Conditional - Revision

Conditional - Revision

By Miss Franz

What is the conditional?

​The conditional is used to say what might happen under certain conditions.

It is called the conditional because it is dependent on a certain thing happening, e.g. you can do something, if something else happens first

(I would buy a house in Germany, if I had a lot of money)​

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The Conditional - Revision

How does the infinitive work?

• You need a form of 'würden'

• The 2nd verb (the thing you would do) goes to the end of the sentence in its infinitive form

The Conditional - Revision

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an infinitive?

• gespielt

• essen

• musste

• seid

REMEMBER!

​The infinitive is the 'dictionary form of the verb' and usually ends in -en

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Multiple Choice

Find the infinitive in the sentence below:

sie würde zum Mond fliegen

• sie würde

• zum

• Mond

• fliegen

Multiple Choice

Which of the words in the sentence means 'if':

Wenn ich reich wäre,....

• Wenn

• ich

• reich

• wäre

'Wenn' (if) + conditional

• ‘Wenn’ is a subordinating conjunction.

• This means it sends the verb to the end of the clause.

• When you're using the conditional, you tend to start your sentence with 'wenn'.

• Don't forget your comma!!

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Starting your sentence with 'wenn'

• The ‘wenn’ clause becomes the first idea.

• Therefore, the CONJUATED VERB has to start the 2nd clause.

• This construction is known as verb comma verb

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wenn ich reich wäre, würde ich ein schnelles Auto ​kaufen

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Fancy conditionals

ich bin (I am) --> ich wäre (I would be)

ich habe (I have) --> ich hätte (I would have)

es gibt (there is/are) --> es gäbe (there would be)​

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