third conditional

THIRD CONDITIONAL

Today we are going to:

• Revise Zero, First and Second Conditionals;• Learn and practice Third Conditional;

ZERO CONDITIONAL

• Facts;• If + Present Simple, Present Simple

Complete the sentences:

• If I arrive late for the lesson, the teacher …• If the water freezes, it …• If you mix blue and yellow, you …• If you take a bone from a dog, it …• If you don’t put your ice cream into the

fridge, it …

FIRST CONDITIONAL

• Real situation;• If + Present Simple, will + bare infinitive

Correct the mistakes:

• If I will fail the exam I will not get a certificate.• If I will be late, I will call you.• Will you write to me if I will give you my

address?• If there will be a fire, alarm will ring.• Do you go to the party if they invite you?• If you will not hurry, you will miss the train.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

• Unreal situation• If + Past Simple, would + bare infinitive

A simple test to see how professional you are…

The first question:What would you do, if you had to put a giraffe into the fridge?

Correct answer:  I would open the fridge, put the giraffe inside and close it. 

The second question:What would you do, if you had to put an elephant into the fridge?

Wrong answer:I would open the fridge, put the elephant inside and close it.

Correct answer:I would open the fridge, take the giraffe out, put the elephant inside and close the fridge.

The third question:

Lion King has organised a conference in the forest. If all animals were invited which animal would not come to the conference?

Correct answer:

The elephant wouldn’t. Do you remember that he is inside the fridge?

Well, if you were not very good at answering the questions, you have a chance with the last one.

The fourth question:You need to swim across the river. What would you do, if you knew that crocodiles lived there?

Correct answer:

I would simply swim across. Why? Because all the crocodiles are at the conference organised by Lion King.

The data from Andersen Consulting Worldwide says that about 90% of professionals didn’t answer any of these questions correctly.

Most kindergarteners answered perfectly well.

Raport Anderson Consulting proves that the IQ of most professionals is lower than the one of a kindergartener..

THIRD CONDITIONAL

• ???• If + ???, ??? + ???

Imagine the situation….Today you are in a very good mood

Although tomorrow you are going to write a TEST, you don’t care about it… you relax…

You play with your friends…

But…. Tomorrow comes. You go to the lesson, write the test, receive the mark….

It’s 2!!!

You just sit and think:

If I had studied before the test, I would have got 10….

THIRD CONDITIONAL

• Unreal situation• If + Past Perfect, would + have + III form

Find mistakes and correct them:

• If I hadn’t ate that fish, I wouldn’t have been sick.• I would have be very happy if my parents had

bought me a horse.• If he worked harder, he probably could have

passed his exams.• I would had phoned her if it hadn’t been so late.• She wouldn’t have left him if he haven’t spent so

mush time at the office.• Did they have known what to do if you hadn’t told

them?

Go to the following addresses:

• http://www.mariposa-services.com/pages/e5cond3_match.htm

• http://www.better-english.com/grammar/con31.htm

• And now – go, have a nice day and smile!!!