Using Conditional Sentences in English - 5 Levels of Difficulty

Conditional sentences are sentences with the word ‘if’. You can use conditional sentences to talk about many different situations. There are also sentences which don’t use the word ‘if’, but which follow similar rules. Try to make some mixed conditional sentences about your life and post them in the comments! We will give you feedback.

Contents:
1. Introduction 00:00 - 00:55
2. Level 1 00:55 - 02:43
3. Level 2 02:43 - 04:36
4. Level 3 04:36 - 06:59
5. Level 4 06:59 - 10:50
6. Level 5 10:50

This lesson will help you:

- Test your level of understanding with five levels of difficulty in English conditionals.
- Get more information and examples of 'if clauses' when using conditional sentences in English.
- Learn about the first conditional in English and how to use it properly in a sentence.
- Understand the zero conditional. You'll see examples of how it this conditional is used correctly and what it means.
- See examples of how you can use 'unless' in conditional sentences.
- Find the differences between the second and third conditionals in English.
- Get examples of unreal situations and how you can use conditionals to express your meaning.
- See which verb forms are possible to use in conditional sentences in English.
- Learn what mixed conditionals are and how you can use them correctly.
- Check your understanding of real situations and ways to use conditionals correctly in these situations.

[Julia-ckff]

Thank you for this very instructive lesson about the conditionals. I have a lot of work to do on the mixed conditionals because I had 0/5 (level 4) 😟. I did well on level 1, 2 and 3 (5/5) 😀. Many thanks!

[juanre.]

I have to admit that this video is excellent, it’s a perfect situation where we can see how similar are Spanish and English in this kind of content. I would say that in these structures Spanish and English share almost everything (except for the fact that in Spanish We have some problems in order to set subjunctives)

[ftimaali]

Thanks you for sharing this lesson it's very useful me had lots clearer than i used to I had little confusion with 2&3 conditionals .tiday I have learnd well at levels 2, 3, 4 .next the topic I will study level5.Thank again.

[勃呆萌]

I am a China student.In order to improve my english, I am watching your video everyday, which is very useful for me.Thank you so much

[abdullahgasser]

I don't exaggerate when I say that this channel is just impeccable and indistinguishable. Really wonderful concepts and explanations.
You asked what topic we would like to know about it more. Right?
Well then, I really wish you could make a particular lesson for just if alternatives like the one you mentioned quickly. You brought up should, Had, were but there are many more that I still struggle how to use them and in which conditional. Here are some: unless, as long as, providing that, with, by, in case of, without, But for, if it weren't for, if it hadn't been for, on condition.
I also find mixed conditionals a bit confusing. Millions of thanks!!!

[vitsko]

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If I cooked well, I would work at a restaurant as a chef.
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[saifeldienawadmahagoub]

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[soniamayrink]

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[cahanhesenova]

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[shalmar]

Hi! Thank you! I think I would like to ask a question!
Replacing "were" with "was" in the second conditional is common although it's not correct according to grammar rules.
But how about replacing "had been" with "was" and "were" in the third conditional ? Is it as common ? Or is it not common ?
For example :
1. Saying "If I was eating with you yesterday, I would have given you some" instead of "If I had been eating with you yesterday, I would have given you some."
2. Saying "If I were yesterday, I would have protected you" instead of "If I had been with you yesterday, I would have protected you."

Is it as common as "were" being replaced with "was" in the second conditional ?
Thank you so much!

[sreejuvijaysreeju]

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[facilvenir]

Unbelievable... I had so many doubts about this topic but didn't make any mistake on the quiz.

[sittifatimaazzahraanwar]

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[dipeshgupta]

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[tyoahsan]

Hi, My name is Tyo and Thank you for your lesson! I am going to keep watching this lesson more and more to understand it 100%.
Although I have a question about conditional sentences, in level 4 question 1 you explain that using "if + past perfect" refers to the past and using "if + past simple" refers to the present/future. But I've heard native speakers say something like "I wish I never met you" or "If I didn't borrow your pen we would not have become friends".
In the sentences I gave above, in the if clause the past simple is used rather than the past perfect and those sentences clearly are talking about the past not the present and you explain that to refer to the past in conditional sentences we use past perfect not past simple.
Does it mean that native speakers break this rule ? Do native speakers break this rule that they use the past simple in conditional sentences to refer to the past rather than using the past perfect ?
I'm looking forward to your explanation and once again Thank you so much for the lesson!

[erwingaravito]

This video is just brilliant, it is the best into conditionals that I had seen...many thanks

[knowledgeinspiration]

great lesson dear teacher..Learn manifold