THE CONDITIONALS - 0,1,2 & 3 Conditionals& QUIZ - English Grammar Lesson (+ Free PDF & Quiz)
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0:13 today very exciting i have a grammar lesson for you we are going to discuss the four
0:21 conditionals this is a very very important lesson i know that this is a topic that lots of my students
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1:23 the comments section right let's get started with the grammar lesson so we're going to talk about the four
1:30 conditionals we have the zero conditional the first conditional the second conditional and can you guess what the
1:37 last conditional is congratulations it's the third conditional each conditional sentence has an if
1:45 clause and a main clause with all conditional sentences the order of these clauses is not fixed
1:53 so you can swap them around if i practice i will get better i will get better if i practice
2:00 it doesn't matter which way but when you change the order of the clauses the meaning is the same now we've got that introduction out of the way
2:09 let's start with the zero conditional a zero conditional sentence consists of two present simple verbs one is in the if
2:18 clause and one is in the main clause both parts of the sentence are in the present tense nice and easy
2:26 if this thing happens that thing happens or that thing happens if this thing happens
2:34 we use the zero conditional to talk about general truths when in general there is a guaranteed result
2:42 like scientific facts if you heat water it evaporates that's a scientific fact we're not talking about specific conditions on that day or
2:53 anything in general if you heat water it evaporates interestingly you can usually replace if with when or whenever without the
3:03 meaning changing when i am happy i smile i smile when i'm happy remember that when we use the word you
3:11 in zero conditionals we are often talking about people in general not you in particular if you melt ice it becomes a liquid
3:20 let's take a look at some examples if i'm sad i eat chocolate people die if they don't drink enough water
3:31 if dogs get angry they growl if you don't eat enough you lose weight if british people get bored they talk about the weather
3:42 that's a scientific fact we often use the zero conditional to give instructions with the imperative in the main clause
3:51 if she rings the doorbell tell her to go away text me if you get lost okay before we move on to the first
4:02 conditional i want you to check your understanding in that pdf to make sure you've grasped everything you've understood everything
4:10 right let's move on to the first conditional the first conditional has the present simple after if and then the future in the main clause
4:19 if this thing happens that thing will happen we use the first conditional to talk about things that might happen in the future we can't know
4:30 for sure what will happen in the future but we can use the first conditional to talk about things that will probably be true
4:37 with the zero conditional we spoke in general but with the first conditional we speak about the real world
4:44 and about specific situations some examples if we don't leave now we will miss the train
4:54 if you study hard you will pass the exam if i see my boss i'll ask her contraction of i will i'll i'll ask her if it gets colder we'll light a fire
5:09 i'll finish my painting if i have time now it's important to consider modals when it comes to the first conditional you can use modals in the main clause in
5:22 place of will to express a recommendation a degree of certainty permission take a look if we don't leave now we
5:31 might miss the train if you study hard you could pass the exam if i see my boss i shall ask her
5:41 if it gets colder we should light a fire i'll be able to finish my painting if i have time right let's move on to the second
5:52 conditional the second conditional uses the past simple after if then would and the infinitive
6:01 that's the most common or would and the present continuous and i'll explain this later sometimes this gets left out of lessons
6:08 but i think it's important that you see it in case you come across it and think what's that
6:14 if this thing happened that thing would happen or if this thing happened that thing would be happening we can use the second
6:25 conditional to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true we often use it to talk about dreams and
6:32 fantasies for example if i won the lottery i would buy a house in barbados or if he had more money he would buy a boat
6:43 we can also use the second conditional to talk about things in the present that are impossible in this case it's very common to use
6:51 i were instead of i was if i were you i would stop poking the cat i can't be you it's impossible but if i
7:01 were you i would stop that it's a good way of giving advice or a warning if he were younger i would ask him out
7:08 it's impossible he can't be younger so i'm not going to ask him out if i was taller i would wear high heels you can choose between i was and i were
7:19 i were sounds a little more formal i've got a little extra bit of homework for you i want you to answer it in the comment section down below i want
7:28 you to answer this question if you were an animal which one would you be and why if i were an animal i would be a
7:37 fruit bat because i'm completely addicted to fruit let me know i'm so excited to see what you come up with you always
7:44 surprise me now let's talk about that continuous now for the slightly complicated bit in second conditional sentences the
7:53 continuous form of the present conditional can be used if this thing happened that thing would be happening
8:03 if i spoke french i would be living in paris i don't speak french so i i couldn't be living in paris right now
8:11 if i had an exam tomorrow i would be revising right now it's not so common but it's important that you know about it
8:20 let's move on to the last one the third conditional i can't believe we're here already we use the third conditional to talk
8:28 about the past it's used to talk about a situation that did not happen and to imagine the results of this
8:35 imaginary situation we use if and past perfect and then would have and past participle in the main clause
8:44 if this thing had happened that thing would have happened if i had studied harder i would have passed the exam but i
8:54 didn't study hard enough so i didn't pass the exam if we had left earlier we wouldn't have arrived late
9:04 you wouldn't be so tired if you had gone to bed earlier i hope that's enough right that is it for my lesson
9:12 on conditionals there is more to conditionals maybe we'll cover that another day but i think that gives you a really strong foundation
9:20 now i want you to test your learning i have created a quiz for you it goes through zero first second and third conditionals
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