conditionals

The goal of today's lesson:
  • to know the difference between different sentences with 'if.....'
  • to be able to use these sentences in different situations
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This lesson contains 17 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

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The goal of today's lesson:
  • to know the difference between different sentences with 'if.....'
  • to be able to use these sentences in different situations

Slide 1 - Slide

'If' statements - 4 kinds:

  • 0: facts - If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.
  • 1: real or likely situations - If a soldier kills the ogre, he will be named champion.
  • 2: unlikely or hypothetical situations - If I won the lottery, I would go travelling around the world.
  • 3: situations that cannot be changed - If I had studied for the test, I would have passed. (But I didn't study, so I didn't pass.) 

Slide 2 - Slide

Fact: If + present simple = > present simple
condition: If + present simple (If I win)

result: present simple
(don't eat)
Facts:   0 conditional
If you freeze water, it turns into ice.

Slide 3 - Slide

If you _______ (press) the button, the light ________ (come) on.
The missing words are:

Slide 4 - Open question

Real/likely situation: If + present simple => will
"If you go outside in the rain, you will get wet!"
Real / likely situations: 1st conditional


condition: if + present simple (If I tell)

result: will + verb (I will get)

Slide 5 - Slide

If she _______ (not, hurry), we ________ (miss) the train.
The missing words are:

Slide 6 - Open question

Unlikely situation: If + past simple = > would
Unreal / unlikely situations: 2nd conditional
condition: if + past simple (If I did)
result: would + verb (would I be)
"If I won the lottery, I would buy a new car!"

Slide 7 - Slide

If I _________ (win) a million euros, I __________ (buy) a million bags of crisps.
The missing words are:

Slide 8 - Open question

Careful: 2nd conditional 
Noteworthy exception
The form 'to be' in becomes 'were' not 'was' when giving advice

"If I were you, I would talk to a teacher."

Slide 9 - Slide

Giving advice / imagining situations:

If I were you, I would study harder.

If I were a boy (even just for one day), I would roll out of bed in the morning.......... (Beyonce)

If I were a rich man, I would live a life of luxury.

Slide 10 - Slide

Situations that you cannot change anymore: 

If + past perfect => would + present perfect
Situations cannot be changed / past : 3rd conditional
condition: if + past perfect (If I hadn't been caught)
result: would + present perfect (I would have gotten)
"I would have left sooner if I had known."

Slide 11 - Slide

I ______________ (not go) to see that film if I had known how bad it was!
A
wouldn't go
B
won't go
C
wouldn't have gone
D
am not going

Slide 12 - Quiz

I’d definitely ask her for an autograph if I __________ (see) Shakira in the supermarket!
A
saw
B
had seen
C
would see
D
see

Slide 13 - Quiz

She’ll meet us later if she __________ (not have) to work.
A
won't have
B
doesn't have
C
wouldn't have
D
didn't have

Slide 14 - Quiz

If I saw a UFO, I ___________ (take) a photo!
A
take
B
took
C
would take
D
would have taken

Slide 15 - Quiz

Summary
  • 0 conditional: facts : If water reaches a 100 degrees, it boils.
  • 1 cond.: real, likely situations : I will catch the bus if I run.
  • 2 cond.: unreal, unlikely situations : If I were President, I would stop the war.
  • 3 cond.: for situations that cannot be changed anymore, in past : He would have told them sooner if he had known they would be so happy.

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