Actividades para 5to 5ta . Prof Guadalupe Calvano

Conditional sentences 

               Zero conditional

A-    Form

If + present / present or imperative

B-    Meaning

a.      Conditions which are always true.

Ex: If he reads on the train, he feels sick.

b.     Scientific facts.

Ex: If you put paper on a fire, it burns quickly.

c.      To give instructions.

Ex: If the phone rings, answer it.

In zero condional sentences when or whenever can be used instead of if.

  

First conditional

A-   Form

 If + present simple / will future

B-    Meaning

a.      To predict likely or probable future results, if a condition is met

Ex: If we don´t leave now, we´ll leave the train.

b.     For persuasions, promises warnings or threats.

Ex: If you pass the exam, I´ll give you the job.

      If you don´t turn that music down, you´ll go deaf.

Some modal verbs (must, may) can be used instead of will.

Second conditional

A-   Form

 If + past simple / would; could; might + infinitive

B-    Meaning

* Imaginary or improbable situations; the condition is not likely to be met.

Ex: You´d feel healthier if you did more exercise.

a.      Unreal situations.

Ex: If people didn´t drive so fast, there wouldn´t be so many accidents.

b.     To give advice.

Ex: If I were you, I would´t drive so fast.

Might and could can be used instead of would to show uncertainty.

Ex: If you did more exercise, you might feel healthier.

Third condional 

A-   Form

If + past perfect / would; might; could have + past participle 

B-    Meaning

a.      To look back at the past and speculate about something which didn´t happen.

Ex: If I´d had your address, I would´ve written to you.

      You might not have crashed into the car if you had beeen driving more slowly.

Mixed condional

A-   Form

If + past perfect / would; might; could + infinitive

B-    Meaning

a.      To link a completed past action with a present result.

Ex: If I hadn´t broken my leg, I would go on holiday with you.

      I´d have a better job now if I had worked harder at school.

1-     This is a setter from Rally, who´s a student in Oxford, to her sister Joanna, who´s working in the US. She´s recently moved from New York City to New Jersey. Put ONE word only into each gap.

                                                                                                  Sunday 7^th

Dear Joanna

I know I promised to write at least (1)__________ a month, but I just (2)__________ had the time. You have no idea (3)__________ busy I´ve been. Oxford is (4) __________ fantastic place. (5)__________ I like most about it is that it´s so cosmopolitan, as well as having loads of history. I´ve already made lots of friends. I wish you (6)__________ meet them.

   What´s New jersey (7)__________ ?  You´ll write and tell me about it, (8) __________ you? Mum says you liked New York better. She says if you (9)__________ lived in New York when you were first in the USA, you (10)_________ be enjoying life more in New Jersey now. It´s just the contrast. Anyway, you don´t live very far from New York, (11)__________ you? You´ll still be able to go there at weekends, if you can afford (12)__________. You (13)__________ possibly be as hard up as I am. I´m absolutely (14)__________ . Most of my money (15)__________ on books and writing paper.

   Have you made many friends (16)__________? Americans usually like an English accent, (17)___________ they? I´m sure it can help (18)___________ the ice when you first meet people.

   I have (19)___________ interesting piece of news! Do you remember when we were little and we (20)___________ to go to Auntie Margaret´s in Manchester (21)__________ Christmas? And do you remember Ben, (22) __________ horrible little boy who lived next door? He (23)__________ always stealing our sweets. Well, he´s here in Oxford, studying politics, and he´s really nice! I can´t believe that we didn´t (24)__________ to like him when we were kids. He´s so interesting. We´ve got so much in common, often we (25)_________ just sit and talk for hours. (26)__________ it funny how life turns out? (27)__________ we´ll go to the cinema but not often, it´s too expensive, so he just (28) __________ round to my flat for the evening and we work and chat. The (29)__________ that I like best about him is his sense of humor, he makes me laugh.

   I have to go, Ben´ll be here soon. Take care “big sis” and write when you can. I want to know (30)__________ about life in the USA!

      Love,

                    Sally