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Conditional Clauses

Conditional Clauses. if…. What are they?. Conditional Clauses are subordinate adverbial clauses that state a condition on the main clause . They can appear at the beginning or the end of the sentence If they appear at the beginning they need a comma.

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Conditional Clauses

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  1. Conditional Clauses if…

  2. What are they? • Conditional Clauses are subordinate adverbial clauses that state a condition on the main clause. • They can appear at the beginning or the end of the sentence • If they appear at the beginning they need a comma. • “If I win the lottery, I’ll travel the world” • “I’ll travel the world if I win the lottery.”

  3. They need a condition or a reason to happen… There are two parts… If reason / condition , Main Clause result

  4. 1st Conditional = Type 1 MainClause IfClause If FutureTense Present Simple , + will / won’t very probable – likely to happen

  5. tell • If I _______ (tell) you a secret, will you promise not to tell anyone? • If he causes any more problems, I ________ (fire) him. • I _________ (give) him a candy if he ________(wash) my car. • The police _________ (arrest) him if they ______ (catch) him. willfire willgive washes willarrest catch

  6. 2nd Conditional = Type 2 MainClause IfClause If would + infinitive Past Simple , + unprobable – likely not to happen (wish)

  7. knew • If I ______ (know) his address, I would give it to you. • If she ______ (win) a big prize, she _________ (give) up her job. • He ___________ (look) a lot better if he _______ (shave) more often. • They _________ (buy) him the jacket if they _____ (have) the money. won wouldgive would look shaved wouldbuy had

  8. 3rd Conditional = Type 3 MainClause IfClause If would + Present Perfect Past Perfect , + have+ Past Participle had + Past Participle - ed = Regular verbs 3rd column = irregular verbs Probability ZERO – will never happen

  9. hadpassed • If I ______________ (pass) my driving test last month, I would've bought a car straight away. • If he _______________ (complain) in the shop, they _________________ (give) him a discount. • The job ________________ (be) done much faster if there ____________ (be) more people helping. • I ____________________(not/start) the job if I _________ (know) it was going to take so long. hadcomplained wouldhavegiven wouldhavebeen hadbeen wouldnothavestarted hadknown

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