1 If I have extra time, I do some preparation at least one day before the lesson start.
2 If I have lots of ideas, I teach my pupils in many strategies and joyful ways.
3 If I have lots of money, I take my pupils for vacation every year.
Possible future
I’ll produce extra photo state exercise sheets if my students do well in the monthly test next
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week.
I’ll display my pupils’ folio on the display board along the ASEAN Path if they manage to do well
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and satisfied the Headmistress.
I’ll select the pupils from A class to be the school team if they can show their potential in
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handball game.
7 If I had extra energy, I would take my students for a hike during holidays.
8 If I trained them hard, I would get a better result in the coming examination.
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9 If I chose my daughter to be the monitor, I would get opposition from all her classmates.
Hypothetical past
My colleague wouldn’t have to arrive early to school if he hadn’t finish written the lesson plan
10 the day before.
11 My school handball team wouldn’t have won the game if they hadn’t practised hard every day.
My students wouldn’t have time to finish their homework if they couldn’t manage their time
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wisely.
Use the notes you made above to write 12 true sentences about you using conditionals.
Zero conditional
1. If I have extra time, I do some preparation at least one day before the lesson start.
2. If I have lots of ideas, I teach my pupils in many strategies and joyful ways.
3. If I have lots of money, I take my pupils for vacation every year.
1st conditional
1. I’ll produce extra photo state exercise sheets if my students do well in the monthly test next week.
2. I’ll display my pupils’ folio on the display board along the ASEAN Path if they manage to do well
and satisfied the Headmistress.
3. I’ll select the pupils from A class to be the school team if they can show their potential in handball
game.
2nd conditional
1. If I had extra energy, I would take my students for a hike during holidays.
2. If I trained them hard, I would get a better result in the coming examination.
3. If I chose my daughter to be the monitor, I would get opposition from all her classmates.
3rd conditional
1. My colleague wouldn’t have to arrive early to school if he hadn’t finish written the lesson plan the
day before.
2 . My school handball team wouldn’t have won the game if they hadn’t practised hard every day.
3. My students wouldn’t have time to finish their homework if they couldn’t manage their time wisely.
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