1. El condicional What does it mean? How do I use it? Can I practise it?
How do I form it?
Can I practise it?
Are there any irregular forms?

2. El condicional The conditional tense is used whenever we use the
What does it mean?
The conditional tense is used whenever we use the
word ‘would’ before another verb, in English.
Examples:
If I were rich, I would go and live in Australia.
My teacher would give me a detention if I didn’t hand my homework in.
I’d* like to have a cold drink of fizzy water.
NOTE: ‘d is an abbreviation for ‘would’ and is still the conditional.

3. El condicional How do I form it? STEP 1
Take the infinitive -AR -ER -IR
STEP 2
Add the following endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, íais, -ían
EXAMPLES STEP 1 STEP 2
Hablo Hablar Hablaría
(I speak) (Infinitive) (I would speak)
Me gusta Gustar Me gustaría
(I like) (Infinitive) (I’d like)

4. El condicional How do I form it? -ía -ías -AR -ER -IR + -íamos -íais
INFINITIVE
+ ENDINGS
-AR -ER -IR +
-ía
-ías
-íamos
-íais
-ían

5. El condicional ! BEWARE There are irregular forms of this tense.
Are there any irregular forms?
El condicional !
BEWARE
There are irregular forms of this tense.
THE GOOD NEWS
The 6 endings stay the same. (-ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían)
THE BAD NEWS
You need to learn a new stem for each irregular verb.

6. El condicional Are there any irregular forms? Hacer Har -ía -ías
IRREGULAR VERB (INF)
NEW IRREGULAR
STEM
+ ENDINGS
MEANING
Hacer
Har
-ía
-ías
-íamos
-ían
would do/make
Poner
Pondr
would put
Poder
Podr
would be able to/could
Venir
Vendr
would come
Decir
Dir
would say/tell
Querer
Querr
would want
Salir
Saldr
would go out
Tener
Tendr
would have
Saber
Sabr
would know
Haber
Habr
there would be (habría)

7. El condicional Can I practise it? -ías
Drag the 6 following conditional endings into the right box
-íais
PERSON
WHO?
INFINITIVE
+ ENDING 1 I
_____AR
_____ER
_____IR 2
You 3
He/she/it We
They
-íamos
Singular
-ía
-ían
Plural
-ía

8. El condicional Can I practise it? -ías
Now can you fill in the endings to match the translation?
-íais
Español
English
1. I would go to Italy.
Ir______ a Italia.
2. She would speak English.
Hablar _______ inglés.
3. We’d prefer to visit France.
Preferir_______ visitar Francia.
4. They’d watch a film.
Ver_____ una película.
5. Would you eat the fish?
¿Comer_____ el pescado?
-íamos
-ía
-ían
-ía

9. El condicional Can I practise it?
Now can you translate these? Watch out, they use irregulars.
Español
English 1.
Yo no haría mis deberes.
2. He’d tell the truth. 3.
Saldríamos a las 8.
4. They wouldn’t know. 5.
¿Vendrías?