Conditionals
There are two kinds of
conditional sentences: real and unreal. Real Conditional describes real-life
situations. Unreal Conditional describes unreal, imaginary situations. Although
the various conditional forms might seem quite abstract at first, they are actually
some of the most useful structures in English and are commonly included in
daily conversations
Present Real Conditional
FORM
[If / When ... Simple
Present ..., ... Simple Present ...]
[... Simple Present ... if
/ when ... Simple Present ...]
USE
The Present Real
Conditional is used to talk about what you normally do in real-life situations.
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.
B: I stay at home.
·
A:
Where do you stay if you go to Sydney?
B: I stay with my friends near the harbor.
B: I stay with my friends near the harbor.
IMPORTANT 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.
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.
I rarely have days off from work.
FORM
[If ... Simple Past ...,
... would + verb ...]
[... would + verb ... if
... Simple Past ...]
USE
The Present Unreal
Conditional is used to talk about what you would generally do in imaginary
situations.
Examples:
·
If I owned a
car, I would drive to work. But I don't own a car.
·
She would
travel around the world if she had more money. But
she doesn't have much money.
·
I would
read more if I didn't watch so much TV.
·
Mary would
move to Japan if she spoke Japanese.
·
If they worked harder,
they would earn more money.
·
A: What would you do if
you won the lottery?
B: I would buy a house.
B: I would buy a house.
·
A:
Where would you live if you moved to
the U.S.?
B: I would live in Seattle.
B: I would live in Seattle.
EXCEPTION If I were ...
In the Present Unreal
Conditional, the form "was" is not considered grammatically correct.
In written English or in testing situations, you should always use
"were." However, in everyday conversation, "was" is often used.
Examples:
·
If he were French,
he would live in Paris.
·
If she were rich,
she would buy a yacht.
·
I would play
basketball if I were taller.
·
I would buy
that computer if it were cheaper.
·
I would buy
that computer if it was cheaper. Not
Correct (But often said in conversation.)
IMPORTANT Only use "If"
Only the word
"if" is used with the Present Unreal Conditional because you are
discussing imaginary situations. "When" cannot be used.
Examples:
·
I would buy
that computer when it were cheaper. Not Correct
·
I would buy
that computer if it were cheaper. Correct
EXCEPTION Conditional with Modal
Verbs
There are some special
conditional forms for modal verbs in English:
would + can =
could
would + shall
= should
would + may =
might
The words "can,"
"shall" and "may" cannot be used with "would."
Instead, they must be used in these special forms.
Examples:
·
If I went to
Egypt, I would can learn Arabic. Not Correct
·
If I went to
Egypt, I could learn Arabic. Correct
·
If she had
time, she would may go to the party. Not Correct
·
If she had
time, she might go to the party. Correct
The words
"could," should," "might" and "ought to"
include conditional, so you cannot combine them with "would."
Examples:
·
If I had more
time, I would could exercise after work. Not Correct
·
If I had more
time, I could exercise after work. Correct
·
If he invited
you, you really would should go. Not Correct
·
If he invited
you, you really should go. Correct
Conditional Sentence
→ It is impossible that the
condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.
Example: If I had found her address, I would
have sent her an invitation.
Use
Conditional Sentences Type
III refer to situations in the past. An action could have happened in the past
if a certain condition had been fulfilled. Things were different then, however.
We just imagine, what would have happened if the situation had been fulfilled.
Examples
Example: If
I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation.
Sometime in the past, I
wanted to send an invitation to a friend. I didn't find her address, however.
So in the end I didn't send her an invitation.
Example: If John had had the money, he would have bought a
Ferrari.
I knew John very well and I
know that he never had much money, but he loved Ferraris. He would have loved
to own a Ferrari, but he never had the money to buy one.
exercises:
5 - http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g18-first-second-conditional-exercise.php
6 - http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/first-versus-second-conditional
7 - http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/condit1.htm
8 - https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/conditional-sentences-3
ACTIVITY 1
In groups of three students present to the class in a poster what your ideal world would be like.
include in your presentation the passive voice and the conditionals. you can include images, video clips or sound. Be creative.
ACTIVITY 2
Dscribe your fears and dreams about your future (family, carreer, job, travel, happines), use conditionals, 100 word minimun.
6 - http://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/intermediate/first-versus-second-conditional
7 - http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/condit1.htm
8 - https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/conditional-sentences-3
ACTIVITY 1
In groups of three students present to the class in a poster what your ideal world would be like.
include in your presentation the passive voice and the conditionals. you can include images, video clips or sound. Be creative.
ACTIVITY 2
Dscribe your fears and dreams about your future (family, carreer, job, travel, happines), use conditionals, 100 word minimun.
Our dreams are goals that we are going to fulfill. if we study and work hard we will be professional people, if we put ourselves in vagancy surely we will not be more than some maintained and we will end up in life, we want to travel all over the world, we want to work, one as a nutritionist and another as a doctor surgery if we travel with our whole family
ResponderEliminarwe would be happy and our fears are very similar we are afraid to lose and if we do not succeed it will be a good thing of our life or bad surely if we had money it would be something easier to achieve those goals.
valentina zuluaga martinez
luz kassandra obando rengifo
grado 11-2
good 5.0
EliminarIn the future, if we see ourselves exercising the profession we want is to be a surgeon and physiotherapy to achieve that achievement, we must finish our baccalaureate.
ResponderEliminarIf we study a lot, we can obtain a good grade in the ICfes to obtain a scholarship.
Our fears are that we can not fulfill our dreams and our goals. Another fear for us is that if we study and we can not have work experience, they can not give us the job.
If we could, we would like to travel around the world and know many places with our family.
valeria padilla perdomo
jennifer xiomara quiñonez
11-2
good 5.0
EliminarIn this post we will discuss our dreams, our fears and what we would like in the future for our lives.
ResponderEliminarOne of the most important dreams of our lives is to graduate from high school so we could enter a university and we could pursue a professional career and finally be the pride of our families
In our futures we would like to be better people both at work and personally, and we will go to many places that we always dream of, we will give a better life to our relatives and we ourselves
Valentina Lopez
Lesly cardoza
11-1
2.5 no conditionals
EliminarYou can have many dreams that don’t prosper thanks to fear, because we limit ourselves. Some of our fears have to do with our personal and professional life among these is:
ResponderEliminarIf we get a bad result in the ICFES, we would lose several opportunities. Because if we studied something by obligation we would not do it in the best way
If we had a family at an early age it would complicate our lives
If we lost the taste for our hobbies we would have a very boring life
In our dreams we want to develop our future where the fears reflect it in a positive way.
If we obtained a good result in the ICFES, we would have several opportunities.
If we had a good job, we would have opportunities to travel.
Hillaryn Corrales Silva
Gutierrez Córdoba Diana
11-1
5.0 good
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ResponderEliminarvalentina yepes
ResponderEliminar11-1
in the future if I see myself exercising; my most important dream is to graduate and get a good icfes and if I study hard and I can do what I can to enter a university to practice in the future the preferences for which I want to perform and is social communication and biotechnology and train me as a person, and academically be the best in everything especially in my work to take my family forward and be their pride. my biggest fear is not being able to fulfill my goals and dreams, I hope to travel around the world with my family, and having enough money to live well what would make me very happy is to be able to fulfill all my dreams and goals set in the future and to have the satisfaction that I could achieve it to live comfortably with my family.
5.0 good
Eliminarour dreams and goals are, if we were in the university, we would be studying the career that we like so much like salon bellaza and hoteleria and tourism, and if to fulfill all our dreams and goals, is to study very hard for if to get a good icfes , and if in the future we have a good university degree, if we had a good job so we could take our family forward and get to know the whole world, our biggest fear is not being able to fulfill our dreams and goals that we have so much in mind. now that we are in 11 now if we can fulfill all our dreams ahnelados if we get a good icfes so we have a good scholarship to study in the best universities in the world.
ResponderEliminarAnd if future work we have so we could know the countries that we would like to know as much as the USA, France
Sonia castillo-Maria camila gil restrepo
11-2
4.0 good but you have to check some conditionals rules.
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ResponderEliminarIf I had the money I would buy a 630 vstrom
ResponderEliminarOne of my dreams is that if I had a job I would save and buy a house.
If I did not spend the money I would be buying the A9 samsung
My dream is that if I get to a good university, I could graduate and get a good job.
If I had work, I would save and buy a house.
If I had a better sound system, I could make my birthday party.
if I had not enrolled in corecial in the casd I would not be full of work
Jhon Jaider Delgado C
Diego Agudelo
11-1
5.0 good
EliminarIn the future we see ourselves as professionals, if we study and strive we can graduate to obtain good results in the ICFES, enter a university or a technical institute to study what our heart dictates.
ResponderEliminarif we work on what we do we will be happy doing it
If we make an effort to study, we will earn a lot of money in the future by doing what we like.
if we have a stable job we can have our own family, give them a good future, provide them a comfortable life and have nothing missing
- ian camilo chara rios
camila cantuca lopez
11-2
4.0 no all the conditionals were used
EliminarI will talk about my dreams, my fears and what I would like in the future for my life. One of my most important dreams is to graduate from high school to study electricity and electronics to get a good job and worthy so that my family is proud and can help them in what they need and to move forward, and in the future I would like To be a much better person to be one of the best in my work I would also like to travel to many parts of the world and especially to Europe, my fear is not being able to achieve my goals and my dreams also not being able to give my family a better life.
ResponderEliminarFIRST NAME:
Duvan Bedoya Acosta ...
GRADE:
11-1
2.5 no conditionals
EliminarMy biggest fear in all my life has been losing my parents, of rest there is nothing more that worries me, my goals are to study and if I manage to finish my studies, to have possibilities of being someone important in life, in the case of not to finish the study, to become independent and to be my own boss, one of my dreams is to have a great house at the height of Cristo Rey, to have my parents with me and to have a lot of money to help the most needy, if I had the opportunity to travel would be to Europe as to Spain and Russia and much of North America as Mexico, Canada and much of the United States. Committing and giving it all I know that I have the opportunity to fulfill everything that until now motivates me to achieve.
ResponderEliminarMy name is Stiven Vergel of grade 11-1
4.o good
EliminarI am a person with many goals.
ResponderEliminarIf I had more time, I would make a pre-ices to get a good score and be able to enter the university I want. If I can finish it, I will obtain my professional title and good job stability. I would like to be able to help my parents financially in the future, my mother teaches me to fight for my goals and my dreams, if it had not been for her, I would never have had my goals as a priority. I want to travel around the world, be happy and have a good home.
My biggest fear is not being able to achieve everything I want in the future, but if I overcome all my fears, I will achieve everything I want.
Valentina Montoya-Laura Orozco 11-1
5.0 good
EliminarOur fears are that we fail in our studies, lose a loved one, that we can not fulfill our dreams and goals.
ResponderEliminarWe hope that in the future we can meet our goals and be the pride of our families, but to achieve our dreams we should start by dedicating ourselves to study and learn with dedication and effort
in the future we want to have a stable job, which we strive so hard to come out to have a family, to educate our children as good people in society
our dreams we want to fulfill in the future and keep us in the present educating and strengthening us to make them a reality and that our errors of the past do not affect our present future.
mishel sthefani valencia torres
evelin nicol ordoñes miranda
11-1
2.5 no conditionals
EliminarOur dreams are goals that we are going to fulfill. If we study and work, we will be prepared people, if we put ourselves in the problems, surely we will not be more than some maintained and we prepare in life, we want to travel and know all the cities, we want to work, one as a pediatrician and the other as a doctor, if we travel with all our loved ones we would be happy and our fears are very similar, we fear losing our
ResponderEliminarfamily and if we do not get it, it will be a bad thing.
in our life, surely if we had money it would be something easier to achieve to achieve our goals.
darling dominguez
jeancarlos aguilar
11-1
darling dominguez
jeancarlos aguilar
11-1
4.5 good
EliminarFear
ResponderEliminarOne of the main fears we have in common is that, if we lose our mom we are sad
If I feel bad about my career, I will not be happy making my career
Dreams
If I am a prominent person in what I do and I like I have a lot of opportunity.
If I had money, I would love to give my mom everything she ever gave me.
Travel
Yes I knew the beaches of Mexico, I get very happy
Work
If we had a good position in a company, it would be the best
Happiness
If I have my family together, we all share more
If he were with a good person, he would respect her and support her dreams
Cristina hurtado
velly caicedo
11-1
5.0 good
EliminarIn the next years we want to do many things with our lives,like to have a good result in the ICFES,to study international marketing and languages, if we work hard now,we'll reach these goals, if we had a scholarship,it would help us in great way, for maybe not saying one day,if we had studied, i wouldn't be so bad.It's obvious that we have fears, like everybody, i think that my biggest fear is not being good enough in my job If i had taken better decisions with my fears, i would have been a better person. IF i had money, i would travel to the asian continent.
ResponderEliminarDahian Bastidas Mosquera
Juan Manuel Rodas Balanta
Grado:11-1
good 5.0
EliminarIf we remain dedicated in our studies, we can get a good job which would benefit us financially, we would go to a private university if it were not so expensive.
ResponderEliminarIf we got enough money with our jobs, we would travel to different parts of the world, we would also buy a lot of clothes and help the street dogs.
If we managed to fulfill our dreams, we would feel very happy and we could say it was worth so much effort.
With respect to my past studies, if we had been a bit more studious nowadays we could be scholars, but we did not have the opportunity, thinking about our future motivates us to continue studying.
Sara Valentina Lugo
Ingrid Jhoana Díaz
11-1
Alejandra Arango López
ResponderEliminar11-1
One of my fears in life is losing my family and failing in the workplace. I want to finish studying and so I could graduate and if I study a lot and prepare well for the tests I know I enter the university.
About my future I want to be a professional and most likely to specialize in trade. I want to be very successful in my work and so I could travel with my family to know more places in our beautiful country.
When I graduate with honors my family will be much more proud of me, and if I achieve each of my projects I would be very happy.
solangie avila
ResponderEliminar11-1
In the future I see myself as a pediatrician and for that I must finish the baccalaureate.
If I study a lot I can have a good score in the ICfes and achieve a scholarship.
My fears are not fulfilling my dreams and losing the people I love.
My big dream is to be able to take my family to travel anywhere in the world
pamela aguilar
11-1
my fears are to lose my mother not having a stable job where I can not sustain myself.
my dream is to take my family forward to have a great house and in the future to be a dentist to have my own company and give my mother a trip
antonny Fernando quiñones arboleda
ResponderEliminar11-1
before, if I would have liked to be a professional footballer, that was my big dream and if I had continued practicing it would have been, but now that I do not practice it, I would like to study accounting, that would be the career that I would like to do apart from career in music. but for now I have to study, I would also like to travel in many places, but if I do not study and prepare, I can not do it. I think a lot about having a family and what would be the case if I already had it, but for that I have to prepare myself. I know many things I will do if I prepare well.
If we manage to go to a university, we will have a good life which means living happily, we want to buy a car to transport us, a house to live with our families
ResponderEliminarIf we get a good score in the icfes we can go to a university of our preference and study the carrer we want
If we graduated this year, it would be a great step in our lives, as a step more we climb making our families feel proud of us
About my past life, if when we were little we would have understood that life was not so easy, today we would be people better prepared for social life. Valentina Cardona, Camila Calderón 11-1
In my future:
ResponderEliminarIf I enter university, I would study engineering
If I did not enter the U when I graduated, I would work for a few years
If I travel outside of the country, I would go to Dubai
If I get a good job, I would save to buy a vehicle
If I did not graduate this year, I would get very depressed
If I get a high score in the ICFES, I could enter the Univalle
If I do not get a bad score on the ICFES, I would have to repeat the tests
If I win a scholarship abroad, I would have to get away from my family and my friends for a while
CAMILA GUZMAN
JHONATAN STEVEN VARGAS
11°2
In the future I look like a professional. One of my current goals is to graduate and get a good score in the ICFES to continue advancing with my professional life and reach the main goal, in order to help my father financially. And also to have more job opportunities. I want to be a whole businessman ... Opportunities should not be let go. To be able to fulfill all my dreams of traveling with my dad to many sides and to have what we want and live happy and happy as long as God has blessed us with much health . CHRIST COMES SOON REPENT.
ResponderEliminarYancarlos Valverde Albán
11-1
our dreams are in the future, if we were in the university studying the career that we like most like pediatrics and system engineering, if we try hard and study a lot, we could have a very good qualification in the ICFES to obtain a scholarship in the best universities. if we had a good job, we would like to travel around the world with our family, our biggest fear is losing our family members, another serious fear is not being able to fulfill our dreams and goals, if now we focus more on the study we would obtain the work of our dreams, if we had a better economic stability would be something easier to achieve those goals, and our greatest happiness is to see our families happy.
ResponderEliminarNatalia Fernandez Rodriguez
Yulisa Toloza Ordoñez
11-2
Gustavo A. Mina Diaz
ResponderEliminarAlejandra Torres Sánchez
11-2
In my future:
If I graduate this year, I would study graphic design. If I graduate this year, I would study surgical instrumentation. If I finish my studies, I would like to travel to Ibiza. If I finish my studies, I would work to travel around the world. If I get a high score in the ICFES I would study graphic design in the valley university. If I get a good score in the ICFES, I would study, surgical instrumentation in the valley university.
Fears
ResponderEliminarOne of our main fears is, if we were to lose the support of our parents, we would be sad.
If we did not have the opportunity to do our careers, we could not fulfill our dreams.
Dreams
If we had money, we would give our parents a house.
If we are perseverant in our studies, we will be able to study our careers in the university that we want.
If we continue together, we would like to build a home.
Travel
If we had the opportunity, we would like to travel through Europe.
Work
If we complete our studies, we would be the best in our position.
Happiness
If we unite our families, we would all be happy.
If we remain united, that would make us very happy.
Francia Viviana Peña
Johan David Vargas
11-2
the dream for the of us is if we graduate we could continue studying at the universityif we get a good job we can buy a houseif we were a civil engineer and chief of medicine we could meet these goals easierif we can in each vacation we would travel with our family to another countryOur fears could be that our goals are not met and we get out of the way right
ResponderEliminarour dreams are the future if we were in the university studied the career that we like most like electricity and electronics and systems engineering if we try hard and study a lot we could get a good grade in the ICFES so we can get a scholarship in the best universities. If we had a good job we would like to travel around the world with our family our biggest fear is to lose our family members another fear is not being able to fulfill our dreams and goals if now we focus more on the study we will get the job of our dreams if we had more money would be something easier to achieve those goals and our greatest happiness is to see our families happy.
ResponderEliminarJean Paul Garcia
Harold Alexis
11-2
ResponderEliminar349/5000
Our future dreams are based on the fact that if we study with effort and dedication we could obtain a good score in the ICFES.
If we obtained the entrance to the university, we would have the opportunity to study international trade, which is the career and vocation that we love.
If we achieve our goals we can give our families stability.
Carlos David Murcia Rodriguez
Valentina Castillo Montoya
11-2
The result that we have in the future will be the decisive result of our dreams. To a great extent, our insecurity will be a weapon more against our goals and worse enemy. Although there are dreams and fears like:
ResponderEliminarIf we don’t study, we would not have a good result in the ICFES
If we don’t graduate, we will fall behind in our study
If I lose my family, I would be devastated
If we don’t trust our capabilities, we would not get a good result
If we have a good job, we would have the opportunity to travel around the world
If we study hard, we would get to enter the university
Milton Fabian Moncayo Perez
Aliz Dayana Florez Gomez
11-2
dreams are those that impel us to be creative and believe that everything is possible
ResponderEliminarIf I study I will graduate
if I do not study I will not achieve a good icfes
If I win the lottery I will buy a house
If I do not show my abilities, I will not be able to overcome myself
If I become a professional, my parents will be proud
If I save I will travel to Dubai
If I can not get into the university I will not be a pediatrician
If I find a good man I'll marry
If I become a professional, I will buy a house
If I get money, I'll set up a company if I want to profit
If I lose my family it would be sad
if I do not go to college my parents will be disappointed
Karen sandoval
11-2
We are a people with many goals, in these following years we want to do things like having a good score in the ICFES and being able to enter the university we want.
ResponderEliminarIn the future we want to be professionals to know more places inside and outside Colombia, We would like to be able to help our families financially and be happy.
Our biggest fear is that we can not achieve everything we want and fail
Maria alejandra martinez -Isabella nuñez- Nathalie yusti 11-2
my name is karol yancy and my partner is karen yancy, our fears are: not to reach our goals and work on something that is not to our liking. Our dream is to be great singers professionally, in these moments but empirical, but if we had money, we would study music and we would be better. My family is made up of 5 people my parents, our little sister and we, my parents did not finish their studies because of economic problems of the time but they always tell us: If they study, they will have a better life. We would like to work on what was said above, but we know that nothing is so easy, so we are going to study social communication and move forward because of that. If I study for ICFES, I can do well and be able to do that career. previously we would be very happy
ResponderEliminar11-2
We know that if we work hard from now on our dreams will be fulfilled that everything will work out as we have planned it but we also know that everything has a due process because it is our main goal is to obtain a good career so that we can graduate knowing that we can study what we want but we also know that there are things that distract us and that can affect our future, if we have a boyfriend we must take care of ourselves if we do not have an unwanted child and our dreams are changed, if we make an effort we can study in any university, if we finish the university we can work on what we like, if we work on what we like we will be happy doing it, if we have a stable job we will have money, if we have money we can start to create our family, if we have a family I have to work to give them the best, and The greatest dream is to be able to travel the world being happy
ResponderEliminarmaira cuadros
daniela rodriguez cornelio
11-2
In my future i would like graduate me with good notes academically, if i achieve a good icfes i would like study in a foreign country, most important in my dreams in
ResponderEliminaran future is to be a famous graphic designer also travel all over the world and know a lot about each country, about my family i would like that they will accompany me
in each of my achievements and in every trip for the world.
My biggest fear it´s not be happy with what i do in the future, another one of my fears is losing my loved ones although i know that at some point it will happen.
Miguel Angel Garcia Ortega.
11-1