April Fool's Day (British Council)

Read about some April Fool's Day tricks from  around the world. Click on the image to visit the website.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

What are conditionals in English grammar? Sometimes we call them 'if clauses'. They describe the result of something that might happen (in the present or future) or might have happened but didn't (in the past). They are made using different English verb tenses.

There are four kinds:

• The Zero Conditional:
  (if + present simple, ... present simple)
  If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.
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• The First Conditional:
  (if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)
  If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema.
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• The Second Conditional:
  (if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)
  If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
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• The Third Conditional
  (if + past perfect, ... would + have + past participle)
  If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train.
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Some exercises:

- Zero Conditional: 1, 2, 3, 4

- First Conditional: 1, 2, 3, 4

- Second Conditional: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,

- Third Condicional: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Some quotations about FOOLS

You Know What They Say About Fools...
•    It's better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and leave no doubt. --Mark Twain
•    However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him. -- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
•    He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks. -- François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld
•    Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. -- Mark Twain  

•    A fool must now and then be right by chance. -- Cowper
•    It is better to be a fool than to be dead. -- Stevenson   
•    The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. -- Mark Twain

April 1st: April Fools' Day

The History of April Fools Day

Unlike most of the other non-foolish holidays, the history of April Fool's Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not totally clear. It is not like Halloween, where despite an interesting history, most people just put on Halloween costumes, get candy, and leave it at that. There really wasn't a "first April Fool's Day" that can be pinpointed on the calendar. Some believe it sort of evolved simultaneously in several cultures at the same time, from celebrations involving the first day of spring.
The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. Prior to that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25. The celebration culminated on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1.

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