If conditional
English II
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
Department of Fundamental Learning
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Content
• Definition
• Zero conditional
• First conditional
• Second conditional
• Third conditional
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Definition
• “conditional is a type of sentence that is made up of
an if-clause (condition) and a main clause (result). It
is used to describe a situation that might happen or
might have happened.”
• The if-clause can be the first or the send part of the
sentence:
If you study, you will pass the exam.
You will pass the exam if you study.
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Zero conditional
• Usage: to express general truth/situations that are
always true or possible.
• Rule: If+ present simple+ present simple
• Example: If you heat ice, it melts
• If you don’t brush your teeth, you get cavities.
• If it rains, the grass gets wet.
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First conditional
• Usage: to express a possible or realistic condition and
its probable result.
• Rule: If+ present simple+ future simple
• Example: If I go to the mall, I will buy something.
• If you study hard, you will pass the exam.
• If you don’t hurry, you will miss the train.
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Second conditional
• Usage: to express a hypothetical condition and its
probable result.
• Rule: If+ past simple+ would+ verb(base form)
• Example: If I were you, I would accept the offer.
• If I inherited a billion dollars, I would travel to the moon.
• If I were 20, I would travel the world.
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Third conditional
• Usage: to express an unreal past condition and its
probable result in the past.
• Rule: If+ past perfect+ would have+ past participle
• Example: If I had saved my money, I would have bought
a car.
• If I had studied, I would have passed my exams .
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Exercise
Complete the Conditional Sentences. Decide
whether to use Type I, II or III.
•If I had time, I………. (go) shopping with you.
•If you……….. (speak) English, you will get
along with them perfectly.
•If they had gone for a walk,
they……..(turn) the lights off.
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Exercise
•If she……….. (come) to see us, we will go to
the park.
•I would have told you, if I ………. (see) him.
•Would you mind if I ……. (open) the window?
•If they ………. (invite) me, I wouldn't have said
no.
•My friend ……….. (meet) me at the station if
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Exercise
•If I …….. (not/do) it, nobody would do it.
•If my father ………. (not/pick) me up, I'll take
the bus home.
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Exercise
Complete the Conditional Sentences Type I.
•If you ……….(go) out with your friends
tonight, I ……….(watch) the football match on
TV.
•I …….(earn) a lot of money if I ……..(get) that
job.
•If she ……..(not /hurry) , we ….....(miss) the
bus.
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Exercise
Complete the Conditional Sentences Type II.
•If he ……..(try) harder, he …….(reach) his
goals.
•I ……..(buy) these shoes if they ……….(fit) .
•It ……….(not/surprise) me if
he ……..(not/know) the answer.
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Exercise
Complete the Conditional Sentences Type III.
•If we ……….(listen) to the radio,
we ………(hear) the news.
•If you ……….(switch) on the lights,
you …….(not/fall) over the chair.
•She ……….(come) to our party if
she ……..(not/be) on holiday.
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Exercise
Complete the Conditional Sentences with the
correct form (Type I, II or III).
If I …… (be) stronger, I would help you carry
the piano.
•If we had seen you, we…… (stop).
•He would have repaired the car himself if
he ……. (have) the tools.
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Exercise
Complete the Conditional Sentences with the
correct form (Type I, II or III).
•If you drop the vase, it …… (break).
•If I hadn't studied, I …… (not/pass)the exam.
•I wouldn't go to school by bus if I……. (have) a
driving licence.
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References
•https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-
resources/english-grammar/conditional/
•Exercises from:
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-
up/grammar/conditional-
sentences/exercises?05
•https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-
up/tests/conditional-sentences-3
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