4 Types of Conditionals

If-clause

(condition)

Zero Conditional used for present, real/factual situations First Conditional used for future real/factual situations If I drink coffee at night, If I drink coffee tonight, Second Conditional used for present or future unreal, imaginary situations If I drank coffee tonight, Third Conditional used for past unreal, imaginary situations If I had drunk coffee last night,

Main clause

(result)

I don’t sleep well.

I won’t sleep well.

I wouldn’t sleep well.

I wouldn’t have slept well.

What are conditional sentences?

• Listen to examples in these songs: • If I Had a Million Dollars by Barenaked Ladies • If You Were a Sailboat by Katie Melua • If I Were a Painter by Nora Jones • Two parts, or clauses: a condition and a result • Look at these 4 example sentences: • • If I drink coffee late at night, I don’t sleep well.

If I drink coffee tonight, I won’t sleep well.

• • If I drank coffee tonight, I wouldn’t sleep well.

If I had drunk coffee last night, I wouldn’t have slept well.

Part 1 – The Present Real Conditional

VIDEO 1

IF a picture paints a thousand words, Then why can’t I paint you.

Practice 1: Present Real or Factual Situation • • •

Click on the underlined Exercise words to open the web links.

Exercise 1 - Read the examples and then click on the link "If-Then Clauses 1“, a fill-in-the-answer activity, near the bottom of the page to do an exercise to check your understanding. From http://english-zone.com Exercise 2 – Look at the words and then write complete sentences. Remember to include an if-clause and a main clause and to use the present tense of the verbs. From the University of Victoria’s Study Zone

site

Exercise 3 – Mixed multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank quiz worth 10 points towards your course grade. From the Quia website

Part 2 –The Future Real Conditional

Video 2

IF you leave me now, you’ll take Away the biggest Part of me.

Practice 2: The First Conditional - Future Real/ Factual

Click on the underlined Exercise words to open the web links.

 Exercise 1 - Multiple-choice exercise From the University of

Victoria’s Study Zone site

 Exercise 2 – Another multiple-choice quiz From

EnglishMediaLab.com

 Exercise 3 – Fill-in-the-blank exercise From the University of

Victoria’s Study Zone site

 Exercise 4 - Another fill-in-the-blank activity from

oconnortraining.com

 Exercise 5

website

– Mixed multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank quiz worth 10 points towards your course grade. From the Quia

Part 3 –The Present/Future Unreal Conditional

Video 3

If I ruled the world, Every day would be the first day of spring.

Practice 3: The Second Conditional - Present or Future Unreal

Click on the underlined Exercise words to open the web links.

 Exercise 1 - Multiple-choice exercise From the University of Victoria’s

Study Zone site

 Exercise 2 – Another multiple-choice exercise From better-

english.com

 Exercise 3– Fill-in-the-blank exercise From the University of

Victoria’s Study Zone site

 Exercise 4– A fill-in-the-blank activity from oconnortraining.com  Exercise 5 – Mixed multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank quiz worth 10 points towards your course grade. From the Quia website

Part 4 –The Past Unreal Conditional

Video 4

If I had had time, I would have gone to see him.

Practice 4: The Third Conditional – Past Unreal or Imaginary

Click on the underlined Exercise words to open the web links.

 Exercise 1 – Watch a 2-minute video of real people on the streets in the United States and England being asked what they would do if they won ten million dollars or pounds, and then complete the multiple-choice quiz  Exercise 2 – A fill-in-the-blank activity. Be sure to check your subject-verb agreement (was/were) and to use correct past tense forms for irregular verbs. From http://english-zone.com  Exercise 3 I’d) in the 2 – Here’s a fun activity. Listen to the song and click on the pictures that match what you hear. See how fast you are! This exercise is also a good example of the use of contractions (I would = nd conditional.  Exercise 4 – Mixed multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank quiz worth 10 points towards your course grade. From the Quia website

CONDITIONAL SONGS

Just in case you like old songs and want to practice English.