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FromWalesToJapan  +  935299 Fri, 09 Oct 09 03:36 PM
Choose between; Present Conditional, First Conditional, Second Conditional & Third Conditional.

 

Okay, I've been having real trouble with this exercise. This is the best I could do & quite frankly, it's a mess! I have no idea what the Present Conditional is, so I assumed it was exactly the same as Zero Conditional. Any feedback/error correction would help me alot. Thanks, Matt.


1.   If I win the competition, I’ll share the prize money with you.     1. Second
2.   If you boil water, it turns into steam.           2. Present
3.   If the weather is nice tomorrow, I’ll go to the beach.        3. Second
4.   If only I had treated Yuki better, she wouldn’t have left me.     4. Third
5.   If you scratch my car, I’ll give you a smack.            5. Second
6.   If you touch the fire, you’ll get burned.           6. Present
7.   If you pay for me, I’ll go to the cinema with you.          7. Second
8.   If you save money now, you’ll have enough to travel to Spain next month.    8. First
9.   If I could speak Spanish, I would be able to talk to people here in Spain.   9. Present
10.  If only I had learned to speak Spanish, I would have been able to order beer when I was in Spain last month. 10. Third
11.  If you come near my house again, I’ll kill you.            11. Second
12.  If you put your hand in the cage, the lion will bite you.       12. First
13.  If you see Catherine, will you let me know?        13. Second
14.  If it rains, I’ll go to the cinema.           14. First
15.  If I were you, I’d talk to your girlfriend about it.         15. Second
16.  If Martin comes in, will you give me a call?          16. First
17.  If you are good to people, then people will be good to you in return.     17. First
18.  If you don’t stop playing with my computer, you’ll break it.      18. Second

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Mister Micawber  +  935901 Sat, 10 Oct 09 01:04 AM
Zero conditional: If you heat water to 100 degrees C, it boils.  (Always true)

1st conditional: If I go to Yokohama, I will visit the Ramen Museum. (Conditionally true)

2nd:  If I went...I would

3rd:  If I had gone...I would have


These are correct (if you mean that 'present' = 'first'):


4.   If only I had treated Yuki better, she wouldn’t have left me.     4. Third
6.   If you touch the fire, you’ll get burned.           6. Present
8.   If you save money now, you’ll have enough to travel to Spain next month.    8. First
10.  If only I had learned to speak Spanish, I would have been able to order beer when I was in Spain last month. 10. Third
12.  If you put your hand in the cage, the lion will bite you.       12. First
14.  If it rains, I’ll go to the cinema.           14. First
15.  If I were you, I’d talk to your girlfriend about it.         15. Second
16.  If Martin comes in, will you give me a call?          16. First
17.  If you are good to people, then people will be good to you in return.     17. First
/Zero ?

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CalifJim  +  935923 Sat, 10 Oct 09 01:22 AM
FromWalesToJapan
“I've been having real trouble with this exercise.”
Hmm.  I can't imagine why.  Assuming, as you did, that "present conditional" and "zero conditional" are equivalent:


Present / Zero:    IF { present }, { present }

First:                 IF { present }, WILL ...       ('LL)

Second:             IF { past }, WOULD ...        ('D)

Third:                IF ...  HAD {pp}, WOULD HAVE ...


All you need to look for is will, would, had, and would have.  You don't even have to read and understand the other words in the sentences!  What's so difficult about that?


1.   If I win the competition, I’ll share the prize money with you.
2.   If you boil water, it turns into steam.
3.   If the weather is nice tomorrow, I’ll go to the beach.
4.   If only I had treated Yuki better, she wouldn’t have left me.
5.   If you scratch my car, I’ll give you a smack.
6.   If you touch the fire, you’ll get burned.
7.   If you pay for me, I’ll go to the cinema with you.
8.   If you save money now, you’ll have enough to travel to Spain next month.
9.   If I could speak Spanish, I would be able to talk to people here in Spain.
10.  If only I had learned to speak Spanish, I would have been able to order beer when I was in Spain last month.
11.  If you come near my house again, I’ll kill you.
12.  If you put your hand in the cage, the lion will bite you.
13.  If you see Catherine, will you let me know?
14.  If it rains, I’ll go to the cinema.
15.  If I were you, I’d talk to your girlfriend about it.
16.  If Martin comes in, will you give me a call?
17.  If you are good to people, then people will be good to you in return.
18.  If you don’t stop playing with my computer, you’ll break it.


Zero:  2.

First:  1., 3., 5., 6., 7., 8., 11., 12., 13., 14., 16., 17., 18.

Second:  9., 15.

Third:  4., 10.


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