2015-04-15 Structure: 1st and 2nd conditional

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 361-362 finish exercises 3 and 4
exercise 3
1 spill
2 will have
3 washes
4 will rain
5 walk
6 will have
7 sweep
8 will sweep
9 is
10 will get
11 itches
12 will give
13 throws
14 will start
15 sit
16 won’t get
17 throw
18 will have
19 drop
20 will have
21 put
22 will keep away
23 put
24 will become
25 cut
26 will grow
bride - the woman who is getting married
groom - the man who is getting married
You will grow taller if you cut your hair.
You will become rich if you put a snake skin in your wallet.
You will keep away bad visits if you put a broom behind the front door.
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exercise 4
2 You won’t have the chance to travel a lot if you take this job.
  You will never leave the office if you take this job.
3 You won’t get a raise every year if you stay at ZY3.
  You will get a raise every two years if you stay at ZY3.
4 If you join ZY3, you’re not going to have wonderful health care benefits.
  If you join ZY3, you’re going to have terrible health care benefits.
5 if you accept ZY3’s offer, it won’t be the best career move of your life.
  if you accept ZY3’s offer, it will be the worst career move of your life.
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I’m probably watching the Marathon on Monday. (planned future action)
If it’s raining on Monday I’m staying home.
If I get a raise, I will travel next summer. = I’ll definitely travel.
If I get a raise, I may travel next summer. = I haven’t decided yet.
If I get a raise, I can travel next summer. = I’ll have the ability.

if + [present], [future] - Anything about the future, it doesn’t have to be “will” or “going to”. It can also be present progressive, or “can” or “may”.
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p. 363 exercise 6 (in pairs)
- If I am busy campaigning, I won’t have much time to study.
- I’m not going to get into law school if I don’t get good grades
                                       (unless I get)
- and nothing will get done if Todd Laker becomes president again
  (“nothing is getting done” - wrong because it’s not a plan, and present progressive can only have future meaning with plans)
- But will I know what to do if I get the job?
- I’ll deal with that problem if I win.
- If I become president, I’ll cut my hair.
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When you study more in the future, you will get better grades.
= I think you will study more in the future, and then you’ll get better grades.

If you study more in the future, you will get better grades.
= I think you may study more (but you may not), and if you do you’ll get better grades.

If you studied more in the future, you would get better grades.
= I think you won’t study more, but I can imagine an unreal world where you do study.
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Present/Future Unreal Conditionals (Second Conditional):
About something that isn’t true now, or I don’t think it will be true in the future.
If I had a lot of money, I would travel. = I don’t have a lot of money, so I don’t travel.

I wish we had a cottage = If we had a cottage, I would be a lot happier.

If     I were Emperor    ,   I    would       be    the most powerful ruler on Earth.
if + [past without “was”], subj + would + base form
                                  could
                                  might

      If I had more money, I could travel every year.
= I don’t have much money, so I can’t travel every year.

I wish I were famous. = I am not famous.

If I weren’t poor, I wouldn’t have to work so much.
=       I am poor, so I have to work a lot.
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Homework: pages 368 (review of future real) and 374 (comprehension of present unreal)
          (and read the grammar notes on 372-373)