CONDITIONALS
Teacher Violeta Aldrey Dono
Year 2023-2024
Use
WE USE CONDITIONALS WHEN
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT
ACTIONS THAT DEPEND ON
ANOTHER, THUS WE USE THEM
FOR DEPENDANT SENTENCES
types of
Conditionals
Conditional sentences,usually, start with
the conditional word IF, which states the
condition that the following action is
linked to. This sentence can also appear
on the second part of the speech.
If you don’t watch your steps you will
fall.
You will fall if you don’t watch your
steps
ZERO CONDITIONAL
Present Simple + Present Simple
we use this conditional when we talk or refer to
Universal Truths, hence, two actions that are
always linked.
If you put water at 100 negrees, it boils
FIRST CONDITIONAL
Present Simple + Future Simple
this is used for truly dependant actions. if one
occurs the other will occur as well and the same if
one action does not operate
If it rains, we won’t go to the beach
If Sheila studies really hard, she will pass her
exam
SECOND CONDITIONAL
Past Simple + Would
this conditional is employed for either Hypothetical
Situations or to Give Advise.
It is important to remember that in this use we
must san IF I WERE
If I were you, I would study harder
If he had 10000 pounds, he would travel the
world
THIRD CONDITIONAL
Past Perfect + Would Have
we use this form of the conditional to talk about
past actions that cannot be changed or to express
regret
If I had studied arder, I wouldn’t have failed the
exam.
IF/ UNLESS/
WHETHER
even though the IF is the most common particle to use when forming the
future there are other words that can also perform that job.
UNLESS: a no ser que
Can be used in the exact same position as IF, without altering the
meaning of the sentence.
Unless you study, you will fail the exam.
PROVIDED THAT: siempre y cuando
Operates the same way as unless.
You will fail the exam provided that you don’t study.
WHETHER: si
It has the same meaning as If, however, both its placement within the
sentence and the meaning vary
Whether can be placed at the beginning of the sentence but it often
goes in the middle.
It is used to refer to two actions to whom the dependant refers to.
Whether you do your homework or not, you will stay at home this
weekend
Exercises
https://zoranasenglishclasses.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/6/4/16648790/condi
tional-sentences-in.pdf
https://www.e-grammar.org/if-clauses/
https://clasejoseangel.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/conditional-sentencesmixed.pdf
https://www.edu.xunta.gal/centros/iesaugadalaxe/system/files/Rephrasing%
20conditional%20sentences%201%20%281%29.pdf
Thank you