It can be used as a fun closing activity after a grammar presentation or as a review-oriented warm up activity. Use this activity to practice or review unreal future conditionals (also called hypothetical conditionals or the second conditional). We can use conditionals to talk about hypothetical future events that are unlikely or impossible.
Don’t worry! Advanced knowledge of conditional classification schemes isn’t needed to successfully use this month’s activities in your classroom. Some teachers may already be familiar with several ways of classifying conditional structures, such as the zero, first, second, and third conditional or systems that focus on real and unreal states along with the conditional’s time or function (e.g., unreal past conditional, timeless factual conditional). A comma is not needed when the result clause is first in a conditional sentence (Sentence A). Notice that if the condition clause comes first, it is followed by a comma (Sentence B). Do they have the same meaning?Ī: She will pass the class if she studies and does her homework.ī: If she studies and does her homework, she will pass the class. For example, look at Sentences A and B below. If you mix red paint and blue paint together, you get purple paint.Ĭondition clause (cause) + result clause (effect)Īs you saw in the sentence list above, the condition clause and the result clause can be placed in any order. The “effect” part of a conditional is called the “result clause,” which explains an outcome that is dependent on the condition described in the other part of the sentence. This part of a conditional is called the “condition clause,” and usually begins with the word “if” (or an equivalent phrase like as long as or in the event that). The “cause” part of each sentence describes a condition or situation. (talking about a hypothetical situation)Īlthough these sentences perform different functions, they share a common feature: all conditionals include a cause and effect relationship. If Maria were president, she would pass more laws to protect the environment.You would have caught the bus if you had woken up 15 minutes earlier.
She will pass the class if she studies and does her homework.If I were you, I wouldn’t waste money buying junk food.If water reaches 212 ° Fahrenheit (100 ° Celsius), it boils.To begin, examine these conditional sentence and their functions. This month we’ll take a closer look at some of the ways conditionals function and how we can provide students meaningful (and fun!) ways to practice using these grammatical forms. To name a few, we can use conditionals to state facts, to give advice, to discuss and analyze future and past situations, and to talk about hypothetical situations. However, teachers should invest time in exploring this topic because conditionals allow us to express a wide variety of English language functions. Conditionals can be a troublesome grammar point for EFL learners.