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Lesson 25 - Conditional Sentences

The document discusses the different conditional structures in English including zero, first, second, and third conditional. It provides examples of how each conditional is formed and the situations in which each is typically used. The zero conditional describes rules and situations where one event always follows another. The first conditional talks about possible future events dependent on other future events. The second conditional discusses imagined, impossible, or unlikely future events or impossible present situations. The third conditional talks about unreal past situations and things that did not happen.

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Lesson 25 - Conditional Sentences

The document discusses the different conditional structures in English including zero, first, second, and third conditional. It provides examples of how each conditional is formed and the situations in which each is typically used. The zero conditional describes rules and situations where one event always follows another. The first conditional talks about possible future events dependent on other future events. The second conditional discusses imagined, impossible, or unlikely future events or impossible present situations. The third conditional talks about unreal past situations and things that did not happen.

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 If I pass my Analytical

Chemistry exam, I will….


 If I passed my Analytical
Chemistry exam, I would…
 If I had passed my Analytical
Chemistry exam, I would
have…
 The Zero Conditional is formed in
this way:
if + Present Simple, Present Simple
If you heat water, it boils.
 We use Zero Conditional to describe
rules and situations where one
event always follows the other.
If you want to study in the USA, you
have to pass an exam in English.
 The First Conditional is formed in this way:
if + Present Simple, will + infinitive
If you go to the Zoo, you will see the lions.
 We use the First Conditional to talk about
possible future events that depend on other
future events.
If I pass my exams, my parents will buy me a
scooter.
Other possible patterns in the First Conditional:
If we save enough money, we can go on holiday.
– can
If you see him, tell him to give me a ring. -
imperative
 The second Conditional is formed in
this way:if + Past Simple, would /
could / might + infinitive
If I had enough money, I would buy a
new car.
 We use the Second Conditional:

1. To talk about imagined, impossible or


unlikely events in the future.
If I had enough money, I would love
to do something like that. (the
sentence refers to the future)
2. To talk about impossible present
situations.
If I were you, I would study more.
 The Third Conditional is formed in this
way:
if + Past Perfect, would/could/might +
Perfect Infinitive
If I had studied more, I would have
passed the exam.
 We use the Third Conditional to talk

about unreal situations in the past and


to imagine things that did not happen.
If I hadn’t broken my leg, I would have
gone skiing.
 You don’t get fit unless you exercise
regularly.
You don’t get fit if you don’t
exercise regularly.
 I won’t go there unless we take a
taxi.
I won’t go there if we don’t take a
taxi.
 If you ask him, he ___________ (take) you
to the airport.
 The view was wonderful. If I
______________(have) a camera with me, I
would have taken some photographs.
 You know that I can’t afford this ring. If
I earned more, I ________________(buy)
you the whole world.
 It’s a pity I didn’t go to Spain last
summer. If I had gone there, I
____________________ (have) a chance to
use my Spanish.
 If I were you, I ______________ (take) your
neighbour to court.
 If you ask him, he will take you to the
airport.
 The view was wonderful. If I had had a
camera with me, I would have taken some
photographs.
 You know that I can’t afford this ring. If I
earned more, I would buy you the whole
world.
 It’s a pity I didn’t go to Spain last summer.
If I had gone there, I would have had a
chance to use my Spanish.
 If I were you, I would take your neighbour
to court.
 It’s a pity I didn’t go to Spain last
summer. If I had gone there, I would
have had a chance to use my
Spanish.
 If I were you, I would take your
neighbour to court.

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