Business english resources conditionals

What are the uses of the conditionals in English language?
Conditional tenses are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen.
In English, most sentences using the conditional contain the word if.
Many conditional forms in English are used in sentences that include verbs in one of the past tenses..
What is the third conditional in business English?
Third Conditional:
In this conditional, we use the past perfect, some expressions (such as might, could, may, should) and the present perfect.
Examples: “If we had hired more staff, we might have completed the project on time.” “If the team had communicated better, we could have avoided that misunderstanding.”_{Aug 31, 2023}.
Why do we need to study conditionals?
Conditionals are extremely important in the English language because they help us express things that may happen in the present and future.
Conditionals serve many purposes and take several different forms.
They can be used to give advice, express regret and discuss facts, among other things..
However, what makes conditionals indispensable in day-to-day communication is that we can use them to offer advice, show regret, present a fact, or give an opinion, etc.
Let's examine the above sentence again (If you study hard enough, you'll pass the exam).
Mixed Conditional
Used to express hypothetical or alternative past situations and their probable effects on the present.
If I had gotten a master's degree, I might have a better job right now.
Additional Examples: If Karen hadn't taken time off to raise her kids, she might be the general manager now.

How do I teach mixed conditionals?

Make sure that your students understand how to use mixed conditionals and build sentences with them.
To practise, students move to another exercise and complete some sentences with the correct form of the given verbs.
The speaking part consists of two tasks.
First, students need to rephrase a few sentences using mixed conditionals.

What are conditionals in English?

A few decades ago, it would be pretty common to see a sentence like this:

Conditionals in English are one of the most challenging grammar structures for non-native English speakers.
Review these images to brush up on conditionals and then complete the practice exercise to check your understanding.

What is an ESL lesson on e-commerce?

In this ESL lesson on e-commerce students get a chance to talk about starting a business, watch a video about people who did, discuss e-commerce and its advantages and learn some vocabulary related to the topic.
With this flipped lesson plan, students learn and practise using defining and non-defining relative clauses.

What is in this ESL lesson?

This ESL lesson on getting things done and deadlines includes ,a range of speaking, vocabulary and grammar activities.
Students talk about deadlines, learn useful vocabulary and grammar structures, watch a video and have engaging conversations.
In this lesson students discuss working as a freelancer.

How do you teach the first and second conditional?

To begin this lesson on the first and second conditional, show students the chart below

Ask students to identify the difference in meaning between the sentences in the two columns

Ask students which sentences are about real situations, and which sentences are about hypothetical, unlikely situations

I will read if I have time tonight

Should we use the verb “to be” in the second conditional?

**Note: When we use the verb “to be” in the second conditional, we prefer to use “were” for all subjects

If I had millions of dollars, I wouldn’t have to work

I might miss my country if I traveled a lot for work

After going over the first and second conditional forms, have students do the practice exercises and conversation questions below

What is a conditional sentence?

Conditionals are sentences with two parts

One part of the sentence describes a condition, and the other part of the sentence describes the result of that condition

If you work all day, you will be tired at night

You will be tired at night if you work all day