Module 2

• Conditionals


  Statements expressing the result of a particular condition
• Conditionals


  • If clause presents the condition
  • Main clause explains the results
• The main clause may appear first before the conditionals, yet the meaning of the sentence remains the same
• Types of conditionals


  • Zero conditional
  • First conditional
  • Second conditional
  • Third conditional
• Zero conditional


  • Deals with habits and general truths
  • Verbs in the condition and main clause are in simple present tense
• Zero conditional


  • When you pray God listens
  • If you place it in the fridge the water freezes
  • If it is already curfew time the road closes
• First conditional


  • Used for things that are possibly or likely to happen in the future
  • Verbs in the condition clause are in present simple, main clause uses will + base form
• First conditional


  • If you don't pass the test I will hire a tutor for you
  • When he receives his first salary he will buy me a new phone
  • If Lyla forgets her bag I will call her mom to get it
• Second conditional


  • Used for things impossible in the present and unlikely to occur in the future
  • Verbs in the condition clause are in simple past, main clause uses would + base form
• Second conditional


  • If I only passed the test I would celebrate the party
  • If I received a lot of money I would buy a new phone
  • If I were a boy I would do everything to please my girl
• Third conditional


  • Used for things that were impossible in the past and can no longer happen
  • Verbs in the condition clause use had + past participle, main clause uses would have + past participle
• Third conditional


  • If she had worked hard on her portfolio she would have passed the course
  • If my beautiful cousin had joined the pageant she would have won the crown
  • If she had gone to sleep earlier she wouldn't have been tired
  • If he had left home at 6:00 a.m. he would have been in time for the audition