ALL THE CONDITIONALS EXPLAINED VISUALLY WITH EXAMPLES! English grammar lesson

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The Zero, First, Second, Third and Mixed conditionals explained visually with examples. (If sentences)
Useful grammar for the B2 First, C1 Advanced and C2 Proficiency Cambridge English exams.
We use conditional structures all the time in English. From day to day situations to formal writings, the conditionals are extremely useful and you need to revise them regularly.
In this video, I explain all of the conditional using visual examples to help you understand the differences in meaning and grammar between each structure.
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0:00 You need to revise the conditionals!
1:32 Examples of all conditionals
2:25 Zero Conditional
3:16 First Conditional
4:47 Second Conditional
6:26 Third Conditional
7:57 Mixed type 1 Conditional
10:00 Mixed type 2 Conditional
Share your own examples in the comments!
Ben Gill
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@CarmenAlcantaraAlcantara-bf2of Жыл бұрын

BEST ever explanation of the consistionals I have ever heard. Oh, my, how much I always learn with you, Ben. Not just for me, but to help my secundary school students. You are the BEST teacher in the world!!!

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Ha ha... That's nice of you, Carmen 🙂

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: In the middle of recording this video, my mobile phone, which was in my back pocket, fell into the water 🤦🏻‍♂️. You can hear the "plop" if you listen carefully at 7:19. I didn't realise until I was walking home. Needless to say, I had to buy a new phone 😢 (By the way, I give a lot of information quite quickly in his video... I recommend you pause and rewatch the different parts of the explanation in order to make sure you undertand clearly )

@Krmly Жыл бұрын

If you had been more careful, your mobile phone wouldn't have fallen into the water :(

@Krmly Жыл бұрын

If you went to repair your phone, maybe you wouldn't have to buy a one new! (Fingers crossed)

@OceanChild75 Жыл бұрын

Oh no!! 😢 have you tried putting it in a bag of dry rice? I know it sounds crazy but I know people who saved their phone that way (apparently the rice can absorb the water)

@Krmly Жыл бұрын

@@OceanChild75 A few years ago, I dropped my phone into the WC and I thought it wouldn't come back again!!. After a while, it survived. I couldn't believe it. It was a Motorola, year 2016.

@Crisguay Жыл бұрын

If you hadn't been so engrossed in recording the video, you might have heard the "plop." This is another proof of how committed you are as a teacher! 😅

@nat1529 14 күн бұрын

Thank you very much Ben for all the job you have done! Now I understand conditionals better. Thanks from Andalousia.

@armaangupta7270 6 ай бұрын

greatest vid of cond. ever great vid ben

@marianoscotti8899 Жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏A great lesson ! Muy buena lección ! Well done, Ben ! Un abrazo, from Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina🇦🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇦🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful! Saludos

@valeskaferro9510 6 ай бұрын

thank you!!! for making the video. And the afford that it means.

@alessandroricci7235 Жыл бұрын

If you had been my english teacher when I attended high school, I would certainly have learnt conditional forms more easily! The mixed conditionals were not part of english grammar, but with such a brilliant teacher like you everything becomes clear. Thank u do much Ben!

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Alessandro! I'm glad you found the video useful 🙂

@nosycatUK Жыл бұрын

What a great lesson. Thank you 😊

@olghitacari Жыл бұрын

oh woooooooowwwwww! that's the way to understand conditionals! THANKS A LOT! 🏵

@santipoggi Жыл бұрын

Great video Ben! very helpful

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it 🙂

@Its_still_Anna 3 ай бұрын

It was helpful and I didn't actually know what this was. Thank you!

@Krmly Жыл бұрын

Very simple and effective examples! Thank you for being outside again. Springtime seems to welcome it :)

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

It's difficult to stay indoors at this time of the year!

@lauracunavalido12 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video!!!!! What a lovely place!!!❤

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Laura 🙂

@franciscopontesvelasco4315 Жыл бұрын

You're a competent teacher and u have the knack for teaching and getting your point across

@aigara_life Жыл бұрын

I've never seen anything like this before. Thank you Ben👍

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad you found it useful 🙂

@vanessadimarco158 Жыл бұрын

Really helpful indeed. Thanks a lot

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@tofiqpasayev 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@mihaicaragheorghe5217 Жыл бұрын

Congrats for another successful video!Your videos are really useful and easy to be understood!Congrats for your work!

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mihai! I appreciate it 🙂

@besarionmetreveli9387 Жыл бұрын

perfect explanation!

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@maricarmenalmeria 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@aigara_life Жыл бұрын

If I had found this channel earlier, I would have an advance level👍

@luciamendez295 Жыл бұрын

That was a jaw-dropping explanation. 😲 I can't believe it! 👏👏👏

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃

@peligrosini091 Жыл бұрын

You are amazing Ben, this is one of your best videos. You are in my TV all day long teaching to me and making my day better. Keep it up! 😉

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Federico! I appreciate that 🙂

@marceladumitrufilip Жыл бұрын

Your style is utterly unique Ben😘🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻 cheers!!!

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Marcela 🙂

@turicoppola9815 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ben for teaching us these paramount lessons to improve our own english. You are by far the best english teacher! ❤ Cheers.

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

You're very kind, Turi 🙂

@heikedietzel4603 8 ай бұрын

Marvellous explanations🦋♦️ THANK YOU WHOLEHEARTEDLY

@user-it9uo9kr5j 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for explanation. I'm sure your channel will help me to become a good teacher in future.

@silviamongeroffarello126 Жыл бұрын

It's so useful, I'm going to teach conditionals next week 😊

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Great!

@manuelaraujoalonso335 Жыл бұрын

I love you man, I really apperciate all the content you´ve been doing lately. I am hardly studying in order to pass the C1 and I relish having it. Your videos are amazing, by the way I actually live in Spain, I hope you love this charming country :)

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

I do!

@errolvargashernandez8187 Жыл бұрын

I'm from Costa Rica and I just want to thank you for your contribution in my studies for CAE

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad I could help

@user-pk6bk6nu6s 10 ай бұрын

If I hadn't seen this vid, my mind wouldn't be blown! 🤯

@tothepointenglishwithben. 10 ай бұрын

Excellent! 😃

@emiliavizireanu1230 Жыл бұрын

Hello Ben ! It might seem crazy , but despite the fact that I'am on the edge of my C1 exam , I still find this video extremely helpful . Having a revision of all conditionals was a good memory refresh. Thank you do much ! Very well explained as usual. The last one however remains quite confusing. " If I was in Spain , I definitely would have chosen you as my English teacher " I don't remember if a comma is needed . Again : thank you 🌟🌟🌟

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Hi Emilia! It's always a good idea to revise the conditionals. (You only need a comma between the clauses when you start with the "if" clause 👍)

@ArtemHahauz-nm7bk 3 ай бұрын

This is the most confusing grammer I've ever seen although thanks to Ben it clarified almost completely. Thank you very much I usually learn American English though.

@KsuCielly Жыл бұрын

I’m really sorry for your phone, but thanks a lot for this awesome explanation!❤❤❤

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙂

@simonelorenzoni Жыл бұрын

I'm still smiling about your phone falling into the water in the background. Thank you so much Ben, really well explained.

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Fortunately, I don't buy expensive phones! If the phone had cost me more, I would be more annoyed! 🙂

@OceanChild75 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Ben, l was so confused about the difference between all these conditionals and when I have googled it, I got even more confused but you explained it in such a clear and concise manner! 😇 Oh and I love your little Amy haha she is such a cutie 🥰

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found the video useful! 🙂 (Amy was feeling sorry for herself as she'd just got a shock from an electric fence 😯)

@OceanChild75 Жыл бұрын

@@tothepointenglishwithben. oh no 🙉 bless her 🥺

@vladvasii Жыл бұрын

Hello Ben! I’m preparing for the C1 exam and I was wondering if you can suggest me any practice books, right now I’m using “Advanced Trainer 2”

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

I recommend some books in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNRnjbaTsKfFpX0.html

@christophemunier6763 Жыл бұрын

Hello Ben and thanks again for this video which was most interesting. I had completely forgotten the use of the mixed conditional type 1 and 2. If I may rectify one thing though, in conditional 3, WOULD is not followed by the Present Perfect but by an INFINITIVE Perfect. If it were followed by the Present Perfect, you would have then a sentence like: If he’d known the outcome, he would haS never gone ahead with the merging. Thanks again, and if you have any more ideas on the difference between formal and informal English, please indulge yourself in recording them! 😊 Christophe.

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Good point, Christophe 👍

@vijnana1900 Ай бұрын

May I suggest your channel to provide the summary of the general grammar structure of 0,1,2,3 mixed1,2 in your description video as well? :)

@klaudi4737 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining, Ben! Your videos are really helpful! :-) 0. If you visit a museum, you pay for the ticket. (Person pays for the ticket when visiting a museum.) 1. If I have money, I will buy a house. (When I have money, when I'll receive a salary, I will buy a house.) 2. If I were more talented, I would study art. (I would study art if I were more talented, but I am not talented so I am not studying art.) If I were rich, I would have money. (But I am not, so I do not have money.) 3. If I had been more talented, I would have been studying art. (I would study art in the past, if I had been more talented, but I was not talented, therefore I did not study art.) Mixed 1. If I had not been so shy, I would be friends with her. (But I was shy, so I did not reach out to her, therefore we are not friends.) Mixed 2. If I were good at baking, I would have baked a cake. (But I was not good at baking and I am still not - it is a general fact, so I did not bake the cake in the past.)

@nastya3280 Жыл бұрын

Ben, where do you live? Seems like in paradise🤩 Thank you for the video. I usually find conditionals quite confusing and tricky, especially the second and third ones. I can barely tell the difference. But I feel like I got the idea of how to use them. Practice makes perfect💪 Thank you a lot again😊

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to help 🙂 (I live in Asturias, northern Spain)

@user-up2rd1do9s Жыл бұрын

Great lesson. 👍 With utmost regards from The Republic of Srpska Bosnia. :)

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it 🙂

@viniciusguimaraes6316 Жыл бұрын

Amy ❤

@silviamongeroffarello126 Жыл бұрын

It's really clear, congratulations, I'm sorry about your phone😮

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙂

@melvinpristyo2877 10 ай бұрын

Hi Ben, your video was amazing with a very clear explanation. In daily spoken English, people also use a mixed conditional in which the if-clause is in the present simple and use "would" instead of "will" in the main clause. E.g. : If it rains, we would cancel our trip. What implication does the speaker have in mind when they use this kind of mixed conditional ? I'm looking forward to your explanation. Best regards,

@fleurblanche7642 Жыл бұрын

This is such a good and vivid explanation of English grammar four conditionals explained so evocatively ike a story being told Good to have four conditionals only in contemporary English because had the shakespearian usage outlived we would have something like this If he were twenty Sir John falstaff he shall not abuse Rrobert Shallow Is it possible to read it modern English this sentence

@freddiemercury8700 Жыл бұрын

Ben good to see you again gaffer. No comma if we invert the clause, right? Had I known you were coming, I'd've baked you a carrot/ cheese cake 🎂

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

That's right, Freddie 👍

@user-qs7kv9gf1h Жыл бұрын

Quick question: in the third conditional example "If you had sat in the sun for too long, you would have got burnt", wouldn't it be "you would have gotten burnt", since we are using the present perfect? Thank you and keep up the work!

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

"Gotten" is American English. I'm English so use "Got" which is British English. Both are correct

@gianluigigaleota6632 Жыл бұрын

If had passed the exam last year, I’d be showing off the certificate now.

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Excellent 👍

@felicial9238 3 ай бұрын

"If we were smarter, we wouldn't have had our money robbed"; "if we were smarter, we wouldn't be so poor"; "if we had paid more attention in saving money, we wouldn't be so poor now"

@moldprintsrl Жыл бұрын

Does Mixed 1 has a different meaning from Cond 3? If type 3 can replace Mixed then I won't bother learning the mixed 1

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

No, they're not the same

@user-ch2oi7js6x Жыл бұрын

Hello Ben, my name is Aliki Olesia and I am interested in taking English lessons, how could I contact you for more info?

@Marina-uw3ll Жыл бұрын

Ben, hello. I have “interesting” news))) I have failed the CPE exam (that was on the 4 of March) 🙁 yesterday I got the statement of results, good scores was only on writing and speaking. Can I ask you: are there available courses at your group for CPE preparation? I am going to take this test again on the 9 of June….

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Hi Marina. Commiserations on not passing the exam. Regarding the course, it's an online video course so you can complete it in your time when it's convenient for you. Here's the link: ttp-exam-academy-ben.thinkific.com/courses/complete-c2-proficiency-cambridge-english-exam-preparation-course

@freddiemercury8700 Жыл бұрын

🇬🇧 If every viewer chips in a quid, we should be able to buy a Ben a new phone. Now, who is in? Ben, how do I send you my quid ?

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Haha... Thanks, Freddie! 🙂 But I've already bought a new phone. A cheap one, in case it happens again!

@freddiemercury8700 Жыл бұрын

It won't happen unless you go to the same spot.

@xysayinovfaxriddin Ай бұрын

If you were my teacher,I would have learnt grammar better

@byjoasvega9417 Жыл бұрын

What about the inverted conditional?

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

I made a video a couple of years ago in which I spoke about inversion with conditionals. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9aElMhpxrKpeIk.html

@byjoasvega9417 Жыл бұрын

@@tothepointenglishwithben. thank you so much!!!! I’ll pass my exam with flying colours because of your videos!!! thanks teacher Ben!

@basantabc7536 7 ай бұрын

Would I not have had to learn English if I were from Anglosphere regions.

@MrErgashevich 4 ай бұрын

If I have seen this video earlier I would known CLAUSES

@adriandiazburion1507 Ай бұрын

If you had seen this video earlier you would have known clauses. 😉

@michellemarie8394 Жыл бұрын

May I ask you what tipe of conditionals are these ones? "If I were you (it's impossible), I would be an English native speaker "; "If I was a better student (it's possible), I would write for an English magazine". I bumped into the second example after listening to the song "If I was", so I started to wonder if there were some "musical- rhythmical reasons" for that structure, or if it was for grammar reasons. I do apologize to you and to Midge Ure in advance, thank you :')

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

They are both examples of the second conditional expressing unreal (hypothetical) situations. "If I were you..." is a kind of fixed expression in which you can only use "were". In the second example, both "was" and "were" are accepted nowadays (although some grammar traditionalists disagree)

@michellemarie8394 Жыл бұрын

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you very much for your answer.

@nirajthakor9748 6 ай бұрын

@@michellemarie8394Can u please tell me this one..If someone can't be someone else then how could we use HAD BEEN in Conditional 3? Like If i had been you then i would have.. Bcz even in the past it was completely hypothetical

@user-qz3qe8vq5n Жыл бұрын

there is nothing you could have done that would have stopped me from subscribing ur channel. correct sentence?

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@arsh4295 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations for buying new phone 😸

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@simonelorenzoni Жыл бұрын

If drop the phone, it fall...into the water

@Daniula02 Жыл бұрын

If I were British I wouldn't be struggling so much with conditionals! 😭😭😭😭 They're my worst nightmare! 🙈

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

That one was well constructed! 👏👏👏

@lauraa.6418 Жыл бұрын

Riveting stone 🤣

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Good name for a rock group... "The Riveting Stones" 😆

@lauraa.6418 Жыл бұрын

@@tothepointenglishwithben. you could play bass 😏

@user-du7nd9ns5b Жыл бұрын

If you hadn't recorded the video near water, it wouldn't have fallen down

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

😆 If I weren't so stupid, I wouldn't have put my phone in my back pocket.

@user-du7nd9ns5b Жыл бұрын

@@tothepointenglishwithben. Thank you for your videos, they help thousands of people around the world to manage a better English.🤗

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Roberta!

@mariaradulovic3203 Жыл бұрын

My weak point. Never felt 100% sure.

@nosycatUK Жыл бұрын

Can I say: If I hadn't worked hard, I wouldn't have a nice house (now).

@tothepointenglishwithben. Жыл бұрын

Yes, perfect!

@nosycatUK Жыл бұрын

@@tothepointenglishwithben. thank you. Can I say : If I had been lazy, I wouldn't be a manager now.