CONDITIONAL CONDITIONAL SENTENCES SENTENCES
Apr 18, 2015
CONDITIONAL CONDITIONAL SENTENCESSENTENCES
Read and think about this situations 1 Fernando has a flight tomorrow early
in the morning. He usually wakes up at 9 or after. His flight is at 8 and he has to get the airport at least an hour before. He must wake up earlier tomorrow. If his alarm clock doesn’t doesn’t ringring he won’t getwon’t get on time.
2 There are many books in the library
but students don’t rent them. Stephanie says “if the books werethe books were more interesting, students would would taketake them and read more”.
3 My brother need to do a presentation
for his geography work. But he can’t use the power point very well and he couldn’t do that. If he had askedhad asked me, I would have helpedwould have helped him with his geography work.
Let’s think about… Na primeira situação…
Fernando tem um voo e precisa acordar cedo no dia seguinte. Se seu alarme não tocar, ele não vai chegar a tempo.(If his alarm clock doesn’t ringdoesn’t ring he won’t won’t getget on time)
Tratam-se de ações interligadas para que algo ainda possa acontecer, ou deixe de acontecer. É um futuro possível.
POSSIBLE FUTURE IF CLAUSE
SIMPLE PRESENT
MAIN CLAUSE
SIMPLE FUTURE (WILL)
If his alarm clock doesn’t ringdoesn’t ring he won’t getwon’t get on time
If his alarm clock ringsrings he will getget on time
Let’s think about… Na segunda situação…
Há muitos livros na biblioteca, mas os alunos não os emprestam. Se os livros fossem mais interessantes, os alunos os pegariam e leriam mais.(if the books the books werewere more interesting, students would would taketake them and read more)
Tratam-se de ações interligadas e hipotéticas; plano imaginário.
Simple Conditional – unreal situation -
IF CLAUSE
SIMPLE PAST
MAIN CLAUSE
CONDITIONAL (WOULD)
If the books werethe books were interesting, students would readwould read more
Let’s think about… Na terceira situação…
Meu irmão precisava fazer uma apresentação para o trabalho de geografia e não pediu ajuda. Se tivesse me pedido ajuda, teria feito o trabalho de geografia.(If he had askedhad asked me, I would would have helpedhave helped him with his geography work.)
Tratam-se de ações interligadas para que algo pudesse ter acontecido (ou não) no passado.
Perfect Conditional
IF CLAUSE
PAST PERFECT
MAIN CLAUSE
CONDITIONAL PERFECT(WOULD HAVE + PARTICIPLE)
If he had askedhad asked me, I would have would have helpedhelped him with his geography work.
Perfect Conditional… É também empregado quando queremos
nos referir a algo que deveria ter sido feito (ou não) no passado para um efeito no presente. If you had studied harder you would have
graduated today. (Se você tivesse estudado mais você teria se formado hoje)
If they hadn’t bought their house, they would have be living near us now. (Se eles não tivessem vendido sua casa, eles estariam morando perto de nós agora)
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Conjunções usadas com conditional sentences: If – se Unless – a menos que
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com IF o verbo to be no passado é conjugado sempre “were”, mesmo no singular. If he were at home… If I were at school…
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A chamada “if clause” pode tanto iniciar quanto finalizar a frase. A ordem é indiferente. If they like the house, they will buy it. They will buy the house if they like it.
23.01) Choose the grammatically correct proposition(s) to complete the blanks in the following sentence:If he _____ the basics of computers, he _____ a better student.
01. learns - will become02. understood – would become04. would know – was08. knew – would be16. studied – become32. Will learn - becomes
23.01) Choose the grammatically correct proposition(s) to complete the blanks in the following sentence:If he _____ the basics of computers, he _____ a better student.
01. learns - will become02. understood – would become04. would know – was08. knew – would be16. studied – become32. Will learn - becomes
23.01) Choose the grammatically correct proposition(s) to complete the blanks in the following sentence:If he _____ the basics of computers, he _____ a better student.
01. learns - will become01. learns - will become
02. understood – would become02. understood – would become
08. knew – would be08. knew – would be
= 11= 11
23.02) Match the sentences so that they form conditional clauses: Coluna AColuna Aa. If I have time tomorrow,b. Will you help mec. If you listen to him,d. Is the police catch him,e. We’ll go for a walk
Coluna BColuna B( ) if get into trouble?( ) he’ll go to jail.( ) if its stops raining.( ) I’ll give you a ring.( ) You will learn a lot.
23.03) If you don’t go, ______ very angry.
a) I feelb) I amc) I wasd) I’ll bee) I have been
23.03) If you don’t go, I’ll be very angry.
a) I feelb) I amc) I was
d) I’ll bee) I have been
23.04) If he likes that van, he ______ it.
a) will buyb) could buyc) would buyd) buys
23.04) If he likes that van, he will buy it.
a) will buyb) could buyc) would buyd) buys
24.01) Choose the correct proposition(s):01. If you had listened to me, you would
have bought the tickets in advance, and now we would be able to see the play.
02. If you had gone to the movies, you would meet him.
04. If you had worked harder, you would have been in a better positions today.
08. I would have bought the picture yesterday, if I had seen it before.
16. Joe will see the show if it comes to town.32. If Paul were a real friend, he wouldn’t
have left us behind.64. Unless Mike had known the truth, he
would never have notice.
01. If you had listened to me, you would have bought the tickets in advance, and now we would be able to see the play.
04. If you had worked harder, you would have been in a better positions today.
08. I would have bought the picture yesterday, if I had seen it before.
16. Joe will see the show if it comes to town.64. Unless Mike had known the truth, he would never
have notice.
=93
24.02) Candidates who get a poor result always regret: If I studied more before sitting for the test, I _____ it.
a) would passb) passedc) have passedd) would have passede) had passed
24.02) Candidates who get a poor result always regret: If I studied more before sitting for the test, I would pass it.
a) would pass
24.03) Johnny would be happy if he ______ at the party.
a) had beenb) wasc) wered) will bee) is
24.03) Johnny would be happy if he were at the party.
c) were
24.04) Indicate the alternative that best completes the following sentence:
If you had taken my advice, you ______.a) would learned the lessonb) would have learned the lessonc) should learned the lessond) would learn the lessone) should understand the lesson
24.04) Indicate the alternative that best completes the following sentence:
If you had taken my advice, you would have learned the lesson.
b) would have learned the lesson