Conditionals

Complete the following superstitions

with complete sentences
• If you find a penny…

• If you break a mirror…

• If you walk under a ladder…

• If you swallow watermelon seeds…

• If there is a zombie attack, they will shut down
the school.
• If they shut down the school, I won’t get to go
to class.
• If I don’t get to go to class, I will join the army.
• If I join the army, I will fight against the
zombies.
• If I fight against the zombies, I will become a
war hero.
 Do Now:
Finish each of these sentences.
• When you arrive late to school…
– you have to go to the office.
• If it doesn´t stop raining before CAS…
– we will play volleyball inside.
• If Moni were taller…
– she would ride on the rollercoaster.
• If it hadn´t been so cold yesterday…
– I would have gone to the game.
Conjugate the verb in parentheses
• If she had studied, she ____
(pass) the exam.

• If she had studied, she would

have passed the exam.
Conjugate the verb in parentheses
• If I hadn't eaten so much,
I ____ (feel) sick last night.

• If I hadn't eaten so much,

I wouldn’t have felt sick last
night.
Conjugate the verb in parentheses
• She wouldn't have been tired if
she ____ (go) to bed earlier.

• She wouldn’t have been tired if

she had gone to bed earlier.
Conjugate the verb in parentheses
• She _____ (become) a teacher
if she had gone to university.

• She would have become a

teacher if she had gone to
university.
Conjugate the verb in parentheses
• He would have been on time
for the interview if he _____
(leave) the house at nine.

• He would have been on time for the

interview if he had left the house at
nine.
 Practice
• Directions: Write a dialogue for an argument
between two people (based on the card you
draw).
– Include at least five examples each (ten total) of
the third conditional.
– Include at least two vocabulary words from the
board.
– Your argument must have some sort of resolution.
 Mixed Conditionals
• When we talk about mixed
conditionals, we are referring to
conditional sentences that combine
two different types of conditional
patterns.
 Mixed 3/2 Conditional
• 3rd conditional in the if-clause followed by
a 2nd conditional in the main clause

If Clause (3rd) Main Clause (2nd)

If + had/hadn’t + Would/wouldn’t +
past participle infinitive

Example:
If he had taken the medication as
prescribed, he wouldn't still be sick in bed.
 Mixed 3/2 Conditional

• With this combination we are

describing what the outcome would
be in the present, if things had
happened differently in the past.
the opposite of what actually happened

Example: If she had taken reasonable

precautions, she wouldn't be pregnant now.

Hypothetical present outcome

 What is the difference between the third
conditional and the mixed conditional?

3rd Conditional Mixed Conditional

• Describes what the
outcome would have been
in the past, if things had
happened differently in the
past.
• Example: If Vika hadn’t
given birth to a unicorn, she
wouldn’t have gone to the
hospital last night.
• Describes what the
outcome would be in the
present, if things had
happened differently in the
past.
• Example: If Vika hadn’t
given birth to a unicorn,
she wouldn’t be a mother
today.
 Mixed 3/2 Conditional

• 2nd conditional in the if-clause followed by

a 3rd conditional in the main clause
If clause (2nd) Main Clause (3rd)
If + simple past Would/wouldn’t + have +
past participle
Example: If you weren´t so scary, you
wouldn’t have made the baby cry.
 Mixed 2/3 Conditional

• With this combination we are

describing ongoing circumstances or
characteristics in relation to a past
event.
ongoing characteristic

Example: If you weren't such a poor dancer,

you would've got a job in the chorus line
in that musical.
past event
 Mixed Conditinal Practice
• If you weren't so blind to his faults, you
____________________that he was out
to swindle you. (realize)

• If you weren't so blind to his faults, you

would've realized that he was out to
swindle you.
 Mixed Conditional Practice
• If he hadn't run after the car thief and
suffered a heart attack, he
____________________ (die).

• If he hadn't run after the car thief and

suffered a heart attack, he wouldn't have died.
 Mixed Conditional Practice
• She wouldn’t need a visa to work here if she
__________________ (be) born in Europe.

• She wouldn’t need a visa to work here if she

had been born in Europe.
 Mixed Conditional Practice
• Sam would have translated the letter for you if
he ______________ (speak) Russian.

• Sam would have translated the letter for you if

he spoke Russian.
 Do Now
• Directions: Complete the following sentences
using either the 3/2 or 2/3 mixed conditional.

1.If he hadn’t lost his mind….

2.You would have got the girl….

3.Perry would be a millioinaire….

4.If she weren´t so spoiled….