Sum Up 5: Conditional

Sum Up 5: Conditional

1. Where can we use conditionals?

   • The conditionals can be used for some formal jobs such as school articles and laws.
     • Scholary Articles
       • The scholaryl article is divided in parts
         • Title
         • Journal information
         • Author and affiliation
         • Summary of paper
         • Problem Background
         • Steps of research
         • Result
         • Discussion
         • Conclusion
         • Glossary
         • APPAS references
     • Law
       • Conditionals in law serve to establish rules or warnings about something

2. Structure and types

   • The structure depends a bit on the conditional used.
     • 1st. If + present + , + will (or modal verbs) verb in base form
       • Possibile result
     • Zero. If clause (verb in present) + , + verb present
       • Certein result
     • 2nd. If + subject+ past simple + , + subject ( would) + infinitive
       • Hypothetical or imaginary

3. Express and use

   • Conditionals are used to describe a possible result in the future, action in the past or in the present.
     • Advice or recomendation
     • A real possibility
     • A rule o premise

4. Verb Tense

   • Different verbs tense can be used
     • Simple past tense
     • Simple present tense
     • but depending on the verb tense the meaning changes

5. Real and Unreal

   • Real
     • The verb in the IF section is in present
     • The verb in the result section express possibility
       • Express real possibility
   • Unreal
     • The verb(s) in the IF section are in past
     • The verb in the result section express hypothetical situation
       • Express low or urealistic possibility

6. Modal Verbs

   • Modal verbs serve to express a possibility or is hypothetical
     • Hypothetical
       • Would
       • Could
     • Possibility
       • May
       • Will
       • Might
       • Should

7. If X occurs, then Y will occur

   • Has a cause-effect relationship
     • Linking words can be used
       • As a result
       • Therefore
       • Consequently
       • So
     • The if clause is used
   • Complex Sentence
     • Independent and subordinate clause, united by conjuntion or conditional