A review of conditionals: BBC English Class

[@anetakozuch530]

I like this video a lot. It covers the angles you don't usually learn as an EAL learner, e.g. I was taught that the "zero conditional" is always structured: if + present simple, present simple. It absolutely blew my mind when I learnt there was much more to it and suddenly it all seemed logical, not just a bunch of rules you had to memorise. I am now teaching conditionals - the irony is not lost on me - and this is the only video I was able to find which actually covers conditionals in their entirety, and in 2 minutes at that! I wish 14-year-old me had known you could learn this in 2 minutes using logic rather than in 3 years using grammar rules explained by people with questionable subject knowledge.

[@MuhammadEgypt]

Amazing, Dan! All conditionals in almost 2 minutes.

[@ladyb2162]

That's great! I feel happy for having discovered this channel- Thank you so much

[@gosuc]

Thank you Dan, One can not be greatful enough for your excellent way to teach grammar in the shortest but most effective way

[@antonkonyukhov2667]

Thank you, Dan, and BBC team! Very lucidly explained.

[@clairebamboo5089]

Thanks Dan, your examples are perfectly easy understood! i learned a lot, please keep going!!

[@SuperKhaohom]

thank you so much Dan

[@Дмитрий-р1ь5х]

Guys, you may choose the speed you like - video settings, slower or faster.

[@nikoingn]

1st: If I buy a camera, I could take amazing photos. (possibility, likely to happen) 2nd: If I bought a camera, I would take amazing photos. (hypothetical situacion, unlikely) 3rd: If I had bought a camera, I would've taken amazing photos. (imagined past) Mixed: If I had bought a camera, I would take amazing photos. (present result of a past action: I bought a camera, so now I can take amazing photos) (Are those sentences correct?)

[@bbclearningenglish]

Hi Nicolas! Thanks for your examples! They are very nice, but we need to make a small correction: 1st: If I buy a camera, I could take amazing photos. - While this is correct, the use of 'could' makes it seem more hypothetical than you would like it to be. In many conditionals, could is used as a hypothetical. You can use 'can' here to make it much more 'real: 1st: If I buy a camera, I can take amazing photos. 2nd: perfect 3rd: great Mixed: Very nice! Although we can make this a little clearer by using words that give us more context - for example: If I had bought a camera when I was a teenager, I would be taking amazing photos by now. Well done!

[@UlviShiralibay_HD_ELT]

"If it rained, we stayed inside" feels a bit awkward. In what context would we need to use 1st conditional in past? Thank you!

[@franEnglish1]

When you say it slower it makes more sense... If it rained, ...................we stayed inside.

[@ushiralibay29]

@@franEnglish1 But still the.. I can't think of the context in which it is used. I mean, there is more to this than just saying it slowly and pausing for it to sink in meaning-wise

[@nethcortiguerra4453]

Love you Dan...

[@jayamohan9988]

Thanks Dan! You cleared my doubts.

[@erickcarrillo3249]

Hi Dan, I loved your video, if I didn't watch your video, I would be making more mistakes with conditionals!

[@anamariacarrea4993]

VERY CLEAR. THANKS A LOT

[@TheOlha1]

Briefly and essentially! Great! Thank you, Dan and BBS :)

[@glasssmirror2314]

Tks Sir for your time but again another problem here. I watched number of lectures in regard to this but not a single one says in Cond 0 we can also use Past and Past.

[@mathewhagg7998]

Thanks for the video - love the ending: "I've been Dan, you've been great." Gna use that one in class.

[@darvidtorres]

Dan you're better than my professors at college!! you're great

[@ingridottorubio1895]

To my understanding there are 2 mixed conditionals. Then there are 6 conditionals in total.,aren't they?

[@ABDDDOS]

Thank you 😊

[@haninhassan5407]

The best teacher eveeeer!!!

[@beautifulmind684]

What happens if we use second conditional with would? What does that mean unreal future? But what’s the difference between this type mixed second+would with normal second+will???

[@sandeepmehra4506]

Dan you are the best teacher

[@kcasug228]

amazing!

[@10bbrandonrayvyan53]

Dan is fun man Dan

[@sachin_bhandari8470]

please provide english capion ,sometimes i dont get confuse in accent pleasee

[@DinaDinakhalil]

If I had watched your video sooner, I would have understood the conditional better.

[@RNRezamohammadi]

great

[@evgeniya3937]

thank you) But i think you're speaking a little too fast, the begginers might not understand the grammar

[@邱亿]

agree

[@sadielhernandez1488]

I think this lessons are a little bit advanced for beginners (above intermediate level), that would be the reason.

[@gonzazoid]

not at all. i'm beginner and i tell you, it doesn't matter both his pronunciation and speaking speed. How does he do it - that's what's important. He was not just telling someone invented text, he talks to me and because of this it is very easy to understand him. Facial expressions, gestures, intonations - all this helps to understand what is going on.

[@HuyKon]

I have to repeat the video 100 times =))

[@ayataboelsood6188]

Very helpful..thanks

[@harveysp5899]

❤

[@hasanosseily9575]

YET

[@masontheminecraftpro173]

Skay

[@mariamkinen8036]

Nailed it!💡🥒

[@RaquelPerez-pr6fn]

👏👏👍👍😸

[@milianiloncle7656]

blablabla