Real conditionals

Real conditionals

By Jennifer Ladd Parada For B1.6

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Possible problems and danger?

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The texts on the book

• ​Turn to page 60

• Read the text you were assigned in teams chat

• Decide if your text was written by an organiser, a fan or ​a guide

• ​Answer the question in the next slide with your team.

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Multiple Choice

Who wrote each of the texts A, B, and C?

• A: organiser

  B: fan

  C: Guide

• A: fan

  B: guide

  C: organiser

• A: guide

  B: fan

  C: organiser

Open Ended

Find the sentences that contain "if" in your assigned text and write them here.

Multiple Choice

Have a closer look, what tenses are used in each part of the sentence?

A: The fun doesn't stop if it rains!

B: If you arrive late, the parade won't wait!

• A: present continuous for both

  B: present perfect and future

• A: negative past and present simple

  B: Present simple and perfect

• A: present simple for both

  B: present simple and future simple

• A: past simple for both

  B: future simple for both

Look at this:

These sentences have 2 ideas in one!

Both ideas have subject, verb and complement.​

Part one, the CONDITION or CAUSE: If you arrive late

Part two, the CONSEQUENCE or RESULT: ​the parade won't wait!

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You can excha​nge the order o the parts.

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Meaning and form

you will answer the next questions in teams.

you only have ONE minute to answer!

we will check all the correct answers at the end

The first 4 are about meaning

The last​ 3 are about form.

Good luck!​

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Multiple Choice

"If the sun shines, the festival goers spray each other with water" means that

• one or two times festival goers have sprayed water in a sunny day

• it is super common to spray water when the sun shines.

• The spraying of water only happened when the fan went

Multiple Choice

"if it rains, the parade doesn't stop" means the same that "when it rains, the parade doesn't stop"

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

"If you remember to bring your ID, it will save time" means that

• Bringing your ID guarantees saving time

• It is quite possible that bringing your ID will result in saving time

• Bring your ID if you want, but don't expect any result

Multiple Choice

When you substitute "will" with "might" ...

• means that you forgot about conditionals.

• adds uncertainty to the result. It expresses it is less probable

• it is more elegant

Multiple Choice

ZERO conditional example: If it rains, the parade won't stop.

What is the structure it uses

• CAUSE: IF+ subject + present simple

  RESULT: subject + present simple

• CAUSE: IF+ subject + present continuous

  RESULT: subject + present simple

• CAUSE: IF+ subject + imperative

  RESULT: subject + present simple

• CAUSE: IF+ subject + present simple

  RESULT: subject + future simple

Multiple Choice

FIRST conditional example: If you bring your ID, it will save time

What is the structure it uses

• CAUSE: IF+ subject + present simple

  RESULT: subject + present simple or might + simple form

• CAUSE: IF+ subject + present continuous

  RESULT: subject + present simple

• CAUSE: IF+ subject + imperative

  RESULT: subject + present simple

• CAUSE: IF+ subject + present simple

  RESULT: subject + future simple or might + simple form

•use it for probable results.

•condition: if + subject + present simple

•result: subject + will/might + simple form

First conditional

•use it for things that are usually true.

•condition: if + subject + present simple

•result: subject + present simple

​Zero conditional

Summary

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Let's have a bit of practice

you will answer the next questions in teams.

you only have ONE minute to answer!

we will check all the correct answers at the end

The first 4 are multiple choice

The last​ 2 are gapped sentences

Good luck!​

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Multiple Choice

If it rains, we ... the match

• Will cancel

• Cancel

• Won't cancel

• Cancels

Multiple Choice

If it is a sunny day, we ...to the beach tomorrow

• Go

• Goes

• Will go

• Won't go

Multiple Choice

My sister cries if she ... a nightmare.

• have

• has

• will have

• won't have

Multiple Choice

If I _____enough money, I______ some new shoes.

• Has / buy
• Have / will buy
• Had / bought
• Will have / bougt

Fill in the Blank

If it snows, ________ still drive to the coast?

Fill in the Blank

If you forget your mask, the security guard _____ one (GIVE)

Tell us about you!

you will answer the next questions in alone!

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there is no right or wrong

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we will discuss and elaborate on our answers in team at the end​

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Open Ended

If I have a long holiday this year...

Open Ended

If I have time tomorrow, ...

Open Ended

If I have some extra money next month, ...

Give advice

With your team, choose a massive event

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Decide on some important advice to be safe and have fun there​

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Make a poster or micro presentation with the advice​ using any app you like.

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Poll

How do you feel about using zero and first conditional to give advice

• So easy! I'm super confident

• I'm not sure when to use will or might

• If I can write it first, I can do it!

• There were two different conditionals!?!?