1. Conditionals 1

2. Zero Conditional - General Statement
Conditionals
Zero and 1st Conditionals
Zero Conditional - General Statement
If/When turnover decreases, we lose money.
Simple Present + Simple Present
Happens regularly / always / every time
1st Conditional
If turnover decreases, we will lose money.
Simple Present + Future tense
Likely to happen
Zero Conditional: Every time this, every time that. It’s the only conditional where you can use “If” or “When” interchangeably
1st Conditional: Likely to happen
Often we use this for plans we’ve already made and are simply predicting how they’ll go
Example: “If we go to the beach this Saturday, we’ll probably eat at that Italian restaurant we all love”

3.  2nd Conditional If turnover decreased, we would lose money.
Conditionals
2nd Conditionals
2nd Conditional
If turnover decreased, we would lose money.
Simple past + would/could/might ___(infinitive)_________
Unlikely to happen
Common German Mistake
If turnover would decrease, we would lose money.
“would” “could” & “will” almost NEVER go in the If-clause
2nd Conditional: This is usually the one German speakers have a tough time with. But other cultures often have a tough time as well
These were created for a German class, but feel free to change the common mistake to whatever culture you’re working with 

4. If we had gone home, we would have been bored
Conditionals
3rd Conditionals
3rd Conditional
If we had gone home, we would have been bored
Past Perfect + would + have + past participle OR
If we had been going home, we would have been bored
Past Perfect Continuous + would + have + past participle
Imaginary Past
3rd Conditional: Imagining how the past could have been, but isn’t.
The two variations are almost interchangeable. The continuous form (as always) places more emphasis on a period of time, rather than a point in time.
Extra Example: If he had just done his homework more often, he would have graduated in 4 years.

5. In case I don’t see you, have a good night.
Conditionals
Conditionals without “if”
In case I don’t see you, have a good night.
Should we fail, we’ll probably go out of business.
As long as we keep costs low, we’ll stay profitable.
Unless you’ve got a million euros hiding in your desk, we’re going to be bankrupt tomorrow.
The same as saying “If I don’t see you,…”
Same as saying “If we fail,…”
Like saying “If this condition holds”
“In case…” and “Should…” are the same as saying “If…” No big explanation needed there.
“As long as” requires the condition to remain in place. Once it’s not true, then the condition in the auxiliary clause kicks in.
“Unless” is the same as saying “If” + “not”
So if they’re having trouble with this one, just get them to do a few example sentences switching back and forth between “unless” and “If…not”
Same as saying “If you haven’t got, …” (If + not)

6. In Partners ACTIVITY: Quick Practice
Conditionals
ACTIVITY: Quick Practice
In Partners
Write one example for each type of conditional, using your coworkers as the subject
Every Time
(O) When Jason writes the report, it’s always perfectly formatted, but his data isn’t always correct.
Plans You’ve Already Made (likely)
(I) If Cheryl is in the meeting tomorrow, we’ll get to hear her story about the cow in the office again.
Unlikely to Happen
(II) If Alex became CEO, the building would burn down in a horrible tower of flame and glory!
Imaginary Past
(III) If Sally had seen the offer first, she would have tried to get the client a parking space. I don’t know why, she’s loves parking space clauses so much.

7. Write down: BE SPECIFIC! In Partners Winning the Lotto!
Conditionals
ACTIVITY: Winning the Lotto!
In Partners
You’ve been given €
You can spend it any way you like, but…
1) You can only spend it on yourself
Let’s assume you WILL win... Use 1st Conditionals
2) You can only spend it on other people
Now assume you WON’T win... Use 2nd Conditionals
3) Your 15 year old self has been given the money
Change the past…use 3rd Conditionals
Write down:
What would you buy?
Where would you go?
What would you see?
BE SPECIFIC!
This is a really interesting activity because I’ve added a grammar element to a self-discovery activity based loosely on one from the book “Brand You” (fantastic book btw)
First, I’d show them the lotto video. It’s a collection of the funniest lottery commercials. Some of them are pretty darn funny and it gets them thinking about what they’d do with the money.
Then, tell them it’s a three part activity, but don’t explain what the second and third parts are until they’ve completely the previous.
The idea is to steadily reveal to them the what their underlying motivations are.
If you want to complete the true activity from Brand You, instead of doing the 3rd conditional part, you would replace that with: “You now have unlimited time and money. You cannot die or get sick, and your bank account refills every time you spend something” 1) Plan the next 100 years of you life
2) If time…have them plan the next 1000
The idea of the activity is to show you what you truly want to be doing, assuming money and time are no longer clouding your decisions.
Have fun ;-)
Winning the Lotto!