1 a Read these sentences, Which are zero, first or second conditionals? 1. It would be great if it was like in the films.
2 If I'm free then, I'll think about it.
3 IfI were you, I'd stop reading those Harry Potter books.
4 If you don't find time to relax, you become stressed.
1b Read the rules and write Z (zero conditional), F (first conditional), S (second conditional) or A (all).
1 It describes an improbable or imaginary situation in the present or future and its consequence.
2 It describes a possible situation in the present or future and its consequence.
3 It describes a situation which has a consequence that is generally or always true. 4 We use the present simple in the half of the sentence with if, and will/won't + infinitive in the other half.
5 We use the present simple in both halves of the sentence.
6 We use the past simple in the half of the sentence with if, and would/wouldn't + infinitive in the other half.
7 The half of the sentence with if can come after the other half, but we don't use a comma. 8 We can use it to give advice when we have If I were/was you in one half of the sentence.
1. It would be great if it was like in the films. (second conditional)
2. If I'm free then, I'll think about it. (first conditional)
3. If I were you, I'd stop reading those Harry Potter books. (second conditional)
4. If you don't find time to relax, you become stressed. (zero conditional)
1b. The rules for each type of conditional are as follows:
1. It describes an improbable or imaginary situation in the present or future and its consequence. (second conditional)
2. It describes a possible situation in the present or future and its consequence. (first conditional)
3. It describes a situation which has a consequence that is generally or always true. (zero conditional)
4. We use the present simple in the half of the sentence with if, and will/won't + infinitive in the other half. (first conditional)
5. We use the present simple in both halves of the sentence. (zero conditional)
6. We use the past simple in the half of the sentence with if, and would/wouldn't + infinitive in the other half. (second conditional)
7. The half of the sentence with if can come after the other half, but we don't use a comma. (first and second conditionals)
8. We can use it to give advice when we have If I were/was you in one half of the sentence. (second conditional)
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