sure that he’d’ve passed if he’d crammed.
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CONDITIONAL 0

STRUCTURE: __________________________________________________________________________________

USE: __________________________________________________________________________________________

E.g. 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

CONDITIONAL I

STRUCTURE: __________________________________________________________________________________

USE: __________________________________________________________________________________________

E.g. 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

CONDITIONAL II

STRUCTURE: __________________________________________________________________________________

USE: __________________________________________________________________________________________

E.g. 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

CONDITIONAL III

STRUCTURE: __________________________________________________________________________________

USE: __________________________________________________________________________________________

E.g. 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________

MIXED CONDITIONAL

STRUCTURE: __________________________________________________________________________________

USE: __________________________________________________________________________________________

E.g. 1. _________________________________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________________________________
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Application
In pairs or small groups, answer the following questions

What are you going to do… what will happen?

Give possible scenarios for the following situations

• You have a lot of debts, what do you do?

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• What will happen this year if everything goes the way you want?
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• If you have enough money for a holiday this year, where will you go?
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• What do you do if you are offered a job abroad right now?

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• If you inherit a large quantity of money from a distant relative, what will you buy first?
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What if … just imagine

• If you were an English teacher, what would you do to improve your students' English?
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• If you had to choose only one of the following, would you be extremely . . .
rich, good-looking, intelligent, or strong?
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• If you could live wherever you wanted, where would you live?
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• If you were to get a tattoo, what would it say or what would the graphic be?
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• If you could have any job in the world, what would you like to be?
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What would you have done?

• If you had been the leader of this country during the last four years?
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• Jason saw his best friend’s girlfriend kissing some guy, Jason told his friend.
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• Mark eyewitnessed two girls pickpocketing an old lady, he walked away.

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• Paola heard someone breaking into her house, she called the police.
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• A gorgeous girl was hitting on Ted, he chickened out and disappeared.

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What relevant events from your past brought you to your current situation?
• You’re in jail because you tried to rob a bank.
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• You have a well-paid job because you pulled some strings.

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• You were careless; as a consequence, you crashed your brand new car.
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• You live abroad happily with your family because you accepted that offer.
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• You’re a successful musician since you were disciplined.

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