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English
Quarter 1 – Module 2 Lesson 1
Conditionals and Arguments
(Using Present Real Conditionals)

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English – Grade 9
Quarter 1 – Module 2 Lesson 1: Use conditionals in expressing arguments

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MODULE 2 Lesson 1
I. ENJOYING THE JOURNEY

The lesson for this week highlights one of the cultural

promises that we still practice today. This will be a quick
reminder that culture endures in different ways and that it
creates a huge impact that still affects our daily living even
at the most modern times.
II. COMPETENCY
Use conditionals in expressing arguments.
Objectives:
a. Use the correct form of the verb in the present real conditionals.
b. Construct sentences using present real conditionals.
c. Expressing arguments using conditionals
III. VOCABULARY LIST

The following vocabulary words are found in the lesson to be

discussed Directions: Read the following words, along with their
meanings, that are used in the short text to be discussed.
1. herbal – adjective: of, relating to, or consisting of herbs

2. chamomile – noun: a composite plant, native to the Old World,

having strongly scented foliage and white ray flowers with yellow
centers used medicinally as a tea
3. lavender – noun: the dried flowers or other parts of this plant placed
among linen, clothes, etc., scent or as preservative
4. aloe – noun: any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe,
of the lily family, certain species yield a fiber
5. interfere – verb: to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially
with the effect of hampering action or procedure
6. argument - noun: the act or process of arguing, reasoning, or discussing; a
coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish
a point of view
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 IV. PRE – TEST

Directions: Write the missing words on the blanks in each sentence.

Choose your answers from the pool of words in the boxes below.

heat, cooks, mix, wake up, feel get, go burns, am, melts

1. If I ___________ late, I _________ late for work.

2. If my husband ___________, he ____________ the food
3. If you _________ water and electricity, you ________ a shock.
4. If you _________ ice, it _______.
5. I _________ good the next day if I _________ to bed early.

V. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
• Don’t Panic, It’s Organic.
Directions: Read the paragraph below, take note of the highlighted clauses, and then
answer the guide questions.
If people are sick, they go to a doctor. But some people also
use herbal medicines for basic healthcare. For example, if you aren’t
sleeping well, you can drink chamomile tea. If you suffer from motion
sickness, ginger settles your stomach. When you have a cold, you
can add garlic to your food. Make a lavender compress when you
have a headache. If you get a burn, try the juice of the aloe plant.
But if you take herbs, tell your doctor. Some herbs may interfere with
other medicines.
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Guide Questions:

1. What is common to each sentence?

2. Which part of the sentence is the if-clause, and the main clause?
3. What do the if-clause and the main clause state in each sentence?
4. What tense of the verb is used in both clauses?
5. Are these conditions likely to happen, or do they normally happen?

A CONDITIONAL SENTENCE is a sentence that has an if – clause which states a

condition and another clause that states what happens as a result of the condition. The
form of the verb in the if – clause depends on whether the condition is present and
impossible, future and possible, or past and unreal (English Expressway III).

The Real conditionals are classified into

Zero Conditional – If you heat water to 100º it boils
First (1st) Conditionals – If it’s a nice day I will go to the beach
These are real conditionals because if the conditional clause is met the result is certain.
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Read the sentences below:

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• What is the tense used in both clauses?

• Do these things happen in real life?
• Are they real? How can you say so?

The Present Real Conditional is used to talk about what you normally do in
real – life situations. We can use this in various instances.
• FORM

[If / When ... Simple Present ..., ... Simple Present ...]
[... Simple Present ... if / when ... Simple Present ...]

Examples:

• If I go to a friend's house for dinner, I usually take a bottle of wine or

some flowers.
• When I have a day off from work, I often go to the beach.
• If the weather is nice, she walks to work.
• Jerry helps me with my homework when he has time.
• I read if there is nothing on TV.
• A: What do you do when it rains?
B: I stay at home.
• A: Where do you stay when you go to Sydney?
B: I stay with my friends near the harbor.

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If / When Both "if" and "when" are used in the Present Real Conditional. Using
"if" suggests that something happens less frequently. Using "when" suggests
that something happens regularly.

Examples:
• When I have a day off from work, I usually go to the beach.
I REGULARLY HAVE DAYS OFF FROM WORK.

• If I have a day off from work, I usually go to the beach.

I RARELY HAVE DAYS OFF FROM WORK.

• Use Present Real Conditionals for general truths. Use the simple present in
both clauses.
o If your body temperature is above 37 C, you have a fever.
o If people get sick, they sometimes try herbs.

• Conditional sentences have an if clause (condition) and a result clause.

o If people get sick, they try herbal remedies.
if clause result clause

• Use real conditionals for habits and things that happen again and again.
o If I’m feeling sick, I eat more garlic.
• You can often use when instead of if.
o If I have a sore throat, I take licorice root.
o When I have a sore throat, I take licorice root.

• Use present real conditionals for general truths. Use the simple present in both
clauses.
If people get sick, they sometimes try herbs.
• Conditional sentences have an if clause (condition) and a result clause.
If people get sick, they try herbal remedies.
• Use real conditionals for habits and things that happen again and again.
If I’m feeling sick, I eat more garlic.
• You can often use when instead of if.
If I have sore throat, I take licorice root.
When I have a sore throat, I take licorice root.
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 • Use with modals
You can use modals in result cause.
o If you aren’t sleeping well, you can drink chamomile tea.
o I you get a burn, you might use aloe gel.

• Use with imperatives

You can use imperatives in the result cause.
o If you take herbs, tell your doctor.
o If you have a headache, make a lavender compress.

• A conditional sentence can begin with the if clause or the result

clause.
o If you have motion sickness, eat ginger root.
o Eat ginger root if you have motion sickness.

• Use a comma between the two clauses only when the if clause comes
first.
o If you have motion sickness, eat ginger root.
o Eat ginger root, if you have motion sickness.

• Use with negatives

o If I drink slippery elm tea, I don’t cough as much.
o If I’m not sleeping well, I don’t drink coffee.

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VI. PRACTICE
Task 1. Fill me up!
Direction: Write the correct form of the verb in the following conditional
sentences.

1. If I ________ (speak) to John, he __________ (get) annoyed.

2. My daughter _______ (pass) her exams if she _________ (work) hard.
3. David ________ (be) sick if he ________ (drink) milk.
4. The river ________ (freeze) and if it ___________ (be) very cold.
5. I _________ (like) to visit the museums if I __________ (be) in a new city.
6. I _________ (bike) to work if the weather _________ (be) fine.
7. My roommate ________ (clean) really well if she (clean) ___________ the
house.
8. Everybody ________ (be) grumpy if it _________ (rain) a lot.
9. If people __________ (eat) too many sweets, they _________ (get) fat.
10. If children _________ (not / eat), they __________ (not/be) healthy.
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 Task 2. The Remedy.

A. Directions: Look at the chart. Make conditional sentences with

modals or imperatives using the following health problems and
their herbal remedy.
Example: If you have cough, drink boiled Lagundi.
Problem Herbal Remedy
Used as treatment for dyspepsia. Lagundi

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org/lagundi.htm
Help ease stomach discomforts. Lemon Grass

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org/lemon-grass.htm
Help relieve rheumatic pains and Pansit – pansitan
gout.

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 http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.
org/pansit-pansitan.htm
Prevent viral, yeast, and Garlic
infections.

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org/garlic.htm

Aid the treatment of Sambong

kidney disorders.

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org/sambong.htm

B. Direction: Combine each group of words to make a sentence with a conditional

clause and a result clause.
Example: take gingko / memory may improve
If you take gingko, your memory may improve
1. drink ginseng / may reduce inflammation and boost immunity
___________________________________________________________________
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2. use turmeric / can treat pain associated with arthritis
___________________________________________________________________
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3. use garlic / can relieve nausea

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Using conditionals in expressing arguments

Through technology, you are able read, watch and listen to a lot of information.
These information may influence you to believe certain ideas and push you to take
some form of action. Some information may also dissuade you from believing or doing
other things.
Many writers use argumentative texts to persuade the readers to agree to their
points of view. Writers do so, not just by presenting information, but by showing the
pros and cons of an issue. In extracting information from an argumentative text, you
must be able to note the issue and the supporting (pros) and opposing (cons) opinions
about the issue.
Source: Grade 9 LM, p 239

Directions: Read the text and answer the guide questions below.

Text:

Students Should Not Be Allowed to Bring Mobile Phones to School

(Excerpted)

In recent times, the number of people owning mobile phones has increased
dramatically. Now mobile phones are not just for calling, but you can now text, take
and send pictures, record videos, access the internet, play games and much more.
The variety of functions has increased dramatically. They have also become a lot
cheaper. Thus more and more young people now own a mobile. So should they be
allowed to bring them to school?

Mobile phones can cause a distraction in education. They can disturb teachers
and students. For example, if you were working hard on a piece of work, concentrating
hard, and a person's phone rings, it disrupts the whole class. You may become side-
tracked or the teacher may be interrupted during speaking to the class. Thus teaching
would be constantly disrupted if this kept happening. Thus education standards would
deteriorate. Looking then at long term effects, if this was happening every day, you
would be wasting five minutes a day, so nearly half an hour a week, and so that would
be over ten hours a year of disruption. Also, mobile phones provide a large temptation
to cheat in tests. They can communicate to almost anywhere and anyone in the world.
Because they are small, students can quietly and discreetly send a text and it can go
unnoticed. You got to school to learn, not to waste time playing games or cheating in
tests.

Research has proven that frequent use of a mobile phone can put the owner at
risk of long term health damage. Mobile phones have radiation in them which they
send out which can destroy or damage cells. Thus a student who uses a mobile phone
regularly is at risk of health damage. With the increase in ownership of mobiles, there

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is increased usage and so the students are putting themselves at risk more and more
of health damage.

Also younger students may not be properly educated on phone usage. Most
phones nowadays have internet access on them. Students can access sites which
they should not see, like pornography.

Directions: From what you have read in the text, fill in the necessary information in the
table. Be guided by the questions below.
Topic:
_________________________________________________________
Reasons Details / facts to support the reason

Guide Questions:
1. What are the reasons for not allowing students to bring mobile phones to
school?
2. What facts are used to support the argument? Are these convincing?
3. Do you agree with the writer?
4. What kind of writing is this?

Source: Grade TG, p. 135-136

Task 3. Epic Pandemic

Directions: Considering the present situation of our country with the

COVID 19 pandemic, answer the question below in at least five
arguments (in sentences) using conditionals.

Why is a mobile phone significant for a learner like you?

1. _________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________

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5. _________________________________________________________________

VII. POST TEST

A. Direction: Combine the following words to create a sentence using
present real conditional.
1. (I / pay the bills late / I / pay penalty)
2. (my wife / iron the clothes / she / burn my coats)
3. (Cheska / not drink enough water / she / get heatstroke)
4. (lots of people / come / Jenny / have a party)
5. (she / buy expensive clothes / she / go shopping)

B. Directions: Considering the present situation of our country with the COVID 19
pandemic, answer the question below in at least five arguments (in sentences) using
conditionals.

Why is it necessary for everyone to strictly follow health protocols?

1. _________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________________

VIII. ASSIGNMENT

Direction: Write three conditional sentences using present real

conditionals showing how your family act in case of emergency
situations / pandemics.
1. ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

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 LIST OF SOURCES:

Almonte , Liza R., et al. A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature Learner's

Material. 1st ed., Vibal Group, Inc. , 2014.

https://www.dictionary.com/
https://www.slideshare.net/jbsaenz/present-real-conditionals-12516547

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/support-files/conditionals_zero_form.pdf

https://www.englishpage.com/conditional/presentconditional.html

http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/lagundi.htm

http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/lemon-grass.htm

http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/pansit-pansitan.htm

http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/garlic.htm

http://www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/sambong.htm

http://www.learnenglishlanguagewell.com/grammar/conditionals-introduction-to-real-
and-unreal-conditionals/

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 ANSWER KEY:

Pretest

1. If I wake up late, I’m late for work.

2. If my husband cooks, he burns the food.
3. If you mix water and electricity, you get a shock.
4. If you heat ice, it melts.
5. I feel good the next day if I go to bed early.

Task 1

1. If I speak to John, he gets annoyed.

2. My daughter passes her exams if she works hard.
3. David is sick if he drinks milk.
4. The river freezes if it’s very cold.
5. I like to visit the museums if I am in a new city
6. I bike to work if the weather is fine.
7. My roommate cleans really well if she cleans the house.
8. Everybody is grumpy if it rains a lot.
9. If people eat too many sweets, they get fat.
10. If children don’t eat well, they aren’t healthy.

Task 2

1. If you want to treat Dyspepsia, use Lagundi.

2. Use Lemon Grass if you want to ease stomach discomforts.
3. If you want to relieve rheumatic pains and gout, use Pansit-pansitan.
4. Use garlic if you want to prevent viral, yeast and infection.
5. When you want to treat kidney disorders, use Sambong.

Task 3

Answers will vary.

Post Test

Part A.

1. If I pay the bills late, I pay the penalty.

2. If my wife irons the clothes, she burns my coats.

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 3. If Chesca doesn’t drink enough water, she gets heatstroke.
4. Lots of people come if Jenny has a party.
5. She buys expensive clothes if she goes shopping.

Part B.

Answers will vary.

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