Conditionals

What's the conditional?

100

If you have to do the washing up, I will help you.

First conditional

200

Whenever my room mate snores loudly, I cannot sleep.

Zero conditional

300

When they go for a walk, they turn the lights off.

Zero conditional

400

Would you be surprised if it snowed next July?

Second conditional

500

She would have become a teacher if she had gone to university

Third conditional

USAGE

100

When is zero conditional used?

General truth, Universal truth, Habit?

200

When do we use first conditional?

Possible situations, cause and effect

300

When do we use the second conditional?

Imaginary situations, untrue to present

400

Say the tense differences between zero and first conditionals.

Zero: all present tenses - facts, universal and general truth.

First: if-clause (present), main clause (future) - possible situations, cause and effect.

500

Compare the second and third conditionals

Second: imaginary situation, untrue to present, if-clause (past), main clause (would + bare infinitive)

Third: situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation... if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

Make the conditional

100

Make a first conditional sentence.

(The weather / to be as sunny tomorrow as it was today / we / to go surfing)

"If the weather is as sunny tomorrow as it was today, we will go surfing."

200

Make a second conditional sentence.

(I / to meet a genie / I / to ask him for my three wishes)

"If I met a genie I would ask him for my three wishes"

300

Make a zero conditional sentence.

(you / to smoke / you / to get yellow teeth)

"If you smoke, you get yellow teeth."

400

Make a first conditional sentence.

( You / to forget my birthday / I / to speak to you again)

"If you forget my birthday, I'll never speak to you again".

500

Make a third conditional sentence.

(I / to not eat so much / I / not felt sick)

"If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick."

Fill in the blanks

100

If I played the lottery, I ______ (have) a chance to hit the jackpot

would have

200

Humans ______ (live) if there is no air.

don't live

300

If you ________(not do) the homework, you __________(be punished)

don´t do, will be punished

400

If I ___________(be) a baby, I __________(sleep) and _______(play) all day.

(The fact is, you are NOT a baby now)

were, would sleep, (would) play

500

What cities _______ you _________ (visit) if you went to South Africa?

would you visit

Transform the sentence

100

Chuck isn't stupid, but he failed his midterm exam. Why? -- He didn't study for it.

"If Chuck had studied, he probably wouldn't have failed his midterm exam."

200

I want to work outside today, but that won't be possible because it's raining.

"If it weren't/wasn´t raining, I would work outside today."

300

I'll try to give your message to Ted, but I'm not sure whether I'll see him or not.

"If I see Ted, I'll give him your message."

400

My boss wants to send me to Japan. I'll try sushi.

"If my boss sends me to Japan, I’ll try sushi."

500

Kathy wants to go to the movies but doesn't have any money.

"If Kathy had some money, she would go to the movies"