1. The conditional

2. Using the conditional TTTThe present conditional is used to… …………express a wish or make a suggestion I’d like to work in an office …………make a polite request Could you tell me where the town hall is? …………refer to an action which depends on another event or situation (an if-sentence) If I won the lottery, I would buy a car

3. Forming the conditional TTTThe conditional is simple to form once you are confident with the future and imperfect tenses TTTThe conditional is made with… THE SAME STEM AS THE FUTURE TENSE THE SAME ENDING AS THE IMPERFECT

4. The Future Stem TTTThe future stem for all regular verbs is the INFINITIVE (For –re verbs, you need to drop the final –e) eeee.g. I will speak =Je parlerai eeee.g. I will finish =Je finirai eeee.g. I will sell =Je vendrai DDDDon’t forget the common exceptions!! avoirêtrefaireallersavoir pouvoirdevoir aur- pourr-devr- ser-fer-ir- saur-

5. The imperfect endings The endings are the same for all verbs  e.g. jouer  Jejou-  Tujou-  Il/Elle/Onjou-  Nousjou-  Vousjou-  Ils/Ellesjou- ais ais ait ions iez aient

6. The Conditional Therefore, to make the conditional forms for jouer…  Je jouer  Tu jouer  Il jouer  Elle jouer  Nous jouer  Vous jouer  Ils jouer  Elles jouer ais= I would play ais= You would play ait= He would play ait= She would play ions= We would play iez= You would play aient= They would play aient= They would play

7. Make some sentences! Translate the following  I would eat  You would watch  He would go  She would drink  We would finish  You would sell  They would do  They would be  Je mangerais  Tu regarderais  Il irait  Elle boirait  Nous finirions  Vous vendriez  Ils feraient  Elles seraient

8. ‘ If ’ sentences IIIIf I was rich, I would buy a big house IIIIf + imperfect, Subject + conditional SSSSi j’étais riche, j’achèterais une grande maison IIIIf I had a car, I would go to France SSSSi j’avais une voiture, j’irais en France

9. Make your own sentences  Now try and write three conditional sentences of your own  Remember!  If + IMPERFECT, Subject + CONDITIONAL  CONGRATULATIONS, YOU CAN NOW MAKE THE CONDITIONAL!!