Conditional sentences
•4 types:
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•ZERO conditional
•FIRST conditional
•SECOND conditional
•THIRD conditional

FIRST conditional
•use:
•spekulujeme o možných situacích, které se skutečně mohou stát
•mluvíme o budoucnosti
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•if-clause main clause
•present tense will + inf.
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•If it rains tomorrow, we will stay at home.

SECOND conditional
•use:
•spekulujeme o situacích, které jsou málo pravděpodobné
•mluvíme o přítomnosti či budoucnosti
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•if-clause main clause
•past tense would + inf.
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•If someone pointed a gun at me, I’d be very frightened.
•If I were you, I wouldn’t cheat.

Exercise
•What will you do if it snows tomorrow?
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•What would you do if you won one million pounds?
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•If you could date a celebrity, who would you choose?

Useful structures
•…is too big  X  …is big enough
•apart from (= except)
•to have (a) difficulty with st. /to have (a) difficulty in doing st.
• to be responsible for (doing) st.
• to pay attention to st.
• to be good at st.
• to be unusual for sb. to do st.
• in case + present simple
• to feel like doing st.
•to be impossible for sb. to do st.
•to look forward to (doing) st.
•don’t have to
•to blame sb. for st.
•to have/get st. done

Useful structures
•in order to do st.
•there’s no chance of st./doing st
•there is no point (in) st./doing st
•there is nothing left
•you had better do st.
•mind doing st.
•give sb. permission to do st.
•get used to st./doing st. x be used to st./doing st.
•besides st./ besides doing st.