Conditionals
Build a 1st conditional with the following actions:
I am late / My boss is angry
If I'm late, my boss will be angry
(If + present simple / future with will)
Passivize:
Someone will do it
It will be done
¿Entiendes por qué le estoy buscando?
Do you understand why I’m looking for him?
TENER EXITO, TRIUNFAR
SUCCEED
IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS
Build a 2nd conditional with the following actions:
The traffic is bad / I am late
If the traffic were bad, I would be late
(If + subjunctive / would)
Passivize:
Someone would have done it
It would have been done
Él se dio cuenta de que yo estaba
nervioso.
He realized I was nervous.
DESPISTADO
ABSENT-MINDED
If I would have bought the lottery, my dreams would have come true!
If + would make baby Jesus cry.
Build a 3rd conditional with the following actions:
It's my birthday / You give me a present
If it had been my birthday, you would have given me a present
(if + past perfect / would + present perfect)
Passivize in negative:
Someone has to do it
It doesn't have to be done
Habrá otra guerra si no hacemos algo.
There’ll be another war if we don’t do
something.
MIOPE
NEARSIGHTED (US)
SHORT-SHIGHTED (UK)
Jake is very stubborn. He hasn't a car but he still wants to come.
He doesn't have
The verb "to have" needs an auxiliary for negatives
Build a 2nd conditional, then turn to passive
Tell me a funny joke / I laugh
If you told me a joke, I would laugh
If a joke were told, I would laugh
Turn into a passive interrogative:
Jack doesn't allow his wife to read his emails
Is his wife allowed to read Jack's emails?
Habríamos tardado más si no nos
hubieras echado una mano.
It would’ve taken us longer if you
hadn’t given us a hand.
INDUDABLEMENTE
UNDOUBTEDLY
My father is used to drive in Madrid, even if he hates it.
to be + used to + GERUND
Build a 3rd conditional, then passive, then inversion
She gives him a present / he hug her
If she had given him a present, he would have hugged her
If a present had been given to him (by her), he would have hugged her
Had a present been given to him /by her...
Passivize, then ask by who:
Someone could have done it
It could have been done
Who could it have been done by?
Estos libros contienen toda la mecánica
del idioma que vas a necesitar.
These books contain all the mechanics
of the language you’re going to need.
EL CANAL DE LA MANCHA
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
Explain me this mistake, please.
Explain this TO ME, please
(Explain something to somebody)