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English
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Conditioning Conditionals
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Self-Learning Module (SLM)
Quarter 1 – Module 2: Conditioning Conditionals
First Edition, 2020

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 What I Need to Know

Introduction
Personal motivation and positive disposition in gaining knowledge each day
are the most effective ways to learn English. Thus, studying English rules helps you
acquire whatever aspect of conversational English is most interesting or important
to you at the moment.

This module will allow you to learn how to talk about a result that may occur
if a condition happens. It also offers endless possibilities for creative and imaginative
expression. After which, it will help you talk about imaginary situations and make
possible suggestions.

More importantly, in the latter part of this module, you will be able to critically
situate and be constructive in (1) discussing possibilities in the past, present or
future events/situations, (2) making stand on an issue, and (3) using “if/when” in
an argumentative situation.

Essential Learning Competency:

Use conditionals in expressing arguments. (EN9G-lie-20)

Learning Objectives:

After working on the activities in this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the types of conditionals used in given situations;

2. construct sentences using conditionals in expressing one’s self on different
argumentative circumstances; and
3. show appreciation on the importance of using conditionals in asserting
arguments on social issues.

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 What I Know

Pre-assessment

In this module, you will undergo a series of assessments in order to determine

your level of understanding. But before doing that, you have to answer the following
test items.

Test 1 Directions: Identify the type of conditional used in each of the following
sentences by matching column A with Column B. Write your answer on a separate
sheet.
A B

1. If I don't drink coffee in the a. Future or Real

afternoon, I feel sleepy. Conditional (First
Conditional)
2. If you had run a bit faster, you would have won. b. Past Unreal
Conditional (Third
3 . If people are not careful, Covid Infection will increase
Conditional)
c. Present Real
4. If I were you, I would buy it as soon as possible. Conditional (Zero
Conditional)
5. If we continue cutting down trees, the Earth’s d. Present Unreal
Conditional (Second
temperature will further rise. Conditional)
6 . If we had listened to the radio,we would have heard
the news.
7. It would not surprise me if he did not know the answer.

8. If you cross an international date line, the time

changes.

9. If you respect people, they will treat you fairly.

10. If you turned up the radio, we would hear the news.

Test 2 Directions: Complete the clauses using conditionals in expressing one’s

self on different argumentative situations. Write your answer on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. If President Duterte signs the Anti-terrorism Bill,

___________________________________.
2. If I will become rich,_____________________________________.
3. If Filipinos had followed government orders,___________________.
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4. If kids are over-exposed to social media,
___________________________.
5. If you are knowledgeable with technology, __________________.

What’s In

Review
In your previous lesson, you have encountered the use of modals to express
permission, prohibition (not allowing something), and obligation or no obligation. You
were also taught of the different words to be used in each of the given situations.

Directions: Choose the correct modal to complete the sentence from the given
choices. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. You ___ come to the meeting but it would help us all if you’re there.
a. couldn’t
b. doesn’t
c. mustn't
d. don't have to
2. I can’t get a connection on my phone. ___ I borrow yours?
a. Do
b. Can
c. Does
d. Have to
3. The rules say that you ___ only invite one guest to the club.
a. can
b. might
c. has to
d. have to
4. I ___ stay on for a few hours because I’d rather work late today than
over the weekend.
a. do
b. must
c. has to
d. have to
5. There’s a lot of noise coming from outside. ___ I close the window? a. do
b. must
c. could
d. Have to

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 Now, you have learned that modal is a type of auxiliary or helping verb that is used
to express: ability, possibility, permission or obligation. Thus, modal phrases (or
semi-modals) are used to express the same things as modals, but are a combination
of auxiliary verbs and the preposition to.

Well, I hope that the previous discussion has been useful for you and that you have
learned more information about modals. Note that your understanding on them
guides you to express ideas such as permission, advice and future possibilities in
identifying and constructing sentences on CONDITIONALS.

What’s New
Activity 1: If…Then what?

Let’s practice doing additional exercises that will prepare you to write your own
stand in a given issue. In order to do that, you must first read an excerpt from the
poem entitled “If” by Rudyard Kipling and answer the guide questions below.

And now, let’s get started.

If
by: Rudyard Kipling - 1865-1936
Taken from A Journey Through Anglo-American Literature

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And
yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;

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 If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or

walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If
neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men
count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the
unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of
distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that’s
in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

Directions: Answer the following questions. Write your answer on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. What will happen if you can keep your emotions even when you are in stressful
situations?
2. What word is common in the poem?

What is It
My bucket list of ifs….

What are conditionals in English grammar?

Conditionals are sometimes called “if clauses”. They describe the result of
something that might happen (in the present or future) or might have happened but
didn’t (in the past). They are made using different English verb tenses.

There are four types of conditionals

TYPE 1 – Present or Future Real Conditional

The first conditional has the present simple after if, then the future simple in the
other clause:

If + present simple…..will + infinitive

It’s used to talk about things which might happen in the future. Of course, we can’t
know what will happen in the future, but this describes possible things, which could
easily come true.

Examples:

a. If you don’t hurry, you will miss the plane.

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 (It’s about what will happen today, another day might be different.)

b. If she studies harder, she’ll pass the examination.

(It’s possible she will study harder and so she’ll pass.)

TYPE 2 – Present Unreal Conditional

The second conditional uses the simple past after if, then would and the infinitive:

If + Simple past……would + infinitive

It has two uses:

A. We use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true.

Examples:

a. If I had enough money, I would buy a house with twenty bedrooms and a
swimming pool.

(I’m probably not going to have much money, it’s just a dream, not
very real.)

b. She would pass the examination if she ever studied.

(She never studies, so this won’t happen.)

B. We use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, but because
it’s not true.

Examples:

a. If I had his number, I would call him.

(I don’t have his number now, so it’s impossible for me to call him.)

b. If I were you, I wouldn’t go out with that man. (but I’m not you,)

TYPE 3- Past Unreal Conditional

We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after if, then would
have and the past participle in the second part of the sentence:

If + past perfect…..would + have + past participle

It talks about the past. It is used to describe a situation that didn’t happen, and to
imagine the result of this situation.

Examples:

a. If she had studied, she would have passed the examination.

(But, really we know she didn’t study and so she didn’t pass.)

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b. If I had eaten so much, I wouldn’t have felt sick. (But I did eat a lot, and so I did
feel sick.)

ZERO TYPE CONDITIONAL – Present Real Conditional

We can make a zero-conditional sentence with two present simple verbs (one in
the if clause and one in the main clause):

If + present simple….present simple

This conditional is used when the result will always happen.

Example:

a. If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils. (It is always true, there can’t be a
different result sometimes.

What’s More
Activity 2: I will do it if…

Directions: Respond to the following argumentative situations below by constructing

sentences using the indicated conditionals. Write your answer on a separate sheet.

A. Present or Future Real Conditional (First Conditional)

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What is your mother’s reaction if you will come home late?

B. Present Unreal Conditional (Second Conditional)

What would you buy if you win the bingo

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 C. Past Unreal Conditional (Third Conditional)

What would have happened if you had worked harder in your examination?

__________________________________________________________________________________

D. Present Real Conditional (Zero-Type conditional)

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What happens when you heat ice?

__________________________________________________________________________________
Generalization

What I Have Learned

Activity 3: Fill me if…
Directions: Complete the paragraph by filling in the missing data taken from the
previous discussion about conditionals. Write your answer on a separate sheet of
paper.

In this lesson, I learned that conditionals are sometimes called

(1)_______________. It helped me talk about (2)_________________________ and
(3)____________________________.
The first conditional or the Present or Future Real Conditional has the
(4)_________________ after if, then the (5)____________ in the other clause. On
the other hand, the second conditional, the Present Unreal Conditional uses
the (6)_______________ after if, then (7)_____________ and the (8)______________.

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 We make the third conditional or the Past Unreal Conditional by using the
(9)_______________ after if, then (10)_______________ and the _______________ in
the second part of the sentence or Present Real Conditional. For the fourth
type of conditional which is called the zero-type conditional sentence, we make
it using two (11)_______________________ which is one in the
(12)_______________ and one in the (13)___________________.
It's important to use the correct structure of the different conditional
sentences because (14)_______________________________. Conditional
statements help us to (15) _____________________________________________.
Application

What I Can Do
Activity 4: Tell me if…

Directions: Below are important social and environmental issues today. We all
know for a fact that in one way or another, these issues do not only benefit people,
but also bring them harm. Express your stand on each issue using any of the four
(4) types of conditionals in presenting your arguments. Write your answer on
seperate sheet/s.

A. Anti-Terrorism Bill

__________________________________________________________________________________

B. War on drugs

__________________________________________________________________________________

C. Cyberbullying

__________________________________________________________________________________

D. Battling COVID-19

__________________________________________________________________________________

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 Assessment

Directions: Read and analyze the statements below. Write your

answer on a separate sheet of paper
Test 1. Identify the types of conditionals used in the following sentences. Write A if
it is Present or Future Real Conditional (First Conditional), B if it is Present Unreal
Conditional (Second Conditional), C if it is Past Unreal Conditional (Third
Conditional) and D if it is Present Real Conditional (Zero Type Conditional).

1. I will tell her if I meet her.

2. If I had magic, I would build a mansion.
3. If i had taken my medicine faithfully, I would have been completely cured.
4. If you eat too much, you get fat.
5. What would you do if you lost your job?
6. If it got dark, we would not find the way.
7. Wood doesn't burn if there is no air.
8. If I forget her birthday, Andrea gets upset.
9. He would have gone with you if you had asked him.
10. What will she do if she misses the bus?

Test 2.Complete the clauses using conditionals in expressing one’s self on different
argumentative situations.
1. If Filipinos stay home, this pandemic _________________________________________.

2. If social media users are responsible,_________________________________________.

3. If the government addresses the issue on depression___________________________.

4. If President Duterte signs the Anti-terrorism Bill________________________________.

5. If online sellers are required to pay taxes, _____________________________________.

Additional Activity

Enrichment

Direction: Read the famous poem of the American English poet named Robert Frost
entitled THE ROAD NOT TAKEN that talks about choices in life, whether to go with
the mainstream or go it alone. This poem highlights those times in life when a
decision has to be made.

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After reading, construct five (5) grammatically correct conditional sentences based on
the poem. Write your answer on separate sheet.

The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost
Taken from English Expressways Textbook for Third Year

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet
knowing how way leads on to way, I
doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

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Answer Key

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References

Books

Almonte, Liza, et.al A Journey through Anglo-American Literature, Grade 9.

Teacher’s Guide. First Edition. Department of Education, 2014.

Almonte, Liza, et.al. A Journey through Anglo-American Literature, Grade 9.

Learner’s Material. First Edition. Department of Education, 2014.

Gorgon, Eugenia R. et.al English Expressways III Textbook, Revised Edition. SD

Publications Inc.,2010.

Online Sources

Collins Dictionary Online,S.V. “English Conditionals,” accessed June 12, 2020

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/conditional

Bayubay , Raymunda C. Tabuk City National High School 2018 accessed June 12,
2020 https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph/pdf-view/16658

Red River Press Inc. (2008) Grammar Practice Worksheet Retrieved from
https://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/stonebrink/ESL040/Conditional

Seonaid. Perfect English Grammar Accessed June 10, 2020

https://www.perfectenglish-grammar.com/conditionals.html

Additional Reference

K to 12 Curriculum Guide, English (Grade 1 to Grade 10), May 2016

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