What's the conditional?
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Past simple and perfect
100
If you have to do the washing up, I will help you.
First conditional
100
When is zero conditional used?
General truth, Universal truth, Habit?
100
If I played the lottery, I ______ (have) a chance to hit the jackpot
would have
100

She...........(go) to the cinema before she........(come) home


She had gone to the cinema before she came home.

200
Whenever my room mate snores loudly, I cannot sleep.
Zero conditional
200
When do we use first conditional?
Possible situations, cause and effect
200
Humans ______ (live) if there is no air.
don't live
200

By the time the police...........(arrive), the thief......(escape).

By the time the police arrived, the thief had escaped.

300
When they go for a walk, they turn the lights off.
Zero conditional
300
When do we use type 2 conditionals?
Imaginary situations, untrue to present
300
If you ________(not do) the homework, you __________(be punished)
don´t do, will be punished
300

They.........(talk) on the phone before they.....(go) to bed.

They had talked on the phone before they went to bed.

400
Would you be surprised if it snowed next July?
Second conditional
400
Say the tense differences between type 0 and type 1 conditionals.
type 0: all present tenses type 1: if-clause (present), main clause (future)
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
400

My boss ........(not explained) the task, so we .....(not know) what we had to do.

"My boss hadn't explained the task, so we didn't know what we had to do.

500

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

Third conditional
500
Compare 2 and 3 conditionals

type 2: imaginary situation, untrue to present, if-clause (past), main clause (would + bare infinitive)


type 3: situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation... if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

500
What cities _______ you _________ (visit) if you went to South Africa?
would you visit
500

His wife .....(not cook) a meal, so they............(order) a pizza to take away.

His wife hadn't cooked a meal, so they ordered a pizza to take away.

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