S2 Conditional Sentences

Conditional Sentences

Conditional sentences usually contain the word 'if'.

If you tell Mr. Chu he is handsome,

If-clause

he will give you 10/10 in your Chinese Language daily marks.

Main clause

If-clause

Mr. Ho will say 'How dare you'

if you do not behave well in his lessons.

Main clause

If-clause = present tense

Main-clause = present tense

Type 0

e.g. If you heat water to 100 degrees Celsius, it becomes steam.

Communicate: Facts, rules, laws, certainties.

Multiple Choice

What happens if you do not hand in your homework on time (before 8:25a.m.)?

• You beg the subject leader not to tell your teacher.

• You get a late assignment record.

• You get the late assignment record cancelled by handing in your work at 3:45p.m.

• You ask the teacher for an extension at 8:24a.m. and do the homework during lesson time.

Multiple Select

What happens if you are caught using your mobile phone at school for the second time?

• You get a bad point.

• You get a warning.

• Your phone gets confiscated until your parent / guardian comes to collect it.

• You are not given any punishment.

• You are expelled from the school.

Open Ended

What happens if you submit homework late for over 10 times?

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: You get a minor demerit if...

Hong Kong Laws

How well do you know these Hong Kong laws? You may need to complete these sentences with Type 0 conditionals.

Fill in the Blanks

Starting from 31st December 2022, if you need a plastic bag at a supermarket or wet market, you pay...

Fill in the Blanks

If you call for an ambulance in Hong Kong, 92.5% of the time, it arrives within ... minutes.

Fill in the Blanks

If you are caught littering in a public place, the maximum fine is ...

Open Ended

If you do not wear your seatbelt on a minibus, the maximum penalty is...

Open Ended

You will be fined $1500 if...

Other rules, facts and certainties

Communicate these rules from other academic subjects using Type 0 conditionals.

Open Ended

What happens if you put iodine solution on a starchy leaf?

Open Ended

What happens if you run while holding the ball in a game of basketball?

Open Ended

What happens if you put a burning match into a test tube of oxygen?

Open Ended

What happens if you form a Type 0 conditional sentence? (Hint: what tense do you use for the if-clause and main clause)

If-clause = present tense

Main-clause = future tense

​Type 1

e.g. If Class 2A wins against Class 2C in the volleyball competition, Miss Cheng will buy the team ice-creams.

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Communicate: Possible future situations, possible results

Poll

What will happen if you keep sitting in a priority seat on public transport when a pregnant woman is standing?

• The other passengers will scold me.

• The pregnant lady will fall over.

• I will feel guilty.

• I will not feel guilty.

• Someone else will give up their seat for the pregnant lady.

Poll

What will happen if you are shopping and you find out that a cashier has given you $20 extra in change?

• I will return the $20 extra to the cashier.

• I will keep the $20.

• I will donate the $20 to charity.

• I will spend the $20 on something else at the shop.

Poll

My mum will be happy if...

• I get high marks in my English Reading and Usage Test.

• she sees me working hard for my English Reading and Usage Test.

• Miss Cheng tells her that I have improved in my English

• I do the housework for her.

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: If I suddenly forget that I am supposed to be meeting someone and do not have my mobile phone, ...

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: If I don’t return home until 2am tonight, ...

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: If the class average of the Term 2 Reading and Usage Test improves from the class average of the First Exam, …

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: I will ask my crush to be my boyfriend/girlfriend if…

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: You will not get 100% in your Grammar Quizzes unless...

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: If I find out that my teacher incorrectly gave me 5 marks on my Grammar Quiz, and that without the 5 marks I will fail, …

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: If I see that my teacher has incorrectly given my friend 5 marks on their Grammar Quiz, and that without the 5 marks they would fail, and they don’t do anything, I will…

Open Ended

Complete the following sentence: Miss Cheng will not get angry unless…