How well do you know yourself?

I’d like you to take quiz find out a little bit about what kind of person you are.

There’re six questions. We’ll read the questions together and I’d like you to think about your answer to each one. OK?

Дженифер предлагает вашему вниманию шесть вопросов, которые нужно прослушать и попытаться придумать на них ответы. 

Ok, so now let’s compare answers and see how similar we are in terms of personality.

These are my answers:

Ответы Дженнифер:

Предложения с “if” называются придаточными условия (Conditionals). Такие предложения состоят их двух частей: в первой части у нас представлено условие (condition), а во второй части предложения мы говорим о результате (result). Результат не может существовать без условия, при котором его можно достичь. Поэтому у нас всегда будет условие и результат.

Например:

Мы сказали, что условные предложения имеют две части:

the condition - условие и  the result  - результат

So let’s find those parts in these two statements.

“If I see a large insect in the house (condition - условие), I scream (result - результат).”

Which is the result?Что является результатом?

Screaming - крик. Крик не может случиться без условия,

значит

There MUST be a condition for a result - Должно быть условие для результата.

Down here

I laugh if I make a silly mistake.

Here is the one part (I laugh), and here is the other part, introduced by IF. IF introduces the condition, so making them silly mistake leads to laughter.

Now the two parts actually have name in grammar. We call them clauses, and a clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb.

the independent clause here is “I scream” because this thought is complete, it can stand on its own, and it makes sense.

This first clause, “if I see a large insect”, it makes sense but only if is a part of the whole sentence, that’s why it is a dependent clause.

This clause is dependent on what follows, I scream.

I’m only pointing these things out because it’s important to understand that conditionals have the two clauses and the clauses can change phrases. If can come first in a sentence.

If can take the second position in the sentence.

So either dependent or independent clauses can begin these conditional statements. Make sense?

OK, let’s race ahead forward then. We know the types of clauses. We know the order,

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Did you notice that if it comes second in a sentence, we do not need a comma. We only need the comma when we put the if clause first.

Notice that again, so here we have if coming first (upper), and here it comes second (lower sentence). When we write, we need a comma because the if-clause is coming first in the statement. If we are only speaking, then you’ll hear a pause :

if I see a large insect in the house  I scream.

Down here you don’t need a comma, and you won’t likely hear pause :

I laugh  if make a silly mistake.

Now let’s pay attention to the verb tenses that we’re using here.

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It’s important to know all of these examples have been in real situation, so using the present tense, and both clauses express a real situation. We can call these statements:

Factual conditionals or Real conditionals.

Other verb forms: So note that when I say present tense, it doesn’t just mean simple present, you can use other verb forms.

For example,

showing a habit.

 Can is a modal, so we can also use modals in the statements to show real situations. Here can is expressing a possibility.

 So let’s review now. On your screen you can see five beginnings to five statements.

 I’ll tell you an ending and you tell me which statement it completes.

 А теперь давайте проверим себя. Найдите в видео уроке место, где представлены следующие части предложений:

 For example, if I say, “it becomes dry ~” You tell me  to that it  completes statement.

 If I’m tired, …

If you cook meat for too long, …

You should ask for directions…

If I see someone in need, …

You should listen…

 Two, if you cook mean for too long, it becomes dry.

 Here’s another one.

 “If you lost ~”, “(find a sentence to complete this part from the screen)_____”

 “If your boss is talking to you, _________” another one, “I can’t concentrate ___________”

 And the last, “I try to help _________”

All right I hope this first lesson’s been helpful to you. Please be sure to check the other lesions that I put on YouTube for conditionals, OK? All right, Happy studies…!

Еще о Conditionals - условном наклонении вы сможете прочитать здесь.