Understanding Conditional Sentences in English

Emma from mmmEnglish presents a grammar lesson on conditional sentences in English. She explains the structure and meaning of zero, first, second, and third conditional sentences, providing examples and encouraging practice. The lesson covers how these sentences express real, possible, hypothetical, and unreal situations. Emma invites viewers to request further detailed lessons on specific conditionals.

What is the primary function of conditional sentences in English?

• To list items

• To narrate stories

• To express conditions and their results

• To describe past events

Which tense is used in both clauses of a zero conditional sentence?

• Future simple

• Present simple

• Present continuous

• Past simple

What does the zero conditional primarily express?

• Facts and habits

• Future possibilities

• Hypothetical situations

• Past regrets

In a first conditional sentence, which tense is used in the 'if' clause?

• Past perfect

• Future simple

• Present simple

• Past simple

What does the first conditional describe?

• Possible future outcomes

• General truths

• Unreal present situations

• Imaginary past events

Which modal verb is commonly used in the result clause of a second conditional sentence?

• Will

• Would

• Must

• Can

What type of situation does the second conditional express?

• Real past events

• Hypothetical present situations

• Certain future events

• General truths

In a third conditional sentence, which tense is used in the 'if' clause?

• Present simple

• Past perfect

• Future simple

• Past simple

What does the third conditional help us imagine?

• Future possibilities

• General habits

• Current facts

• Different past outcomes

Which structure is used in the result clause of a third conditional sentence?

• Had + past participle

• Would + infinitive

• Will + infinitive

• Would have + past participle