Grammar

Unit 6
Made by: Bilyana Badalova and Ivayla Kuzmova
Table of contents

01 02
Zero, first, second Unless, as long as,
and third provided/providing, in
conditional case

03 04
I wish, if only Exercises
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1
Zero, first, second and third
conditional
 Zero conditional
• Permanent truths, scientific facts and general habits
• If + present simple, . . . present simple.
• Examples:
If you heat water to 100 C, it boils.
If you eat a lot, you put on weight.
If I’m tired, I go to bed early

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 First conditional
• Realistic situation in the present or future.
• Structure:

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• Examples:
If you’re free later, we can go for a walk.
If they’re hungry, I’ll make some sandwiches.
• Unless = only if / except; used only with present simple
• Examples:
Unless you hurry up, you won’t catch the bus.
We’ll stay at home unless the weather improves.
Second conditional
• Imaginary / improbable present or future
situations and their consequences
• Structure:

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• Examples:
If she saw a snake, she’d be terrified.
What would you do if you were offered a job in Canada?
• ”If I were you . . .”
If I were you, I’d ask for help.
Third conditional
• Impossible situations and regrets in the past.
• Structure:

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• Examples:
If we had left earlier, we would have arrived on time.
You could have helped me if you had stayed later.
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As long as,
provided/providing, in case
As long as
Expresses a condition, to say that something will happen only on
condition that something else happens:
I’ll give you the book as long as you promise to give it
back next week.
Expresses that one thing depends on another:
You can go to the party as long as you come back before
midnight.
The same meaning as if something is provided / providing:
We’re going skiing next week if / provided / providing
there is snow.
In case
• For things we should do in order to be prepared
for the future
Should I keep this salad in case he gets
hungry later?

In case of
• For times when we mean if and when something
happens
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I wish, if only
I wish, if only

• When we talk about things, we wish were

different.
• If only is stronger than I wish.
I wish you didn’t live so far
away.
If only I’d studied more in
school.
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Exercises
Exercises
As long as, in
Conditionals
https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English case
https://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/uppe
_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Conditionals/CONDIT
IONAL_SENTENCES_(ZERO_FIRST_SECOND_AN r-intermediate/unless-in-case-of-in-case-as-long-as
D_THIRD)_ci291757fj

I wish, if only
https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-if-only-I-wish.php#google_vignette
Resources

★ https://www.wallstreetenglish.com/exercis
es/how-to-use-conditionals-in-english-zer
o-first-second-third-and-mixed

★ https://speakspeak.com/resources/english-
grammar-rules/various-grammar-rules/as-l
ong-as-provided-providing

★ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/
british-grammar/in-case-of
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