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In this unit, I started learning about the conditionals. Conditionals are sentences that contain 'if' or similar expressions. This can be used either in the past, present, or future. There are five different conditionals, zero, first, second, third, and mixed conditionals. Zero conditionals is using if/when in all present tense. First tense uses if/when with past simple, will. You can also switch out 'will' with might, may, can, should, must. Second conditional is using if with past simple, would/ could/ might and base form. Usually when using the second conditional, you talk about present or future situation that would never happen (hypothetical). The third conditional form uses if with present perfect, would, could, might with have and a past participle. This conditional is also hypothetical. Finally the mixed conditional, which can be mixed up very easily with the third conditional. This conditional uses if with past perfect, would and a base form. This conditional could both be true and hypothetical. (Something would have happened, if you did this.). It is very common for students to get mixed up between the first and second conditional as well as the third and mixed conditional. Once learning about the conditionals, I learnt about the difference between reported and direct speech. Direct speech is when someone just said something, i.e. \"I am going for a walk.\" whereas reported (indirect) speech reports what was just said. For example, She said she was going for a walk. During the same time, it is still correct to use present tense, but after a certain amount of time has passed, it is important that the sentence be changed into the past as it is no longer happening. It is also important to note that there are never any quotation marks in reported speech, because you are not saying the exact thing that the speaker has said. Usually when switching between the two speech's, the present turns into the past, i.e. present simple becomes past simple, present perfect becomes past perfect, etc. It is important to know that past perfect and past perfect continuous stay the same when it changes between direct and reported speech. Although, if what is said is a fact, it always stays in the present. When using pronouns with direct speech, is can change, depending on the context. For all that was taught in this lesson, there are many different activities to engage students and help them understand this subject.
