NAME THE CONDITIONAL
If you heat water to 100°C, it boils.
What type of conditional is this?
Answer: Zero conditional
If you mix red and blue, you ______ purple. (TO GET)
Answer: get
If you will heat ice, it melts.
Answer: If you heat ice, it melts.
Rewrite using if:
Heat water to 100°C and it boils.
Answer: If you heat water to 100°C, it boils. / Water boils if you heat it to 100°C.
Which conditional is usually used for general truths?
Answer: Zero conditional
If it rains tomorrow, we will stay at home.
What type of conditional is this?
Answer: First conditional
If I see Tom tomorrow, I ______ him the message. (TO GIVE)
Answer: will give
If it will rain, we won’t go out.
Answer: If it rains, we won’t go out.
Rewrite using if:
Study hard and you will pass the test.
Answer: If you study hard, you will pass the test.
Which conditional is usually used for real and possible future situations?
Answer: First conditional
If I had more time, I would learn Japanese.
What type of conditional is this?
Answer: Second conditional
If I ______ rich, I would travel around the world. (TO BE)
Answer: were
If I would have more money, I would buy a new laptop.
Answer: If I had more money, I would buy a new laptop.
Rewrite using if:
Without his help, I wouldn’t manage it.
Answer: If he didn’t help me, I wouldn’t manage it.
Which conditional is usually used for imaginary or unreal present situations?
Answer: Second conditional
If she had studied harder, she would have passed the exam.
What type of conditional is this?
Answer: Third conditional
If they had left earlier, they ______ the train. (TO CATCH)
Answer: would have caught
If she studied more, she would have passed the test.
Answer: If she had studied more, she would have passed the test.
Rewrite using if:
Without your advice, I would have made a terrible mistake.
Answer: If you hadn’t advised me, I would have made a terrible mistake.
Which conditional is usually used for imaginary past situations and regrets?
Answer: Third conditional
If people eat too much sugar, they often gain weight.
What type of conditional is this, and why?
Answer: Zero conditional; it expresses a general truth or regular result
If she ______ more confident, she would apply for the position. (TO BE)
Answer: were / was (Preferably: were)
If he had known about the meeting, he would come.
Answer: If he had known about the meeting, he would have come.
Finish the transformation:
I don’t know her number, so I can’t call her.
→ If I ______ her number, I ______ her.
Answer: If I knew her number, I could / would call her.
What is the difference in meaning?
If I win the competition, I’ll celebrate.
vs
If I won the competition, I’d celebrate.
The first sentence describes a real future possibility.
The second sentence describes a hypothetical or less likely situation.