14/05/2009

English
10th grade Chesarie Episcopul Othodox Theological Seminary

Conditionals

1 Corinthians 13, 1-3

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

0 TYPE CONDITIONAL: CERTAINTY

It is used to show what always happens in a given situation, to express the laws of nature or a general truth: If-clause Main Clause Present Present If you heat ice, it melts. The condition always has the same result. We can use when instead of if: If/When I am late, my father takes me to school. If/When you mix black and white paint, you get grey.

Senator BARACK OBAMAs SPEECH, June 09,2008

I know how expensive college affordability is from firsthand experience. At the beginning of our marriage, Michelle and I were spending so much of our income just to pay off our college loans. And that was decades ago. The cost of a college education has exploded since then, pricing hundreds of thousands of young Americans out of their dream every year, or forcing them to begin their careers in unconscionable debt. So I'll offer this promise to every student as President your country will offer you $4,000 a year of tuition if you offer your country community or national service when you graduate. If you invest in America, America will invest in you.

1st TYPE CONDITIONAL: REAL POSSIBILITY

It is used to express a real or very probable situation in the present or future. If-clause Main Clause Present simple Future simple,imperative, can/must/may etc +bare infinitive If we hurry, we will get there in time. If he asks you, you will help/must/may help him. We often use unless+affirmative verb which means 'if ... not:

He will arrive late unless he hurries up.= He will arrive late if he doesnt hurry up.

Lyrics of ENRIQUE IGLESIASs Hero

Would you dance if I asked you to dance? Would you run and never look back? Would you cry if you saw me crying? And would you save my soul, tonight?

2nd TYPE CONDITIONAL: UNREAL POSSIBILITY OR DREAM

It is used to talk about imaginary present situations, hypotheses, where we are imagining something different from what is really the case; also about things in the future that are unlikely to happen. If-clause Main Clause
would/could/might+bare infinitive (Present conditional)

Past simple/continuous

If I had more time, I would learn Spanish. If Bill was working today, we could see him. We can use either was or were for I, he, she, it, in the if-clause.
If I were you, I would tell them the truth. ---- giving advice

Claires Diary
4pm, Sun 25th March

What a disaster! Dad had arranged this big lungh for me, and my step-mum got annoyed when she saw w picking at my food. I didnt think shed notice she was paying so much attention to Dad but she got offended.Then Dad said I had to make an effort t be nice to her, and I lost my temper. If you hadnt left, none of this would have happened, I said. He didnt like that, so he brought me home early.

3rd TYPE CONDITIONAL: NO POSSIBILITY

It is used to refer to an imaginary situation in the past, a condition in the past that did not happen; also to express regrets and criticism. If-clause Main Clause
Past perfect simple/continuous would/could/might+perfect infinitive (Past Conditional) If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam. If he had known, he would have helped.

When the If-clause comes before the main one, we separate them with a comma. (,)

Lyrics of HELEN BAYLORs If It Had Not Been

If It Had Not Been for The Lord On My Side tell Me Where Would I Be where Would I Be he Kept Mine Enemies Away he Made Sun Shine Through A Cloudy Day he Rocks Me In The Cradle Of His Arms when He Knew I'd Been Battered And scarred

MIXED CONDITIONALS

We can form mixed conditionals, if the context permits it, by combining an if-clause from one type with a main clause from another.

If-clause
Type 2

Main Clause
Type 1

If the plane landed late last night, he wont be on time for work today. Type 2 Type 3 If you were less impulsive, you wouldnt have spoken to your supervisor like that. Type 3 Type 2 If I hadnt drunk the bad milk, I would be fine now.