CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Oraciones Condicionales (Versin Ingls / Espaol)

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
I will go to the park if Sarah comes with us
I will go to the park if Sarah comes with us

Conditional Sentences are divided into two different parts: (Dos partes principales)
Main clause: I will go to the park (Frase principal) If-clause: if Sarah comes with us (Condicin)

Three types of Conditional Sentences:

Type I or Possible Condition:

It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.

If I find her phone number, I will send it to you

If-clause: If I find her phone number Main clause: I will send it to you

Verbal Tenses: Main clause: Future Simple If-clause: Present Simple

Variations to type I
a.- variations of the main clause: 1. MAY / MIGHT (possibility).
If the fog gets thicker the plane may/might be diverted

(advanced)

b.- variations of the if-clause: 1. PRESENT CONTINUOUS: to indicate a present action or a future arrangement.
If you are waiting for the bus you'd better join the queue If you are looking for Peter you'll find him upstairs.

2. MAY (permission) or CAN (permission or ability)

If your documents are in order you may/can leave at once

3. MUST / SHOULD or any expression of command, request or advice.

If you want to lose weight you must / should eat less bread.
If you want to lose your weight you had better eat less bread If you want to lose weight eat less bread. If you see Tom tomorrow, could you ask him to ring me?

If you are staying for another night I'll ask the manager to give you a better room.

2. PRESENT PERFECT
If you have finished dinner I'll ask the waiter for the bill.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES : TYPE 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

ACTIVITIES

I'll look for your notebook and if I (find) it I (give) you a ring. If you (smoke) in a non-smoking compartment the other I'll wash the glasses in this nice hot water. No, don't. If you (put) If you (see) Tom, Tell him I have a message for him. If he (win) he (get) $1,000; If he (come) in second he (get) $500. If you (feel) too hot during the night turn down the central heating. If he (want) more money he (have) to do more work. If you (finish) with your dictionary I'd like to borrow it. If he (stand) up in the canoe it (capsize).

passengers (object).

them into very hot water they (crack).

10.

The lift wasn't working when I was here last. If it still (not work) we

have to use the stairs.

Type II or Unlikely Condition:

It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.

If I saw her, I would tell her the truth

If-clause: If I saw her Main clause: I would tell her the truth
We usually use WERE for all the persons of verb TO BE

If I were a rich man, Id help people in Africa Verbal Tenses:

Main clause: Conditional Simple

If-clause: Past Simple

Variations to type II
(advanced)

a.- variations of the main clause: b.- variations of the if-clause:

1. - MIGHT / COULD
If you tried again you might / could succeed.

1. PAST CONTINUOUS:
I hate flying. If we were going by boat I'd feel much happier.

2. CONTINUOUS CONDITIONAL FORM

Peter is on holiday ; he is touring Italy. If I were on holiday I would / might be touring Italy too.

2. PAST PERFECT:
If he had taken my advice he would be a rich man now.

3. SIMPLE PAST : to express automatic or habitual reactions in the past

If anyone interrupted him he got angry.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES: TYPE 2

ACTIVITIES

1. 2. 3.

If I (give) her a diamond ring she (sell) it. If you (go) on a diet you (lose) weight. If we (work) all night we (finish) in time; but we have no intention of working all the night.

You must never blow out a gas light. Do you know what (happen) if you (blow )out a gas light?

5.
6. 7.

If I (see) a tiger walking along the street I (climb) a tree.

If it (be) summer the people (not sit) round that big fire. If you (type) your notes they (be) a lot of easier to read.

Type III or Impossible Condition:

It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past. (Es imposible que la condicin llegue a realizarse pues se refiere al pasado) If I had found her phone number, I would have sent her a message for the party

If-clause: If I had found her phone number Main clause: I would have sent her a message for the party Verbal Tenses: Main clause: Conditional Perfect If-clause: Past Perfect
(would+have+P.P.) (had+P.P.)

Esta frmula no es fija, puede variar como podemos ver en la siguiente diapositiva

Variations to type III

(advanced)

a. Variations of the main clause 1. COULD OR MIGHT may be used instead of WOULD If we had found him earlier we could have saved his life. 2. The continuous form of the perfect conditional may be used. At the time of the accident I was sitting in the back of the car, because Tom's little boy was sitting beside him in front. If Tom's boy had not been there I would have been sitting in front. b. Variations of the if- clause 1. We can use the past perfect continuous in the If- clause. Luckily I was wearing a seat belt. If I hadn't been wearing one I would have been seriously injured.

Other possible changes

1. A combination of types 2 and 3 is possible: The plane I intended to catch crashed and everyone was killed: If I had caught that plane I would be dead now or I would have been killed. 2. In type 3 had can be placed first and the if omitted:

If you had obeyed orders this disaster would not have happened
Had you obeyed orders this disaster would not have happened

CONDITINAL SENTENCES: Type 3

ACTIVITIES

1. If she ........ (not make) these calls, the bill........ (be) smaller. 2. What........... (you / do) if I ..........( not work)? 3. If he ........... ( be born ) in Italy, he .......... (be called ) Arturo. 4. educated university / got better job 5. not worked at library / not met Mary. 6. not won TV quiz contest / spent honeymoon in England 7. married Sheila / lived in Middleford.

8. If the man ..........( be looking ) the wrong way, he ......... (see ) the car.

WRITE A SENTENCE BEGINNING WITH IF FOR THESE SITUATIONS. Example A doctor recommended his patient to have an operation. The patient refused and died. The doctor says: " If he ...." If he had had the operation, he wouldn't have died. a. Joe told Fred to bet five pounds on a horse called Greased Lightning. Fred refused. Later Joe tells Fred that he bet five pounds a won a hundred pounds and adds: "If you ..." b. Arthur says he can't pay his bills because he didn't make a budget and adds: "If I ... c. Sheila tells Harry she saw him in the street yesterday and tells him off because he didn't speak to her. Harry protests that he didn't see her and adds: "If I ..." d.The teacher is disappointed that Stephen didn't pass his examination. He knows that Stephen didn't do any work. He tells him: "If you ..."

e.Keith had arranged to fly to America on flight BA 329 last weekend. He couldn't go because he had 'flu. Unfortunately the plane crashed and there were no survivors. Keith says : "If I..."
f. Mary missed the last bus home because she stayed talking to hi s girl-friend Liz. When she came home by taxi, Arthur says: "If you ..." g. Dr Newton forgot to lock the back door and a burglar came and stole his First Aids kit and he says : "If I ..."

If can be replaced by:

UNLESS

IN CASE:

PROVIDED (THAT) / PROVIDING (THAT):

BUT FOR:

SUPPOSE /SUPPOSING = What if?

IF ONLY: si!

AS LONG AS: