Pre-Intermediate 2 Evenings: Don't Lose your Pen...

Week 9^th – 11^th June

Hello!

Last week we continued talking about the passive. But this time we used a quiz.

Did you know that …:

…until 1800 New York was called New Amsterdam?

…chess was invented by the Chinese?

…the Italian flag was designed by Napoleon?

….the first Levi jeans were worn by miners?

…the Indiana Jones films were directed by Steven Spielberg?

Some facts you knew, others, you didn’t!

We started studying “Conditional Clauses” with an important piece of advice:

“Don’t lose your pen!” If you lose your pen, you’ll die.

If you lose your pen, you won’t be able to take notes.

If you aren’t able to take notes, you won’t pass your exams.

If you don’t pass your exams, you won’t get a degree.

If you don’t get a degree, you won’t find a job.

If you don’t find a job, you won’t earn any money.

If you don’t earn any money, you won’t be able to buy any food.

If you can’t buy any food, you’ll die.

So, if you lose your pen, you’ll die! Don’t lose your pen!!!

Remember the structure of the first conditional.

We use if + present simple will / won’t + infinitive

If it doesn’t rain on Saturday, we’ll go for a walk.

We won’t buy milk if there’s some in the cupboard.

You can begin with the “if” clause or not. When you begin with “if” you need to use a comma.

And this is an example of Zero conditional.

We use if + present simple present simple

If you begin the sentence with “if”, you have to use a comma.

Conditional exercises

Tomorrow we’ll continue talking about conditional clauses and “Murphy’s Law”

We also carried on (continued) talking about business letters.

We talked about response letters, inquiries and quotations. We also talked about company advertising.

We’ll go into detail tomorrow. See you then!

Pre-Intermediate 2 Evenings