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Welcome to our newsletter. This week we've revised our popular academic conditional lesson with an informational video and free worksheet. We're trying to add videos to all our writing and grammar skills so that students (& teachers) receive a visual overview of that particular area.
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What are conditionals / if clauses?
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Conditionals are used to describe the result of a real or hypothetical condition.
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There are four main types of conditionals in English. Each is used to indicate the likelihood of a situation occurring, or the likelihood that it would have occurred under particular circumstances.
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- The Zero and First conditionals are known as ‘real conditionals’, because they are used for situations that are certain or highly likely.
- The Second and Third conditionals are often called ‘unreal conditionals’ because they are used for situations which are improbable or impossible.
Conditional sentences examples
- State scientific facts in the present tense: If the corn is milled, starch can be extracted.
- Show habitual actions in the present or past: If we misinterpreted the results, we indicated this immediately.
- Show implications: If there was legislation for X, it could prevent an environmental catastrophe.
- Make inferences about the past: If the project had had more investment, it may have succeeded.
- Make predictions about the future: If the results are analysed from an economical perspective, it will define the problem more clearly.
- Show possible plans or actions: If you assess the data thoroughly, you might establish the cause of the problem.
- Give advice / possibilities: If these solutions are applied, it should reduce the homeless problem significantly.
- Refer to impossible situations in the present or past: If the proposal had focused on financial incentives, it would have been more useful.
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Language Review
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Lecture video example (link)
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Academic Conditionals
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The AEUK Team
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