Which conditional is it?
If you do the washing up, I will help you.
first
If she _____ (have) a temperature, she ______ (go) to the doctor.
If she has a temperature, she will go to the doctor.
True or False?
A conditional sentence is made up of a condition clause and a result clause.
true
Helen (not/use) _____ too much chilli powder if she’s cooking for other people.
doesn't use
If you heat butter, it melts.
zero
We ________ (help) the planet, if we ______ (recycle) more.
We will help the planet, if we recycle more.
The first conditional is used to talk about real or very probable situations in the present.
False.
It refers to things that will possibly happen in the present and in the future if a condition is met.
If you (not/study) _____ the key vocabulary, you (not/pass) _____ the test.
don't study, won't pass
If you don't hurry, you will miss the bus.
first
If you really ___ me, you ______ (buy) me a diamond ring.
If you really loved me, you would buy me a diamond ring.
'Unless' means 'except if' or 'if ... not'.
Eg. We'll have to cancel the trip unless we are able to make some money on time.
True.
Eg. We'll have to cancel the trip except if we are able to make some money on time.
We'll have to cancel the trip if we aren't able to make some money on time.
She (go) running unless it (stop) raining.
She won't go running unless it stops raining.
I would give everyone a chicken if I were the Queen of England,
second
I (forgive) her unless she (apologise) to me.
I wouldn't forgive her unless she apologised to me.
In a second conditional we use 'were' instead of 'was', but only when the subject is 'I'.
Eg. If I were a rich girl, I wouldn't have to work hard.
False
You use 'were' for all subjects.
Eg. If she were a rich girl, she wouldn't have to work hard.
Paul (have) more time for his homework if he (not watch) television so often.
Paul would have more time for his homework if he didn't watch television so often.
third
If he ___________ (be) my friend, I ________ (invite) him to my birthday party.
If he were my friend, I would invite him to my birthday party.
The third conditional is the only conditional clause that refers to past situations.
True.
Third conditional: Something didn't happen and it is impossible now.
Your laptop (not break) if you (step) on it.
Your laptop wouldn't have been broken if you hadn't stepped on it.