Conditionals in Analysis — The Psychology Behind Doom Spending
Grammar: Conditionals in professional analysis (zero, first, second, and third)
Free ESL grammar exercise on conditionals in analysis themed around the psychology behind doom spending. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on money, practising conditionals in professional analysis (zero, first, second, and third). The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Behavioural scientist Wendy De La Rosa argues that this contract has effectively broken down. If you tell a 28-year-old in Toronto or Seoul that the formula still works, you are likely to be met with scepticism.
Grammar
- Zero conditional
- General truths and patterns. If saving feels futile, spending becomes the default. Present simple + present simple.
- First conditional
- Real future possibility. If affordability improves, savings rates will rise. Present simple + will + base form.
Sample items
- If housing costs ______ to rise, more young adults will adopt doom spending habits.
- If companies ______ the psychology behind spending, their campaigns would perform better.
- If the policy ______ introduced earlier, the savings rate would have remained stable.
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