Conditionals

Conditionals

INDEX

Other Conditionals

The Four Conditionals

Definition

Definition

Definition

• if-clause
• irreal
• will happen in the present or the future
• might have happened in the past but didn't.

If I had more time, I would help you with your exam.

The Four Conditionals

Zero Conditional

• Situations that are always true
• If + PRESENT, S+PRESENT

If you heat water at 100°C, it boils.

First Conditional

• Possible situations that can really happen.
• If + PRESENT, S + WILL + V

If you study hard, you will pass your exams!

Second Conditional

If she didn't play the piano, she would play the violin.

• Situations that will probably never happen
• If + PAST SIMPLE, S + WOULD + V

If I were you, I would buy this car.

Third Conditional

If we had practised, we would have won the game.

• About situations that happened or did not happen in the past
• If + HAD + V-EN, S + WOULD + HAVE + V-EN

If we had saved some money, we might have bought the house.

Other Conditionals

Mixed Conditional

If he had immediately left, he would be here now.

• Second and Third Conditionals
• Consequence(s) in the present
• If + HAD + V-EN, S + WOULD + V

If I had played the piano more often during my childhood, I would be a professional pianist today

Inverted Conditional

Had he booked the hotel room, he wouldn't have slept outside.

• Inversion of words in the if-clause
• AUXILIARY+S+V....
• Can find the original if-clause

Were I in your position, I would accept the offer.

Other prepositions than IF

• Even if
• Provided (that)
• Unless
• On condition (that)
• In case

Time to practise!