Conditionals

• First Conditional – If + Present simple, future. (future hypothetical

situations)
• If the pandemic isn’t bad, I will visit my family.

• Second Conditional – If + past simple, would+infinitive (dreams – not real)

• If I won a million euros, I would buy a nice house near the beach.
• If I had children, I wouldn’t have a lot of space in the house.

later
• Third Conditional – If + past perfect, would+present perfect (regrets)
• If I hadn’t called you this morning, you wouldn’t have missed your bus.
• If I had studied more, I wouldn’t have had bad grades.
Superstitions
first conditional

If you hang a horseshoe in your home, it will bring you fortune.

• If you ________ a mirror, you _________ have 7 years of bad luck.

• If your hand ___________, you _____________ some money

Other examples of first conditional

• What will you do if the weather is bad this weekend?

• What will you do if you lose your job?
• What will you do if you wake up late tomorrow?
• What will you do if you forget your wallet home tomorrow?
Advice (future)
first conditional

• If you ________ eating so much junk food, you _________ feel healthier.

• If I ________ _________ hard, I ________ fail the exam tomorrow.

Now it’s your turn.

Dreams
second conditional

If I had a million euros, I would buy a house in the outskirts of the city near the beach.

• If I ________ a superpower, I _________ like to become invisible.

• If I _______ ________ to pay taxes, I __________ save enough money for a mansion.
negative

Other examples of second conditional

• If you had a boat, where would you go?

• If you were rich, would you give money to the people?
• If you could be an animal, which animal would you be?
• If you could build your dream house, how would it look?
If I were a Boy If I were a boy
Even Just for a day I think I could understand
I’d roll out of bed in the morning How it feels to love a girl
And throw on what I wanted then goI swear I'd be a better man
Drink beer with the guys I'd listen to her
And chase after girls Cause I know how it hurts
I'd kick it with who I wanted When you lose the one you
And I'd never get confronted for it wanted
Cause they'd stick up for me Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got
destroyed
Advice (present / hypothetical)
second conditional

If you exercised more, you wouldn’t feel so fatigued after a short walk.

If she ________ paid more attention, she __________ feel so lost.

If I _________ more money, I _________ buy a bigger house or open a business.

Now it’s your turn.

What would you do…

if you were rich?

Homework
http://www.macmillaninspiration.com/new/files/2010/12/Grammar-EXTRA_NI_3_Unit_8_Second-conditio
nal.pdf

https://gobritish.es/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/First-and-Second-Conditionals-Exercises.pdf

Writing
If you could know one thing in life, what would it be?
What would you do with that knowledge? (150 words)