The Conditional Tense
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The document discusses the conditional tense in German. It provides examples of how to form conditional sentences using "würde" and the infinitive verb form. It gives sample conditional sentences like "I would eat ice cream every day" and "If I was a millionaire I would travel the world." It then provides exercises for the reader to practice changing sentences into the conditional tense, such as "I would stay in bed all day" if they won the lottery.
The Conditional Tense
- 1. The Conditional Tense The conditional tense deals with future plans which are not definite; I would eat ice cream every day. There would be a brilliant sports hall. If I was a millionaire I would travel the world. It is easy to form. pronoun part of werden additional infinitive information Ich würde ein neues Auto kaufen Now you know the stem complete the parts of werden in the conditional tense ich würd….. I would du würd… You would er/sie/es würd… + infinitive wir würd… ihr würd… sie/Sie würd… What would you do if you won the lottery? Change the following sentences into the conditional tense. 1. Ich bleibe den ganzen Tag im Bett. 2. Ich fliege nach Australia. 3. Ich kaufe ein grosses neues Auto. 4. Ich gehe jeden Tag ins Restaurant. 5. Ich arbeite nie. 6. Ich mache jedes Wochenende eine Party. 7. Ich trage die neueste Mode.
- 2. Just checking! How many of these infinitives can you remember? Ich würde……………. eat drink sleep wear/carry do/make fly swim travel go ( by foot) read write hear/ listen buy find work speak lose take marry live visit get/recieve leave study chat begin end be called
- 3. Meine ideale Schule – Translate the following sentence. 1. I would study only art and sport. 2. The school would begin at 10 O’ clock. 3. The school would end at 2 O’ clock. 4. We would eat pizza every day. 5. We would never get homework. 6. I would wear jeans. 7. The students would have no uniform. 8. I would never study Maths. 9. The school would be called ‘ Sunny Hill.’ nie keine Uniform nur jeden Tag Hausaufaben The conditional Tense ( 2)
- 4. There are other way to express the conditional tense. es gäbe ……….. (einen/eine/ein) there would be ….. (m/f/nt) ich hätte … I would have ….. es/ er/ sie hätte … it/he/she would have….. wir hätten … we would have……… sie hätten … they would have ……. ich wäre ………. I would be….. Es/ er/ sie wäre ………. it/he/she would be…… Wir wären ………. we would be…….. sie wären they would be ….. Translate the following sentences; 1. There would be a fast food restaurant. 2. There would be a swimming pool. 3. There would be a theatre. 4. We would have 3 lessons per day. 5. It would be clean and modern. 6. The head teacher would be laid back and funny. 7. There would be 1000 students. They would be polite, helpful and hard working.