Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Conditional 'if'

Today, you learnt about the first conditional, second conditional and third conditional. Please revise what you learnt in class by reading pages 80-82 of your English textbook again. Here is a quick summary to help you...

First Conditional


  • used to talk about a condition that is likely to happen.

  • If ... (present tense) ... , ... will + verb ('stem' form)...

  • Example [If Tim studies hard, he will do well in the examinations.]


Second Conditional

  • used to talk about a condition that is unlikely to happen.

  • If ... (past tense) ... , ... would + verb ('stem' form) ...

  • Example: [If I were a dog, I would choose to be Scottie.]


Third Conditional


  • used to talk about a condition that did or did not happen in the past

  • If ... had + (past participle) ... , ... would + have + (past participle) ...

  • Example: [If Jack had been an honest boy, he would not have stolen from the giant.]

Please click First, Second and Third Conditionals for more examples.

Listen to this song. Which conditional is used?

8 comments:

Shawn_Pang said...

I was so confused about the conditional if when you started the lesson on conditionals,Mrs Tay

Mrs Tay said...

Shawn, did you have a better grasp after we did the exercises in the Homework Book during the lesson?

If you revise the topic again, you will understand it better. (First Conditional)

If we had more English periods, we could spend more time on this topic. (Second Conditional)

If you had read the notes in your textbook last week, you would have found it easier to understand the topic. (Third Conditional)

Kate said...

Woah..the song was funny at first but i got the meaning though...

智義 said...

1st conditional

Shawn Goh Shao En said...

I think it is in the second conditional.

Tonado said...

now i know what are the conditional of"if".If i had seen the notes earlier,I would have done well in the exercise.

gordon said...

the song is very weird! but i know the meaning

Weng Leng :] said...

The song is funny but it does teaches us about he if conditionals. although some things mentioned are quite impossible... :]

 
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