Grammar

How to make sentences with second condicional ?

· Use if + past, would + infinitive to talk about an improbable / impossible or hypothetical future situations and its consequence.
If a bear attacked me, I'd run away.
· Would / wouldn't it is the same for all persons


To learn  the second conditional  enter in this page:

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/secondconditional/menu.php

This page is to teach you how to use the second conditional and when you wanted to know if you what you know you can do some exercises that come the end of the page.

By Celia and Alicia

First Conditional

How to make phrases with the first conditional?


To form the first conditional, first we put if + the present simple of the verb you want to use + the simple  future.
  We use the first conditional when a situation is real or possible
Examples: If I behave good I will go to your house
If don´t sleep I will be tire
Here you can see a video that explain us how to use the first conditional

 

This video will show you some exercices using the first conditional 

Now that you know how to use the first conditional, in the following links you will found exercicies of the first conditional

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3226
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/1cond2.htm
http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/conditional-first-exercises.html


Alicia and Celia

How to make sentences with should and shouldn't ?


· Use should / shouldn't + infinitive to give somebody advice or say what you think is the right thing to do.
You should cut your hair
· Should / shouldn't + infinitive is the same for all persons.


This page is for you to know when you have to use should and shouldn't

http://www.eclecticenglish.com/grammar/Should1A.html

By Celia and Alicia

May And Might

Hi, we are Alicia and Celia and we are going to talk you about may and might:

We use may and might to talk about an hipotetic situation, that can be possible, and usually it is used to ask for permission
But may indicates a higher degree of certainty.

Examples: 

We might go fishing tomorrow, but it depends on the weather
I may go to the pool, but I´m not sure 

   

 

You can see it more clear in this photograph   




If you want to pratice may and might, here are some links with exercices:

 http://autoenglish.org/gr.may.i.htm
 http://www.agendaweb.org/verbs/modals-may-might-exercises.html
 http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/407.html

Third Conditional

Hello, I´m going to talk you about the Third Conditional

We use the Third Conditional to talk about an hipotetic situation of the past.

We form it like this: first we put if, then the past perfect of the verb that we are going to use and finally the conditional perfect

if + past perfect + conditional perfect

Example: If I had won a bycicle, I would have given to you

 

 

In the following links you will find exercicies to pratice the third conditional:

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional-exercise-1.html

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3233

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/thirdconditional/menu.php

Alicia