English Language Skills Consolidation. Livello: 1

Contents:

Conditionals

Internet terms

e-commerce

Conditional Sentences

Let’s go over the rules on the conditional composed by 2 parts:

• one that expresses the condition introduced by the word “if”, commonly known as “if clause”.
• one that expresses the consequence.

Example: If you work hard, you will succeed.

Conditional Sentences

There are 3 main types of

conditional patterns:

• Pattern A : probable condition
• Pattern B : improbable condition
• Pattern C : hypothetical condition

Pattern A : Probable Condition

Used for actions which are true or likely to happen

Examples:

• If it rains tomorrow, we shall cancel the picnic.
• You will be tired if you do a lot of exercises.

Note on pattern A:

If + present tense, future tense

Pattern B : Improbable Condition

Used for present or future activities which are improbable or

unlikely to happen

Examples:

• If it rained tomorrow, we should stay at home.
• You could start dinner if it were ready.

Note on Pattern B:

if + past tense, would/should + verb

Pattern C : Hypothetical Condition

Used for impossible activities which could NOT be

true or carried out.

Examples:

• If it had rained yesterday, I would have stayed at home.
• What would you have done if you had been attacked by a monster?

Note on Pattern C:

if + past perfect, perfect conditional

Exercise

Try to distinguish the following sentences (pattern A,B or C).

1. If you take a taxi, you’ll get there in time for the meeting.

Pattern A Pattern B Pattern C

2. If I had known about the meeting, I would’ve come.

Pattern A Pattern B Pattern C

3. If you were ready, we could start the meeting.

Pattern A Pattern B Pattern C

Summary

• Conditional sentences are composed by 2 parts:
• one that expresses the condition
• one that expresses the consequence
• 3 main types of conditional patterns:
• Pattern A : Probable Condition
• Pattern B : Improbable Condition
• Pattern C : Hypothetical Condition

Objective:

Construct conditional sentences according to different situations

Video Second conditional sentences in The Big Bang Theory

Practice your listening skills

and practice also to understand the

humour by watching some clips

for the series The Big Bang

Theory.

The clips are subtitled to help

your understanding.

Following on there are many other

videos using the conditional

sentence structures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJF9Gb3dGbc

Let’s Practice Click on the link and practice

If Clause Type I

• if + Simple Present, will-Future

Type I indicates what will happen,

provided that a certain situation is

given.

If Clause Type II

• if + Simple Past, would + infinitive

Type II indicates what could happen

if a present situation were given

If Clause Type III

• if + Past Perfect, would + have + past participle

Link:

https://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/grammar/conditional-sentences

e-Commerce Electronic commerce, is the trading or facilitation of trading of products or services using computer networks, such as the Internet.

Electronic commerce draws on technologies such as:

mobile ,commerce, electronic funds ,transfer, supply chain,

management, Internet marketing, online transaction,processing, 

electronic data, interchange (EDI), inventory, management systems, and

automated data collection systems.

The links will take you to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for a definition

of each term.

Pros and Cons for e-Commerce

When starting a business,

eCommerce is certainly one

way to eliminate overhead.

And drop shipping goes a step

farther letting another company

handle the fulfillment on the orders

you receive.

Read the article by Steve

Gillman on the Pros and Cons

for eCommerce:

http://smallbiztrends.com/2015/09/drop-shipping-pros-and-cons.html

Vocabulary: e-commerce - words and phrases

We often use these words and

phrases to talk about e-commerce.

Check that you understand their

meaning.

Use a dictionary to help you.

• browse
• directories
• hits
• keyword locate
• Net online search
• search engines
• site surfers
• traffic