Grammar Vocabulary Journal - Unit 1

 

Grammar Vocabulary Journal

Conditional Sentences

• ·         Zero/Real Conditional – The first phrase always causes the second; a general truth.

If you don’t brush your teeth, you get cavities.

• ·         First Conditional – Situation in which the outcome is likely.

If you rest, you will feel better.

• ·         Second Conditional – Outcomes that are completely unrealistic.

If I inherited a billion dollars, I would travel to the moon.

• ·         Third Conditional – Present circumstances could have been different.

If you had told me you needed a ride, I would have left earlier.

Prescriptivism – Rules of correct usage.

Descriptivism – Analyzes the actual language used by speakers.

Gerunds - A gerund is a verb that uses the present participle of a verb (the -ing form) but acts as a noun.