CONDITINALS SENTENCES IN LANGUAGE TEACHING
- 1. What happens if you don't sleep for 24 hours?
- 2. How will you propose if you find a person that you want to marry?
- 3. What would you do if you found a bag full of cash on the street?
- 4. Conditional sentences are sentences that express factual implications, imagined or hypothetical situations and their consequences. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
- 5. A full conditional sentence (one that expresses the condition as well as its consequences) therefore contains two clauses: the dependent clause expressing the condition, called the protasis; and the main clause expressing the consequence, called the apodosis. Example: If you study, then you will pass.
- 6. In English language teaching, conditional sentences are often classified under the headings zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional, and third conditional.
- 7. ZERO CONDITIONAL It refers to conditional sentence that is used for present, real or factual situations, particularly when both clauses are in the present tense. Examples: 1. If you heat water, it boils. 2. You burn yourself if you touch a flame.
- 8. FIRST CONDITIONAL It refers to conditional sentence that is used for future real or factual situations and to express a simple statement of fact or intent. Examples: 1. If I win the lottery, I will buy a new car. 2. I will let you know if you make a mistake.
- 9. SECOND CONDITIONAL It refers to conditional sentence that is used for future unreal or imaginary situations or to a situation in the future that the speaker thinks is unlikely to happen. Examples: 1. If I won the lottery, I would buy a new car. 2. I would travel around the world if I had a lot of money.
- 10. THIRD CONDITIONAL It refers to conditional sentence that is used for past unreal, imaginary situations or situations that did not happen. Examples: 1. If you had called me, I would have come. 2. You would have passed your test if you had studied harder.
- 11. IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE ZERO If I drink coffee at night I don’t sleep well. FIRST If I drink coffee tonight I won’t sleep well. SECOND If I drank coffee tonight I wouldn’t sleep well. THIRD If I had drunk coffee last night I wouldn’t have slept well.
- 12. LET’S TRY! Examples: 1. If you had taught me, I would have finished my project. (Trans. to second) 2. You would pass your test if you studied your lessons. (Trans. to first) 3. If we play volleyball, I will win. (Trans. to third)