Conditionals

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• Leerjaar 3

Conditionals

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

Dilemmas 

Lose your phone...or your keys?

Never play games...or never watch shows?

Travel to the past....or the future? 

• Zero conditional

 

if sentence	result
present simple	present simple
If you add two and two,	you get four.

General truths and habits 

• First conditional

 

if sentence	result
present simple	will + infinitive
If I get sick,	I will go to the doctor.

Possible or likely things in the future 

• Second conditional

 

if sentence	result
past simple	would + infinitive
If I won the lottery,	I would buy a car.

impossible things in the present, unlikely things in the future 

• Third conditional

 

if sentence	result
past perfect	would + have + past participle
If I had studied harder,	I would have passed the exam.

Things that didn't happen in the past and their imaginary results 

Een zero conditional gebruik je voor feiten:

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

Welke van deze zinnen is een 'zero conditional'?

1. Ice melts if you heat it.
2. If water reaches a 100 degrees, it boils.
3. If it rains, the grass gets wet.
4. All the answers are correct.

(zero conditional)
If it freezes tonight, water ... (turn) into ice

zero conditional
if it rains, you ............wet (to get)

(zero conditional)
When you (heat) iron, it (expand)

Maak een zero conditional sentence!

If you had money, you ....(buy) a new car

If he walks to school, I ....(go) with him.

They will always cycle to school even if it ..(rain).

James would help you, if you (ask) him.

We will invite you to the party if you (want) to come.

If you want to leave, I .....(go) with you.

If my parents sold our house, we ....(be) homeless.

Third conditional: If we ... (arrive) earlier, we ...(see) John but we were much too late.

1. arrived, saw
2. had arrived, would see
3. had arrived, would have seen
4. arrived, would see

Third conditional: If they ........... (go) to bed earlier, they ........... (not sleep) late.

1. went / wouldn't have slept
2. had gone / wouldn't have slept
3. went / wouldn't sleep
4. go / won't sleep

Third conditional: If we .............. (know) the test was this hard, we .......... (study) harder

1. had known / had studied
2. knew / would have studied
3. know / will study
4. had known / would have studied

Third conditional:
If we .............. (not go) to the party, we ............. (not meet) them.

1. don't go / won't meet
2. went / wouldn't meet
3. hadn't gone / wouldn't have met
4. had gone / would have met

Third conditional:
He .............. (be) on time if he .............. (not miss) the bus.

1. had been / wouldn't have missed
2. would have been / hadn't missed
3. was / hadn't missed
4. is / doesn't miss

Time to work

what: read the theory on the worksheet and do the first exercise

how: on your own/in pairs

help: teacher/lessonup

time: 10 min

done? Study theme words theme 5

Zero conditional 

First conditional 

Second conditional 

Third conditional 

Het is onwaarschijnlijk dat er aan de voorwaarde voldaan wordt.

Het is waarschijnlijk dat er aan de voorwaarde voldaan wordt.

Het is een feit.

Er kan niet meer aan de voorwaarde voldaan worden.

Zero conditional:

First conditional:

Second conditional:

If/when + present simple

If + present simple 

If + past simple 

present simple

will + hele ww

would + hele ww

Conditionals (if- clause statement)

Drag the example to the appropriate conditional. 

zero conditional 

first

conditional 

second

conditional 

third

conditional 

Conclusion

At the end of this lesson you know the difference between the 0, 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional

Homework:

study theory conditionals