Conditional Sentences

A conditional sentence typically consists of an if-clause (which presents a condition) and a result clause (main clause). For instance: ‘She will come to your party tonight if her mother lets her go.’ ‘She will come to your party tonight’ is a result clause while ‘if her mother lets her go’ is if-clause that presents a condition.

There are three types of conditional sentences. They can be summarized as below:

Type	Situation	If-Clause	Result Clause	Examples	Explanations
I	True in the present or future	Simple Present	Simple Present or Simple future	- If I have enough time, I usually study my lessons - If I have enough time, I will study tonight.	A result clause can be: - Simple present: to express a habitual activity or situation. - Simple future: to express a particular activity or situation in the future.
II	Untrue (contrary to fact) in the present or future	Simple Past	Would + V1	- If I had enough time, I would study now or tonight. - I would visit him now if I were you. - Were I you, I would visit him.	In truth: I don’t have enough time. I don’t visit him now because I am not you. Omitting if Were I you : if I were you
III	Untrue (contrary to fact) in the past	Past Perfect	Would + have + V3	- If I had had enough time, I would have studied last night. - Had I had enough time, I would have studied last night.	In truth: I didn’t have enough time. Therefore, I didn’t study last night. Omitting if Had I had enough time : if I had had enough time

Practice

Part A: Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses.

1.      If I have money, I (go) ___________________ with you tomorrow.

2.      We (go) ______________________ to the zoo if the weather were nice today.

3.      If you had told him your address, he (visit) _____________________ you yesterday.

4.      What would you have done if she (call) ________________ you last night.

5.      I seldom (ask) ­­­_____________ for money to my parents if they do not give me.

Part B: What do the sentences mean?

1.      She would call you if she needed you now.

In truth: ____________________________

2.      If he didn’t drive her home now, I would take her home.

In truth: ____________________________

3.      If I had not needed to finish the work yesterday, I would have accompanied you to Mall.

In truth: ____________________________

4.      Had I known your phone number, I would have called you.

In truth: ____________________________

5.      Were I you, I would apology for the mistake.

In truth: ____________________________

Part C: Find the errors on the underlined words or phrases and correct them.

1.      He is not available right now. I would tell you if he is here. Please leave your phone

a                                                    b                                                   c 

number.

2.      I got E for English subject. If I studied hard last night, I would have gotten better than E.

a                                      b                                               c

3.      Take it easy guy. She will not hate you if you begged her forgiveness. Come on, call her

a                                                                          b                                         

and say your apology.

                           c

4.      She always visits me when I am sick. But, she didn’t visit me yesterday. If she had visited

a                                                                                                                      b

me yesterday, I would be happy.

                           c

5.      If I was you, I would not trust her. She was with another man when I met her in the beach

a                                                            b                                              c

yesterday.

Part of Speech

 

Part of Speech

The system of classifying words based on their function is known as the parts of speech. There are eight parts of speech in English. They are Pronoun, Adjective, Noun, Conjunction, Adverb, Verb, Interjection and Preposition. To make it easy to remember, we can call it PANCA VIP.

   N o u n

Example: Chair, Table, Wall, Pen

~        I need a chair to sit

~        There are many tables in our class

~        The wall is blue outside and white inside

~        Rossi always borrows pen from me but he never returns it.

   A d j e c t i v e

Example: Cute, Good, Cruel, Lazy

~        She is cute but cruel.

~        I have a good dictionary.

~        My father always tells me not to be lazy.

   P r o n o u n

Example: They, I, You, We, She, He, It, us, them, his

~        The students are in the class. They are studying about part of speech.

~        Nessa always practices speaking English. She is able to speak fluently.

~        Benni and Jhon are the clever students in the class. I like to study with them

~        Jerry never talks his problem to anyone.

   V e r b

Example: Go, Take, Study, Speak, Listen

~        I go to school everyday.

~        He takes my book from my bag without permission.

~        Let’s study hard

~        Can you speak English?

~        John often listens to his radio.

   A d v e r b

Example: In the market, carefully, at 7 o’clock, Seldom

~        My mother is shopping in the market.

~        She drives her new bike carefully.

~        He will be visiting me at 7 o’clock tomorrow.

~        My uncle seldom get angry with me.

   C o n j u n c t i o n

Example: And, But, Or

~        He is handsome and rich.

~        She is beautiful but lazy.

~        Which bag do you want to buy? The blue one or the white one?

   I n t e r j e c t i o n

Example: Wow, Dear me, Oh my God

~        Dear me! Do you always come late?

~        Wow! What a clever girl she is!

~        Oh my God! It is too difficult to do.

   P r e p o s i t i o n

Example: At, In, On

•  She gets up at 8 in the morning and goes to bed at 11 in the evening.
•  Eliz was born on 17^th of November 1989. 
• They will graduate from their senior high school in 2012