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Which sentences refer to real situations and which to hypothetical ones?
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Experience shows that if the price is higher, people think your product is better. sākt mācīties
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Real situation. conditional clause: is; result clause: think
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If a video goes viral, it will get millions of views. sākt mācīties
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real situation. conditional clause: goes. result clause: will get
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People will click off unless the video is memorable. sākt mācīties
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real situation. conditional clause: is. result clause: will click off.
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Your brand name will travel around the world provided the video goes viral. sākt mācīties
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real situation. conditional clause: goes. result clause: will travel.
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Supposing you wanted to sell a new brand of chocolate ... what price would you set? sākt mācīties
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hypothetical situation. conditional clause: wanted. result clause: would set.
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If another coffee shop opened next door ..., they'd sell at least a thousand cups each. sākt mācīties
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hypothetical situation. conditional clause: opened. result clause: they'd sell
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Which words from the box could replace provided and supposing in sentences 4 and 5 above? sākt mācīties
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if; providing; suppose; imagine; let's say; on condition that; as long as.
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Your brand name will travel around the world provided the video goes viral. Your brand name will travel around the world on condition that the video goes viral. sākt mācīties
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Your brand name will travel around the world if the video goes viral. Your brand name will travel around the world providing the video goes viral. Your brand name will travel around the world as long as the video goes viral.
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Supposing you wanted to sell a new brand of chocolate, what price would you set? Suppose/Imagine you wanted to sell a new brand of chocolate, what price would you set? sākt mācīties
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If/Providing you wanted to sell a new brand of chocolate, what price would you set? Let's say you wanted to sell a new brand of chocolate, what price would you set?
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Use sentences 1- and the words in Exercise 3 A above to help.
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RULE 1 Use a real conditional when a) something is always or generally true: sākt mācīties
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if + present simple + present simple Experience shows that if the price is higher, people think your product is better.
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RULE 1 Use a real conditional when b) something is likely to happen in the future as a result of a possible action/situation: sākt mācīties
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if + present simple + (future with) will If a video goes viral, it will get millions of views.
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RULE 2 Use a hypothetical conditional when something is unlikely to happen in the present or future: sākt mācīties
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if + past simple + would + infinitive without to. If another coffee shop opened next door ..., they'd sell at least a thousand cups each.
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RULE 3 As alternatives to if, it is possible too use: sākt mācīties
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a) unless to mean if not b) providing/provided (that), on condition that or as long as to mean if and only if. c) suppose/supposing, imagine or let's say to say that something is unlikely. People will click off unless the video is memorable. Your brand name will travel around the world provided the video goes viral. Supposing you wanted to sell a new brand of chocolate, what price would you set?
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if + present simple + present simple sākt mācīties
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Experience shows that if the price is higher, people think your product is better.
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if + present simple + will/going to/can/could/may/might/should + infinitive sākt mācīties
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If a video goes viral, it will get millions of views.
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use unless to mean if not sākt mācīties
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People will click off unless the video is memorable.
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use providing/provided (that), on condition that or as long as to mean if and only if. sākt mācīties
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Your brand name will travel around the world provided the video goes viral.
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use suppose/supposing, imagine or let's say to say that something is unlikely. sākt mācīties
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Supposing you wanted to sell a new brand of chocolate, what price would you set?
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use if + past simple + would/could/might/should + infinitive sākt mācīties
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If another coffee shop opened next door ..., they'd sell at least a thousand cups each.
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SENTENCE STRESS: conditionals sākt mācīties
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Listen and write sentences 1-5. Underline the stresses in each sentence.
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I’ll buy it if you reduce the price. sākt mācīties
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I’d buy it if it weren’t so expensive. sākt mācīties
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buy; weren't ... expensive
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Suppose you had the money, which one would you buy? sākt mācīties
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Suppose; money; witch; one; buy
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I’ll come as long as you let me pay. sākt mācīties
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You can’t come in unless you’re a member. sākt mācīties
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TIP: In many situations, especially in speaking, we use only one clause of the conditional structure, e.g. sākt mācīties
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Do you think I should take this job? Well, I'd take it. But it's up to you.
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the correct alternatives in the text.
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If you wanted to launch a new product for a specific audience and only that audience, what (1) you do? sākt mācīties
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If you wanted to launch a new product for a specific audience and only that audience, what would you do? The answer is to get a vlogger to endorse your product. A vlog is a video blog and a vlogger is the person who presents the videos.
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If your product were, for example, lipstick, you (2) choose someone who gives advice on makeup - her followers are your perfect target audience. sākt mācīties
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If your product were, for example, lipstick, you would choose someone who gives advice on makeup - her followers are your perfect target audience. It works like this: you send the vlogger a sample of your product
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and then, (3) the vlogger likes your product, sākt mācīties
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and then, providing the vlogger likes your product,
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she (4) mention it on one of her vlogs. sākt mācīties
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she will mention it on one of her vlogs.
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OK, you pay her of course, but (5) she's a vlogger with a large following (some have over a million), sākt mācīties
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OK, you pay her of course, but as long as she's a vlogger with a large following (some have over a million),
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your investment (6) be worthwhile and sales should boom. sākt mācīties
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your investment will be worthwhile and sales should boom.
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Just be sure that your suppliers have full stocks - if the vlog (7) online in the morning, your lipstick may be sold out by afternoon. sākt mācīties
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Just be sure that your suppliers have full stocks - if the vlog goes online in the morning, your lipstick may be sold out by afternoon.
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Now supposing you (8) your own vlog, you would be wasting your time. sākt mācīties
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Now supposing you made your own vlog, you would be wasting your time.
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Even less-well-known vloggers have a bigger audience than you (9) be able to get at first. sākt mācīties
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Even less-well-known vloggers have a bigger audience than you would be able to get at first.
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Remember, (10) you reach your target audience, sākt mācīties
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Remember, unless you reach your target audience,
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your product (11) go anywhere, sākt mācīties
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your product won't go anywhere,
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and neither will you. And that (12) be a shame. sākt mācīties
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and neither will you. And that would be a shame.
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