Conditional statements

Conditional Statements

By DAVID MARCHANT

​Four Types of Conditionals

​If you don't shower, you get stinky

​0 conditional

​1st Conditional

​If you set your mind to a goal, you’ll eventually achieve  it

Second Conditional​

​Third Conditional

​If I was the president, I would get to decide when school starts!

​If you had just turned your homework in on time , I would have given you an A.

Multiple Choice

How many types of conditional statements are there?

• 5

• 7

• 4

• 3

0 Conditional

​The 0 conditional is used when you are certain of the outcome. It is a true statement

Multiple Choice

Is this a 0 conditional statement?

I would have gone home, If it hadn't started to rain

• Yes

• No

1st Conditional

​The 1st conditional is used when it is probably (but not guaranteed) going to happen.

Multiple Choice

Which statement uses the 1st conditional?

• If you choose the right answer, you get points

• If you study hard you will pass the test

• If I had a million dollars I'd buy you a coat (but not a real fur coat; that's cruel)

• If you had studied harder, you probably would have passed

2nd Conditional

​The 2nd conditional is used when you are imaging something that is extremely unlikely or impossible

Open Ended

Write a conditional sentence using the 2nd conditional

3rd Conditional

​The 3rd conditional is used when you are imaging something that might have been different (already happened)

Multiple Choice

Which statement is the 3rd conditional?

• What if pigs could fly?

• What if cats were like us?

• If you don't finish your vegetables, you cant eat dessert

• If only I had stopped to listen, maybe then you would have stayed

Using Whether

• ​Related to conditional

• Want to know between 2 choices​

• often paired with or​

• Can also show you don't care about the choice​