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CHALLENGE 4th ESO

Conditionals!!! As promised, here is the challenge on Conditionals.

A couple of details before we set sail…

How do you send the answers?

You don’t have to write your answers on this document.

You have to write your answers on a Word document. Please, you

need to make it clear which exercise you are doing and its

corresponding answer.

Finally, remember to put a clear title to the Word document you

send (don’t forget your name!)

THIS CHALLENGE IS AN INDIVIDUAL TASK

A LITTLE BIT OF THEORY FOR REFRESHING THE MEMORY:

For a detailed explanation of the Zero Conditional, click this link:

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/zero-conditional.html

For a detailed explanation of the First Conditional, click this link:

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/first-conditional.html

For a detailed explanation of the Second Conditional, click this link:

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/second-conditional.html

For a detailed explanation of the Third Conditional, click this link:

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/third-conditional.html

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Here is a short and graphic explanation:

This is a very interesting and brief (oral) explanation of all

types of conditionals (from the BBC):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDoBdq0s8eY

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Now that you have all the theory in mind, let’s do some

exercises:

2. IN TRANSLATION

(Use a dictionary and avoid using online translators because the results are not so good).

2.a Translate the following conditional sentences from

Spanish into English and indicate which type of conditionals

they are:

1) Me casaré contigo si me quieres.

2) Me habría casado contigo si me hubieras querido.

3) Si fueras a ver esa película, no dormirías.

4) Si ella lo invita, irá a la fiesta.

5) Si fuera tú, no compraría ese vestido.

1. WARMING UP

Let’s start with a classic exercise:

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A. What would you do if….? Complete the

following sentence with five ideas

(main clauses):

If I were Pedro Sánchez…

1…. 2…. 3…. 4…. 5….

STILL IN TRANSLATION…

(Use a dictionary and avoid using online translators because the results are not so good).

2.b Translate the following conditional sentences from

English into Catalan and indicate which type of conditionals

they are:

1) Is she hadn’t been ill, she would have gone to the

school.

2) I wouldn’t take the bus to work if I had a car.

3) I’ll let you go to John’s house if you tidy your room.

4) I would have said hello if I had seen him.

5) You won’t finish on time unless you start right now.

3. USE YOUR IMAGINATION

Before using your imagination for the following exercise,

remember:

If I were you, I would study more.

IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE

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1. IMPORTANT PEOPLE USING CONDITIONALS

These are quotations from great figures of History:

B. What would have happened if….? Complete

the following sentence with five ideas (main

clauses):

If Christopher Columbus hadn’t ended up in

America….

1… 2…. 3…. 4…. 5…..

C. What would you do if….? Complete the

following sentence with five ideas (main

clauses):

If I lived in the Sahara desert…

1… 2…. 3…. 4…. 5…..

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4.IMPORTANT PEOPLE USING CONDITIONALS…

These are quotations from great figures of History:

+ If I could always read, I should never feel the want of

society. (J. Byron).

+ If there were no bad people, there would be no good

lawyers. (Ch. Dickens).

+ If I were not Alexander, I would wish to be Diogenes.

(Alexander of Macedon).

Translate them into Catalan and indicate what type

of conditionals they are:

1.

2.

3.

5. FINAL MISSION Listen to the song “Change the World” by Eric Clapton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x11NA63gLDM Identify two conditional sentences and write them down (you can look up the lyrics): 1. 2. Now that you have your two sentences, write an alternative main clause for each of them: 1. 2.

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BYE BYE… I hope that you could embrace the potential of

conditionals.

Lastly, try to remember this expression which is a very

useful and polite way of saying “NO, I can’t”:

I WOULD IF I COULD… BUT I CAN’T SO I WON’T

Which conditionals are involved?

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Competències treballades

Dimensió comprensió lectora: C4. Aplicar estratègies de comprensió per obtenir informació i

interpretar el contingut de textos escrits d’estructura clara de la vida quotidiana, dels mitjans de comunicació i de l’àmbit acadèmic.

C6. Seleccionar i utilitzar eines de consulta per accedir a la comprensió de textos i per adquirir coneixements.

Dimensió expressió escrita: C7. Planificar textos escrits de tipologia diversa utilitzant els

elements de la situació comunicativa. C8. Produir textos senzills amb adequació a la situació comunicativa

i amb l’ajut de suports.

Àmbit digital:

C1. Seleccionar, configurar i programar dispositius digitals segons les tasques a realiza.