VOA Learning English Introduction to Conditionals
VOA Learning English Introduction to Conditionals presents the present real, present unreal and future real conditionals in short, plain explanations with audio. Published by VOA Learning English, the Voice of America service for English learners, this Everyday Grammar lesson illustrates each form with song lyrics and a line of film dialogue, then gathers the three patterns in a reference table beside a glossary of the grammar words it uses.
100% Free (unlimited): The whole lesson is open on the page: the written explanation, the two audio programmes, the reference table of the three conditionals and the glossary of grammar words. No account, no email address and no payment are asked for, and the audio can be played directly on the page.
How It Helps Your Business English
The lesson introduces the present real, present unreal and future real conditionals, naming the if-clause and the result clause of each. Lyrics by American songwriters and a line of film dialogue show the forms in use. Two audio programmes sit at the top of the page, and a table at the end lines up the three patterns, followed by a short glossary of the grammar words used.
You listen to the two programmes while you read, so you hear the forms as well as see them. The song and film lines give you a memorable model for each pattern. The table at the end is the quickest way to check which verb form belongs in the if-clause and which belongs in the result clause, and the glossary explains the grammar words, so you can follow the lesson without a dictionary.
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