Conditional

Conditional

First Conditional:

It is used to express a particular activity or situation in the future. Often called the "real"

conditional because it is used for real - or possible - situations. These situations take place

if a certain condition is met. The if clause needs the simple present tense, and the result

needs will + base form or be going to + base form.

Examples:

If it rains, we’re going to stay home.

Luis will buy a new car if he gets his raise

SECOND CONDITIONAL

Often called the "unreal" conditional because it is used for unreal - impossible or improbable - situations. This conditional provides an imaginary result for a given situation. Conditional 2 is formed by the use of the past simple in the if clause and would + verb (base form) in the result clause.

Examples:

  

  If they had more money, they would buy a new house.

· I would be able to travel around the universe if I were an alien

ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

                                                    Adjective Clauses

                   Adjective Clauses (Relative Clauses) are used when we want give more 

                   information about people, things, places, locations, and time.

                  Whose, where, and when introduce adjective clauses about possession, location, 

                  and time.

                  People whose jobs require frequent social contact have the most opportunity 

                  to lie. (possession)

                  There’s no place in the world where people are completely honest all the time. 

                  (location)

                  There has never been a time when some form of lying wasn’t a part of 

                  everyday life. (time)

                  FIGURE IT OUT...

                  Fill in the blanks.

                 Look at the sentences showing formal and informal English usage when a 

                 relative pronoun is the object of a preposition.

                FORMAL: The participants in the study deceived many of the people with whom

                they interacted.

               INFORMAL: The participants in the study deceived many of the people who (or 

               that) they interacted with.

               FORMAL: Money is a subject about which people are rarely honest.

               INFORMAL: Money is a subject which (or that) people are rarely honest about.

               FORMAL: The researcher from whom we received the survey is studying 

              attitudes about lying.

              INFORMAL: The researcher who (or whom) we received the survey from is 

             studying attitudes about lying.

             FORMAL: Most people save their biggest lies for the person to whom they are 

             closest.

             INFORMAL: Most people save their biggest lies for the person who (or whom) they 

             are closest to.

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