Showing posts with label conditional connectors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conditional connectors. Show all posts

Thursday, January 23, 2020

C1 - How to pronounce 3rd conditional sentences

This is the video I showed you in class. I've already found this video about that. Just to finish with you may use this video about American pronunciation: click here.

Just in case you want to review this grammar point, have a look as this chart might be useful:

Other forms instead of if

connectors
meaning
example
should
It means if by any chance…
You must replace if for should
Should you see John, can you give him a message?
provided/providing
The same as if but a bit more formal
Provided you leave, you’ll catch the train
unless
The meaning is if … not
I won’t go to the doctor unless you come with me
on condition
This introduces a that-clause
On condition that we get the money, we’ll do it
as long as
It is the same as if
I don’t mind your coming as long as you keep quiet

Thursday, December 5, 2019

B2.1 - Conditional sentences

In lessong 4B we deal with conditionals. In class we saw all the types and we insist on using the name rather than the number of conditional:
  • zero or general conditional: if you have a problem you call an expert
  • first or probable/possible conditional: if you have a problem, will you call me?
  • second or improbable/hypothetical conditional: if you had a problem, you could call me
  • third or impossible conditional (a regret or complaint about past events): if you had had a problem, you should have called me so you didn't have it.
If you want a good summary, you should visit this blog: click here

Here you are some exercises to practise with the connectors:
Apart from IF, WHETHER and UNLESS, there are some other connectors such as AS LONG AS, PROVIDING, PROVIDED THAT, SUPPOSING etc. If you want to know a bit more about these connectors, you should use this link and you can practise with these exercises:

Hope it helps!