Conditional Sentences
Conditional sentences are types of sentences that need a condition or a reason to happen. There are two parts in a conditional sentence: IF MAIN reason/condition resultReason can be:1) always true –ZERO CONDITIONAL2)real and possible to happen-FIRST CONDITIONAL3) unreal and unlikely to happen-SECOND CONDITIONAL
Zero Conditional
Zero Conditional is used to talk about things which are always true-scientific facts, general truths etc…. It is formed: IF MAINSimple Present Simple Present
If you heat water to 100 C, it boils.
If you heat ice, it turns to water.
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1. If you (not drink)____________ water for some time, you (die) ____________.2. If you (mix) __________blue and yellow, you (get) ___________ green.3. If I (eat) ___________cinnamon, I (get) ___________ rash.4. If you (keep)___________ food out of the fridge, it (go) __________ bad quickly.5. Pupils (not go)__________ to PE classes if they (be) _________ sick.6. If you (put) __________a wet finger into the socket, you (get) ___________ electrocuted.
First Conditional
First Conditional is used to talk about things which are real and possible to happen-MAY HAPPEN-in the present or in the future.It is formed: IF MAIN Simple Present Will + infinitive
If you break a mirror, you will have seven years of bad luck.
If it’s sunny, we will go for a walk.
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1. If you (not hurry)___________, you (be) __________ late.2. I (not go) __________if you (not come) ___________ with me.3. If it (rain)__________, I (open) ___________ the umbrella.4. Our team (win)___________ if they (play) ___________ well.5. Harry (travel) ___________to Rome if he (get) ___________ a day off.6. My baby brother (cry)__________ if I (not feed) __________ him soon.
Second Conditional
Second Conditional is used to talk about things which are unreal-NOT TRUE OR NOT POSSIBLE-THINGS WHICH WON’T OR DON’T HAPPEN-in the present or in the future.It is formed: IF MAIN Simple Past Would + infinitive
If dogs had wings, they would fly.
If I had lots of money, I would buy a maybach.
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1. She (not be) __________lonely if she (have) ___________ more friends.2. If I (be) __________you, I (tell) ___________ the truth.3. Sarah (lose)___________ more weight if she (eat) ____________ less.4. If pigs (can/fly)___________, they (run) ___________ away from people.5. If John (inherit)____________ some money, he (buy) ____________ a big house.6. If my aunt (live)__________ closer, I (visit) _________ her more often.