A Personal Profile (3º ESO)

A Personal Profile (141)

Hello, This is me!

My name is X and I am Y years old. I live in Z with my parents and sister. I go to W High School and I am studying a lot this year because I want to go to University in the future.

I usually go to the cinema and I sometimes go out with my friends at night, but what I prefer is doing sports, like playing volley-ball and going swimming. I am learning to play the guitar, too.

I like languages although I can only speak Spanish and English; this is why next summer I am going to London because I want to improve it.

I never go out at night during the week because I have to study but, in the weekends, I sometimes go dancing to the disco or to a friend's party.

My Favourite TV Programme (2º ESO)

My Favourite TV Programme (93)

My favourite TV programme is 'House'. It is very popular in every country around the world, although it is an American series.

The main character is House, a doctor resembling the mythical Sherlock Holmes because he is always able to solve any medical case presented to him, no matter how difficult it can be. You could say it is a mystery series or even a thriller.

in addition, it is very interesting the relation House has with the other doctors and patients, as well. Perhaps, this is why I like 'House' a lot.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Living in the City and in the Country (SELECTIVIDAD)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Living in the City and in the Country (135)

My personal opinion about the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city and in the country is that both options are perfectly valid, it will just depend on your interests or preferences.

On the one hand, and because I was born within a huge city, I prefer living there since I am used to it, I find all the facilities these settings offer quite comfortable and I need urban spaces to carry on with my life.

On the other hand, living in the country can also be a wonderful experience due to the fact that those problems derived from insecurity, pollution or criminal rates are practically non-existing.

To sum up, whether to live in a city or in a village is always a very personal choice which will offer you both advantages and disadvantages.
 

 

 

 

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES (EXTRA)

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES (EXTRA)

1) ZERO CONDITIONAL

IF-CLAUSE: Present Simple   MAIN CLAUSE: Present Simple / Modal / Imperative

EXAMPLE:
If you don't eat enough healthy food, you get ill
Metal gets hot if you heat it
Water boils if it reaches 100 ºC 
If you train hard, you can improve your marks
If you are bored, read a book

USES:

·                    To describe general facts or true situations.

·                    If can be replaced by when or whenever since we are talking about something always happens.

2) WISH / IF ONLY (if only is more emphatic)

They are used to express REGRET (pesar, lamento, arrepentimiento) or COMPLAIN (queja).

*    PRESENT SITUATION: wish / if only + Past Simple or Continuous. REGRET.

I wish the Artic Monkeys were touring again this year

If only David didn't live next door / I wish I knew the answer / I wish she were here

*    PAST SITUATION: wish / if only + Past Perfect. REGRET.

I wish I had followed my friend's advice and not gone out with Paul

If only I had visited Hawaii when I had the chance / I wish I had eaten less

*    PRESENT SITUATION for a FUTURE CHANGE: wish / if only + would (could). COMPLAIN. Subjects in both clauses must be different.

I wish my boyfriend would stop smoking / If only you would shut up!

I wish she would notice me / I wish it would stop raining

She wishes he could come with her

3) AS LONG AS / PROVIDED (that) / PROVINDING (that)

They are usually only used in the FIRST conditional with the meaning of ONLY IF.

You can go out tonight as long as you finish your homework

He will work for them provided that they offer him more money than his present company

She will go to university providing she can pay her fees

4) EVEN IF

To give emphasis where the action of the main cannot be change whatever the if-clause states.

She wouldn't have won the race even if she had trained harder

5) UNLESS

With the meaning IF ... NOT.

You won't go on holiday this year unless you save some money

Unless you studied you wouldn't go out tonight

6) WILL and WOULD

WILL and WOULD are not normally used after IF in Conditional Sentences except:

- POLITE CONDITIONALS (meaning 'are / were willing to'):

If you will take a seat, the director will soon come

If you would let me know the answer, I should be most grateful

- POLITE REQUEST (meaning 'I wonder if you would / could ...'):

(I wonder) if you would tell the teacher I am waiting for him

(I wonder) if she could take a message for me

- WILL strongly STRESSED (showing emphasis on an habit and its consequences):

If you will arrive late, the teacher will get annoyed

- WON'T (meaning 'refusal'):

If he won't learn his lesson, he will never improve his French

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES

FIRST CONDITIONAL CLAUSES (PROBABLE / LIKELY)  (Future Reference)

IF-CLAUSE: Present Simple   MAIN CLAUSE: Future Simple

EXAMPLE:  If you study, you will pass the test

                  If he does not work, he will not get any money

-          No difference if the clauses are reversed (except the comma): You will pass the test if you study.

-          If a question, the Main Clause always first: Will you pass the test if you study?

-          UNLESS is employed with the meaning IF NOT: Unless you study, you will not pass the test. (If you don't study, you won't pass the test).
-          If can be replaced by after, before, until, till, as soon as, when, once, by the time and the moment: After you read this, you will know the answer. 

USES:

·                    When the action of the If-Clause is expected to take place: If you take care of your shoes, they will last long enough (and you will probably take care of your shoes).

MODIFICATIONS:

·                    Present Simple Continuous in the If-Clause: If he is sleeping, I will kill him.

·                    Present Perfect Simple in the If-Clause: If she has found my dog, I'll reward her.

VARIATIONS:

·                    If the action of the If-Clause is more doubtful or unlikely, SHOULD + BASE can be used:

-          If it should rain, we shall stay home

-          If you should go, I shall be glad

·                    This construction is usually combined with the IMPERATIVE in the Main Clause:

-          If you should see the teacher, tell her I am ill

-          If you should go, do not say a word

·                    IMPERATIVE construction with CONDITIONAL meaning:

-          Do not move or I will shoot = If you move, I will shoot

-          Keep quiet and you will not get hurt = If you keep quiet, you won't get hurt
·  MODALS such as CAN, MAY, MUST... can be used:

-          If he comes in ten minutes, he can join us

TIME CLAUSES

(PROBABLE / LIKELY) (Future Reference)      

SUBORDINATE-CLAUSE: Present Simple MAIN CLAUSE: Future Simple

Instead of IF we use different conjunctions: As soon as / By the time / The moment (that) / as long as / until / when / before / after ...

EXAMPLES:

He will forgive you as long as you are honest

The situation will not improve until the government decides to act

SECOND CONDITIONAL CLAUSES   (IMPROBABLE / UNLIKELY)(Present Reference)

IF-CLAUSE: Past Simple                MAIN CLAUSE: Conditional Simple

EXAMPLE:  If you studied, you would pass the test

                  If he did not work, he would not get any money

-          No difference if the clauses are reversed (except the comma): You would pass the test if you studied.

-          If a question, the Main Clause always first: Would you pass the test if you studied?

-          UNLESS is employed with the meaning IF NOT: Unless you studied, you would not pass the test. (If you didn't study, you wouldn't pass the test).

USES:

·                    When the action of the If-Clause is not expected to take place: If she concentrated very hard, she would understand the whole lesson (but she will not probably concentrate very hard).

·                    When the assumption is different from the known facts: If I knew where the school is, I would immediately tell you (but I don't know where the school is).

MODIFICATIONS:

·                    Past Simple Continuous in the If-Clause: If he were teaching at the moment, he would be a great professor.

VARIATIONS:

·                    COULD / MAY / MIGHT + BASE can be used in the Main Clause when the action is still improbable but the possible result is being considered: We could / may / might watch tennis this noon if the teacher let us earlier.

·                    SUBJUNCTIVE of TO BE: the PAST of TO BE is employed as the second Conditional Clause (WERE is used with all subjects): If I were a rich man, I would be very happy.

·                    'IF I WERE YOU, I SHOULD / WOULD…' is a way of giving you a piece of advice: If I were you, I should take care.

THIRD CONDITIONAL CLAUSES       (IMPOSSIBLE)                                 (Past Reference)

IF-CLAUSE: Past Perfect Simple MAIN CLAUSE: Conditional Perfect Simple

EXAMPLE: If she had let you her car, you would have arrived on time.  

If I had known the pub was so far, I wouldn't have gone there.

-          No difference if the clauses are reversed (except the comma): You would have arrived on time if she had let you her car.

-          If a question, the Main Clause always first: Would you have arrived on time if she had let you her car?

-          UNLESS is employed with the meaning IF NOT: Unless she had let you her car, you would not have arrived on time

USES:

·                    When the action of the If-Clause is impossible to take place (when the events referred to are in the past and, therefore, the condition cannot be fulfilled yet: He would have been top of the class if he had worked harder (but he didn't work hard so, he is not and cannot be yet, top of the class).

MODIFICATIONS:

·                    Past Perfect Continuous in the If-Clause: If he had been listening, he would have heard the result.

VARIATIONS:

·                    COULD / MAY / MIGHT + BASE can be used in the Main Clause expressing ability and different degrees of possibility: If he had worked hard, he could / may / might have passed the test.

 

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