CONDITIONAL SENTENCES.(TOP MARKS 1º BACHILLERATO p.82 – 125-26)

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CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

How much do you remember about conditionals?

Do you know the connectors?

How may types are there? And what is the meaning of each type?

Think about an example of conditional sentence.

If you are left-handed, you will face many disadvantages.

conditional clause result/ main clause

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

FIRST CONDITIONAL.

CONDITIONAL CLAUSE RESULT CLAUSE MEANING

IF

+ PRESENT SIMPLE

UNLESS (IF NOT)( SI NO, A MENOS QUE, A NO SER QUE)

SIMPLE FUTURE

MAY / MIGHT

IMPERATIVE

SOMETHING THAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE

EXAMPLES.If you are left-handed, you will face many disadvantages.You will meet a lot of people if you travel abroad.If she is free tomorrow, she may/might attend the concert tooSearch on the internet if you want to buy some special products.He won´t believe anything unless you prove it is true. =He will believe anything if you prove it is true.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

SECOND CONDITIONAL.

CONDITIONAL CLAUSE RESULT CLAUSE MEANING

IF

+ SIMPLE PAST

(were)

UNLESS

WOULD

+ BASE FORM

COULD/ MIGHT

A HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION

IN THE PRESENT

EXAMPLES.If we had enough money, we would buy a new car.You could / might learn more this year if you studied harder.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

THIRD CONDITIONAL.

CONDITIONAL CLAUSE RESULT CLAUSE MEANING

IF

+ PAST PERFECT

UNLESS

WOULD HAVE

COULD/ MIGHT HAVE + PAST

PART

AN IMPOSSIBLE OR

UNFULFILLED SITUATION

IN THE PAST

EXAMPLES:If I had phoned my parents, they wouldn´t have been worried.He could/ might have visited her if he had known she was ill.