Level 05 – Step 03 : if (Basic conditional sentences)
/Level 05 – Step 03 : if (Basic conditional sentences)
＜🚪 Let’s Begin＞
/＜🚪 Let’s Begin＞
🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn about the word “if” and how it makes conditional sentences.
/🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn about the word “if” and how it makes conditional sentences.
🐧Igupen: What does “if” do in a sentence? It sounds a little tricky.
/🐧Igupen: What does “if” do in a sentence? It sounds a little tricky.
🦉Professor Owl: “If” shows a condition — something that must happen for something else to happen. Let’s look at simple examples.
/🦉Professor Owl: “If” shows a condition — something that must happen for something else to happen. Let’s look at simple examples.
＜📚 Lesson ＞
/＜📚 Lesson ＞
What is a basic conditional with “if”?
/What is a basic conditional with “if”?
– A conditional sentence tells us: If X happens, then Y happens.
/- A conditional sentence tells us: If X happens, then Y happens.
– We often use the present tense after “if” to talk about general truths or possible actions.
/- We often use the present tense after “if” to talk about general truths or possible actions.
Examples
/Examples
If you try, you can do it.
/If you try, you can do it.
If she falls, help her.
/If she falls, help her.
Word order and meaning
/Word order and meaning
– You can put the if-clause first or the result first. Both are correct.
/- You can put the if-clause first or the result first. Both are correct.
If you are kind, people will like you. → People will like you if you are kind.
/If you are kind, people will like you. → People will like you if you are kind.
🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
/🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
Think: What is the condition? Put that part with “if.” Then say the result that follows.
/Think: What is the condition? Put that part with “if.” Then say the result that follows.
Quick checks inside the lesson
/Quick checks inside the lesson
• If you study, you learn. → Condition: you study; Result: you learn.
/• If you study, you learn. → Condition: you study; Result: you learn.
• If it rains, we stay inside. → Condition: it rains; Result: we stay inside.
/• If it rains, we stay inside. → Condition: it rains; Result: we stay inside.
＜🌼 Sample Sentences＞
/＜🌼 Sample Sentences＞
No.01 If you try, you can do it.
/No.01 If you try, you can do it.
No.02 If she falls, help her.
/No.02 If she falls, help her.
No.03 If it rains, bring an umbrella.
/No.03 If it rains, bring an umbrella.
No.04 If you eat breakfast, you will have energy.
/No.04 If you eat breakfast, you will have energy.
No.05 If the bell rings, stop talking.
/No.05 If the bell rings, stop talking.
No.06 If he studies, he gets better grades.
/No.06 If he studies, he gets better grades.
No.07 If the light is red, wait.
/No.07 If the light is red, wait.
No.08 If you are kind, friends will come.
/No.08 If you are kind, friends will come.
No.09 If the door is locked, knock first.
/No.09 If the door is locked, knock first.
No.10 If we hurry, we can catch the bus.
/No.10 If we hurry, we can catch the bus.
＜🎓 Practice exercises ＞
/＜🎓 Practice exercises ＞
Note: Think first, then check the answers at the end.
/Note: Think first, then check the answers at the end.
Q1: Complete: If you ___ (try), you can do it.
/Q1: Complete: If you ___ (try), you can do it.
Q2: Choose: If she falls, ___ her. A. help B. helps C. helped
/Q2: Choose: If she falls, ___ her. A. help B. helps C. helped
Q3: Rewrite: Help him if he is sad. (Start with If)
/Q3: Rewrite: Help him if he is sad. (Start with If)
Q4: True or False: “If you study, you will pass” and “You will pass if you study” mean the same.
/Q4: True or False: “If you study, you will pass” and “You will pass if you study” mean the same.
Q5: Make a sentence: use these words: If / rain / we / cancel / the picnic.
/Q5: Make a sentence: use these words: If / rain / we / cancel / the picnic.
Q6: Choose correct tense: If he ___ (be) late, the teacher gets angry.
/Q6: Choose correct tense: If he ___ (be) late, the teacher gets angry.
Q7: Find condition and result: If you share, people are happy.
/Q7: Find condition and result: If you share, people are happy.
Q8: Rewrite with so: If you are tired, rest. (Use so)
/Q8: Rewrite with so: If you are tired, rest. (Use so)
Q9: Fill in: ___ the door is open, go in. (use If)
/Q9: Fill in: ___ the door is open, go in. (use If)
Q10: Combine into one sentence: You hurry. You will catch the bus. (Use if)
/Q10: Combine into one sentence: You hurry. You will catch the bus. (Use if)
Answers
/Answers
A1: try → If you try, you can do it.
/A1: try → If you try, you can do it.
A2: A → If she falls, help her.
/A2: A → If she falls, help her.
A3: If he is sad, help him.
/A3: If he is sad, help him.
A4: True → Both sentences mean the same idea.
/A4: True → Both sentences mean the same idea.
A5: If it rains, we cancel the picnic.
/A5: If it rains, we cancel the picnic.
A6: is → If he is late, the teacher gets angry.
/A6: is → If he is late, the teacher gets angry.
A7: Condition: you share; Result: people are happy.
/A7: Condition: you share; Result: people are happy.
A8: You are tired, so rest.
/A8: You are tired, so rest.
A9: If the door is open, go in.
/A9: If the door is open, go in.
A10: If you hurry, you will catch the bus.
/A10: If you hurry, you will catch the bus.
＜🦉 Closing ＞
/＜🦉 Closing ＞
🦉Professor Owl: Good work today. Remember to find the condition first with “if” and then say the result.
/🦉Professor Owl: Good work today. Remember to find the condition first with “if” and then say the result.
🐧Igupen: I will practice making if-sentences with my friends and family. Thanks, Professor Owl!
/🐧Igupen: I will practice making if-sentences with my friends and family. Thanks, Professor Owl!
🦉Professor Owl: Keep practicing every day and notice “if” in stories and songs.
/🦉Professor Owl: Keep practicing every day and notice “if” in stories and songs.
