Conditionals

Conditionals

An Online Activity
S1 English

The Basics of Types 0-2

Open Ended

If you don't eat, what happens?

Open Ended

If you become the school's principal in the future, what new rule(s) will you implement?

Open Ended

If you woke up with your house on fire, what would be the first item/thing you would save?

Open Ended

If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, real or fictional, who would you choose to meet?

All of the previous questions are examples of conditional sentences

If you don't eat, what happens?
- Type 0

If you become the school's principal in the future, what new rule(s) will you implement?
- Type 1

If you woke up with your house on fire, what would be the first item/thing you would save?
- Type 2

If you could meet anyone, dead or alive, real or fictional, who would you choose to meet?
- Type 2

Let's have a recap on how it all works

Type 0 - Always True

Describing what always happen in certain situations

E.g. If you take away the tires of a car, it can't work properly anymore.

​(present tense)

​(present tense)

Open Ended

Come up with a type 0 conditional sentence.

Think of a fact and a result that comes from it.

E.g. If I learn to talk to people properly, then social situations will not be as awkward when I'm in them.


(Explanation: social situations are awkward when I'm in them, but I CAN learn to be more sociable)

Type 1 - Real Situations

Describing what might possibly happen
as a result of a real situation

("will" in main clause)

​(present tense in if-clause)

Type 1 - Real Situations

Using modal verbs (e.g. can, might etc.) also works

E.g. If we don't make good use of our youth,
we might end up sad and angry as adults.

Open Ended

Come up with a type 1 conditional sentence.

Think of a real situation and the possible result of that situation.

Type 2 - Unreal Situations

Describing what would happen
as a result of a situation that cannot be real

E.g. If all teachers used memes in class,
lessons would probably be more enjoyable. (It's impossible)

​("would" in main clause)

​(past tense in if-clause)

Open Ended

Come up with a type 2 conditional sentence.

Think of an impossible situation and the possible result of that situation (which would still be impossible since the entire situation cannot be real).

Testing it out

Choose the right option for each of the questions
in the following quick quiz

Multiple Choice

1. 1. If I don't hurry, I ___ the bus.

• miss

• missed

• will miss

• would miss

Multiple Choice

1. 2. If I won the lottery, I ___ to a faraway island and stay away from people forever.

• move

• moved

• will move

• would move

Multiple Choice

1. 3. If Mike liked Math, he ___ much better at it.

• do

• did

• will do

• would do

Multiple Choice

1. 4. If I ___ a chef, I would cook cool stuff for my friends and family all the time.

• am

• were

• will be

• would be

Multiple Choice

1. 5. If the secretary ___ before I leave, I will pass the message to her directly.

• arrives

• arrived

• will arrive

• would arrive

Multiple Choice

1. 6. You should ask the teacher if you ___ not sure about the answer.

• are

• were

• will be

• would be

Multiple Choice

1. 7. Dogs ___ their tails if they are happy.

• wag

• wagged

• will wag

• would wag

Multiple Choice

1. 8. "If you finish your homework, you _ video games," said Mother.

• play

• can play

• will play

• would play

Multiple Choice

9. 9. More people _ the product if they reduced the price.

• buy

• bought

• will buy

• would buy

Multiple Choice

9. 10. She would be living in Japan by now if she ___ Japanese.

• speaks

• spoke

• will speak

• would speak

Multiple Choice

9. 11. If it ___ in the desert, it ___ a rare sight.

• snows, will be

• snows, would be

• snowed, will be

• snowed, would be

Multiple Choice

9. 12. If you ___ enough money, you ___ a PS5.

• save, can buy

• save, would buy

• saved, can buy

• saved, would buy

Multiple Choice

13. 13. We ___ to look for a new seller if they ___ our offer.

• have, will not accept

• will have, don't accept

• had, don't accept

• would have, didn't accept

Multiple Choice

14. 14. The soup ___ if you ___ it for too long.

• burns, will heat

• will burn, heated

• will burn, heat

• would burn, heated

Multiple Choice

9. 15. I ___ a forest in my backyard if money ___ on trees.

• will plant, grew

• will plant, grows

• would plant, grew

• would plant, grows