Conditional Structures in English

The video tutorial explores advanced alternatives to traditional conditional sentences in English. It introduces various structures such as using the ING form, 'leads to', 'reason for', 'should', and 'result of' to express conditional meanings. The tutorial also explains the difference between zero and first conditionals, emphasizing the importance of subject consistency in clauses. These advanced structures help learners express conditional ideas more flexibly and accurately.

What is the primary purpose of learning alternatives to traditional conditionals in English?

• To avoid using verbs

• To sound more advanced

• To use more nouns

• To simplify sentences

How can you express the conditional 'If you eat old food, you will get sick' using the '-ing' form?

• Eating old food makes you sick

• Eat old food and get sick

• Old food is eaten and you get sick

• If old food is eaten, sickness follows

Which of the following sentences uses 'leads to' correctly?

• Eating old food leads to sickness

• Old food leads to eat sickness

• Leads to eating old food sickness

• Sickness leads to eating old food

What is the main difference between zero and first conditionals?

• Zero conditionals are hypothetical, first conditionals are factual

• Zero conditionals use 'will', first conditionals do not

• Zero conditionals predict specific events, first conditionals do not

• Zero conditionals describe general truths, first conditionals predict specific events

How would you express 'If the bus doesn't come, you will be late' using 'the reason for' structure?

• The reason for being late is the bus not coming

• The bus not coming is the reason for being late

• Being late is the reason for the bus not coming

• The reason for the bus not coming is being late

Which sentence correctly uses 'should' in place of 'if'?

• Should you will eat bad food, you get ill

• If you should eat bad food, you will get ill

• Should you eat bad food, you will get ill

• You should eat bad food if you will get ill

How can you express 'If you work hard, you will finish early' using 'the result of' structure?

• Finishing early is the result of working hard

• The result of working hard is finishing early

• The result of finishing early is working hard

• Working hard results in early finishing