Welcome to our

presentation
about Conditional
Sentences
We are group 6 

Our group members:

1. Hà Thị Phượng
2. Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh
3. Mai Viết Sơn
4. Phạm Thanh Tâm
5. Đỗ Phương Thảo
6. Nguyễn Thu Thảo
7. Ngô Thị Thoa
 A. Grammar

     Part 1 : The First Conditional

      1. Form

If + S +V(s,es) ,S + will/can/shall  +
   V(bare)

      Example: If it rains, we won't go to the cimema.

2. Uses
+ Persuation
Example: If you help me
with my homework, I will
take care your younger
sister .

+ Real possibility
Example : If her father + Warning
buys her a buy in her The first Example : If you
birthday, she will be conditional walk in the rain, you
happy. will be sick.

+ Threat
Example: If you don’t give
me the ransom, I will kill
your son.
 3. Notes
  Other present tense :
a. If + Present Tense ,Present Continuous/ going to

b. If +Present Perfect/ Present Continuous , Future

Tense

  Ex : They are going to take their mother to the old house if the transport
strike goes ahead.

 “ Should’’ : use “ Should ” before the verb in the ‘If’ clause 

If + S + Should + V(bare), Future Tense

  
  Ex: If you should find yourself at a loose end over the holiday, you will     
 always be welcome our home.
4. Inversion of the first conditional sentence
   Form :

Should + S + V(bare) , Future Tense 

  Ex : should it rain , we will stay at home and watch TV.

 Part 2. The second conditional

  Form

    The basic form :   If + S +Ved, S + Would/Could/Should+ V(bare)

   The inversion form : Were +S  +to V, S+ Would/Could/Should+ V(bare).

2. Examples

 Ex1: If I were you , I would go abroad.

 Ex2 : were you to accept my offer ,I’d personally oversee the
arrangement.
3. Uses

 This means that there is a small possibility that this will happen.
This situation and its result are imagined.
 Note : “ Were’’ is often used instead of “ Was’’ in formal language.
Part 3. The third conditional

    Basic form 
Third conditional describes an unreal or an imaginary situation in the past
  A Perfect Tense is used after  "IF"
 “ Would +have +Vpp” is used in the result clause.

If clause Results clause

  If + Past Perfect      Would + have + Vpp

    Ex: If I’d studied harder, I would have passed the exam.
  Meaning 
  Third conditional talks about the past
  We also use third conditional when we talk about events that have no
possibility of true since it had already happened.
  Notes:
    The modal verbs “might / could “ are common in this kind of sentence:
      Ex: If you had tried harder, you might have succeeded
  Inversion:

If clause Main clause

Had + S +Vpp Would + have + Vpp
Ex: Had I known he was ill I’d have let them into the
examination.
 Part 4. Mixed conditional sentence

    Form

If + had(not)+ Vpp, S +Would/Could/Should…

  +V(bare).

Example: If I had finished my homework last night, I wouldn’t be punished

by the teacher today.
 Uses

  Mixed conditional is used to talk about past events which have a result
continuing in the present .
 Part 5. Conjunctions
 We can use a range of conjunctions in conditional sentences as well as.

Supposing: suggests an act of

imagination

Unless = If …. Not
Ex: Unless you really need me to, I
Conjunctions can take the time to recognize
your desk today.

Provided/Providing, as long as, only if….

Ex: You can play in the  living room as long
as you don’t make a mess .
Part 6 . Wishes
1. Wishes about the present
 Form: 

S + wish +S + Past Simple

Tense
         Example : I wish I were good at English. (In fact, I don’t speak English well)
         Example : I wish I were rich. ( In fact, I’m so poor)
    Use : it is used when you want to wish something
contrary to the present.
2. Wishes about the past

 A) form

S + wish +S + the past perfect

example: now I grown up , but I wish I had been a child.

 B)Use : it is used when you want to wish something contrary to the
past.
3. Wishes about the future.

 Form 

S +wish +S +could + V(bare)+ O

        

 Example: I wish you could come with me next week 

  Use
   We can use ‘could’ to refer to a future event or to refer to something 
   that is generally difficult or impossible.
4. Wishes using “would’’

 Form  

S + wish + S +would +V(bare)

   
        Example: My younger brother gets up very late. I wish he would get up early.
 Use 
      We can use it when we complain about a bad habit.
5. If Only

You should pay attention to the use of " If only". We can replace "I wish" with  "If only"

Example: If only I had much money.

LUCKY PANDA

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What belongs only to you but it is used
more by others than by yourselfs.

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QUESTIO It has cities but no house , it has
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oceans but no water , it has forest but
no trees , it has deserts but no sand …
what is this ???

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Map RETUR
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QUESTIO

+ 1 point
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QUESTIO
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We see it once in a day , twice in
a week and never in a day . What is
it ???

ANSWER

Letter "e"
RETUR
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QUESTIO
N Who works only one day in a year but
never gets fired ???

ANSWER

Santa Clause
RETUR
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QUESTIO
N Who always drives his customers
away?

ANSWER

Taxi-driver
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QUESTION

+ 1 point
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RETUR
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QUESTIO
N What is the longest word in the
English language?

ANSWER

Smiles, because there is a mile

between the beginning and the RETUR
end of it. N
QUESTIO
N Where can you always find money?

ANSWER

In the dictionary RETUR

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QUESTIO
N What has a head and a foot but no
body?

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Bed RETUR
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 Theoretical question
1. What type of conditional sentence is used to express true
facts and scientific facts 

            the conditional type 0

2.What type of conditional setence is used to talk about
possible future actions?
conditional type 1
3. Which type of conditional sentence is used to talk about
unreal past actions and their probable result in the
present ?                                
Mixed conditional
 C.Exercises

1. If I had free time, I …. some shopping with you .

      A. did         B. will do       C. would do       D. would have done
Key: C
6.will you be angry if I … your pocket dictionary 
    A .stole      B. have stolen      C. were to steal      D. steal
7.If she hadn’t stayed up late last night, she … so tired now
    A. wouldn’t have been         B. would have been 
    C. wouldn’t be                     D. would be
8. If I were you, I … English earlier
    A. would learn   B. wouldn’t learn 
    B. wouldn’t have learnt        D. would have learnt
9.I wish I … a trip to London last year.
     A. took       B. will take    C. take       D. had taken
10. She wishes she … a lot of money now.
     A. will have      B. had     C. had had         D. has
11.The weather was terrible. I wish it…warmer.
     A. has been        B. was      C. were         D. had been
Exercise 2. Rewriting
1. She didn’t hurry so she missed the plane
 -> if …
2. Susan is tired now because she got caught in the rain last night.
-> if …
3. You drank too much coffee, that’s why you couldn’t sleep well.
-> if…
4. Keep silent or you will be punished by your teacher
-> if…
5. I don’t have enough money , otherwise I would buy that bag.
-> if …
Answers
1.  if she had hurried , she wouldn’t have
missed the plane.
2.  if Susan hadn’t got caught in the rain last
night, she wouldn’t be tired now.
3.  if you had drunk less coffee, you could
have slept well.
4. If you don’t keep silent, you will be
punished by your teacher.
5.  if I had enough money, I would buy that
bag.