{"id":50780,"date":"2019-07-31T01:15:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T01:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/aee\/aee-1200-how-to-not-get-bogged-down-with-conditionals\/"},"modified":"2023-04-25T15:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T15:44:58","slug":"aee-1200-how-to-not-get-bogged-down-with-conditionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/aee-1200-how-to-not-get-bogged-down-with-conditionals\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 1200: How to Not Get Bogged Down with Conditionals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Have you ever heard somebody talk about or use an \u201cif\/then\u201d statement?<\/p>\n

Do you struggle with conditionals and tough grammar forms in English?<\/a><\/p>\n

We\u2019re going to look at what these are today, how they work, and what the best ways to use them in conversation can be.<\/p>\n

Remember that as with any aspect of vocabulary and conversation, it\u2019s all about practicing and sounding natural rather than rehearsed if you want to connect with native English speakers.<\/p>\n

Today we have a question about conditional sentences in English from a listener.<\/p>\n

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Hi Lindsay and Michelle,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I think its been almost 2 years that I\u2019ve been listening to your podcast. I found you just in time for the TOEFL test. It helped me a lot, I got a full speaking score on the test. And now I\u2019m going for my PhD in Canada as I\u2019ve always wanted. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You are doing a great job teaching us expressions, chunks of words, connection rules, and things like that. There is only one thing that after many years of practice is not easy for me. And that\u2019s the conditional sentences. I know there are 3 or 4 types of them. I\u2019ve read lessons on this many times. But I\u2019m not comfortable using them in my daily conversations, and yet I know that they are very useful. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I would appreciate it if you could teach us conditional sentences in one of your episodes. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll master them after I hear you teaching them. I always repeat after you and that\u2019s how I learn<\/em> things so fast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Covering Functional Grammar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today we are going to cover grammar\u2013don\u2019t worry we will make it fun!<\/p>\n

What is a conditional? <\/p>\n

People usually think of conditionals as \u201cif\u201d statements. <\/p>\n

This is exactly right. There are four of them in total. <\/p>\n

1st, 2nd, 3rd, and zero are how they break down overall.<\/p>\n

Today we will focus on the first one and do a follow up later on the rest of them.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019re looking at the first conditional which is centered around \u201cif, then\u201d type of statements.<\/p>\n

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Breaking This Down<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you look at these statements they follow a specific type of pattern.<\/p>\n

This focuses on real life in the future, which means that it shows something that is likely to happen.<\/p>\n

Other conditions are different, even if only slightly. <\/p>\n

This can be with plans, possibilities, and things of that nature.<\/p>\n

The structure is a combination of the present and future simple, and therefore they are dependent or contingent upon each other. <\/p>\n

IF present simple, THEN future simple, or IF present simple, THEN will and the infinitive.<\/p>\n

You may have to see this at work to understand exactly how it plays out and functions in a sentence.<\/p>\n

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Using These In Real Life Conversations<\/strong><\/p>\n

These work well in conversations and they are a natural fit.<\/p>\n

That being said, you want to start to see this dependent relationship at work.<\/p>\n

Here are a few examples that demonstrate how the \u201cif\/then\u201d statements work:<\/p>\n