USES & TENSES
USE: UNREAL SITUATIONS
CONDITIONAL 1?
CONDITIONAL 2?
CONDITIONAL 3?
CONDITIONAL 2!!!!
If you ________(not do) the homework, you will be punished.
C1
If you DON'T DO the homework, you will be punished.
I (earn) a lot of money if I (get) that job.
(REAL SITUATION, VERY POSSIBLE)
CONDITIONAL 1
I WILL EARN a lot of money if I GET that job.
If I _______ (be) you, I _______ (not/go) out with that man.
*advice/UNREAL.
If I WERE you, I WOULDN'T GO out with that man.
(ADVICE, IF I WERE YOU...
CONDITIONAL 2)
If you could change one thing about your body or personality, what would it be?
ANSWER WITH CONDITIONAL 2
USE: REAL (AND POSSIBLE) SITUATIONS
CONDITIONAL 1?
CONDITIONAL 2?
CONDITIONAL 3?
CONDITIONAL 1!!!!
Which cities _______ you _________ (visit) if you went to the USA?
C2
Which cities WOULD you VISIT if you went to the USA?
If I (be) stronger, I (help) you carry the piano.
(but I am not strong!! I am weak. This is very UNREAL) :(
CONDITIONAL 2
If I WERE stronger, I WOULD HELP you carry the piano.
If it ______ (rain), he _____ (take) an umbrella, as he always does!
*REAL and possible.
If it RAINS, he WILL TAKE an umbrella, as he always does!
(REAL SITUATION, THIS "ALWAYS" HAPPENS
CONDITIONAL 1)
If your house was on fire and you could only take one object, which would it be?
ANSWER USING CONDITIONAL 2
USE: HYPOTHETICAL OR TOTALLY IMAGINARY SITUATIONS
CONDITIONAL 1?
CONDITIONAL 2?
CONDITIONAL 3?
CONDITIONAL 3!!!
I _____ (not/read) the letter if I had known it was yours.
C3
I WOULDN'T HAVE READ the letter if I had known it was yours.
If I (have) his number I (call) him.
(But I don't!!! UNREAL situation) :(
CONDITIONAL 2
If I HAD his number I WOULD CALL him.
If I _____(be) a baby, I _____(sleep) and _______(play) all day.
*UNREAL!
If I WERE a baby, I WOULD SLEEP and (WOULD) PLAY all day.
(UNREAL SITUATION
CONDITIONAL 2)
If you have free time after the class, what will do you?
ANSWER USING CONDITIONAL 1
WHICH ARE THE TENSES IN...
CONDITIONAL 3?
GIVE AN EXAMPLE.
IF + PAST PERFECT,
WOULD + HAVE + PP.
EX. IF I HAD STUDIED, I WOULD HAVE PASSED THE EXAM.
If you ______ (be) a basketball player, who would you play for?
C2
If you WERE a basketball player, who would you play for?
A snake (bite) you if it (be) scared.
(COMPLETELY REAL!!!!)
CONDITIONAL 1
A snake WILL BITE you if it IS scared.
If people ____ (eat) too much fast food, they _____ (be) very unhealthy.
*REAL (▰˘︹˘▰)
If people EAT too much fast food, they WILL BE very unhealthy.
TOTALLY POSSIBLE! CONDITIONAL 1.
If you could choose three objects to take with you to a desert island, what would you take?
ANSWER USING CONDITIONAL 2
WHICH ARE THE TENSES IN...
CONDITIONAL 1 AND 2?
GIVE EXAMPLES.
CONDITIONAL 1:
IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, FUTURE WILL.
IF I STUDY, I WILL PASS THE EXAM.
CONDITIONAL 2:
IF + PAST SIMPLE, WOULD + INFINITIVE.
IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD STUDY MORE FOR THE EXAM!!
I _______ (miss) the bus if we don't leave soon.
C1
I WILL MISS the bus if we don't leave soon.
If we (go) to London, we (see) the Big Ben.
But I didn't go!! I am imagining this situation, it's HYPOTHETICAL. (⌣̩̩́_⌣̩̩̀)
CONDITIONAL 3
If we HAD GONE to London, we WOULD HAVE SEEN the Big Ben.
(I wish!)
I ________ (not/leave) my job, if I _____ (know) how difficult it is to find another one.
*Now I am unemployed and broke!!! HYPOTHETICAL.
I WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT my job, if I HAD KNOWN how difficult it is to find another one.
HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION, THIS PERSON LEFT HIS/HER JOB AND NOW IS UNEMPLOYED IMAGINING THIS.
What is a goal you have and how will you achieve it?
ANSWER USING CONDITIONAL 1