THE CONDITIONALS
1 BAT - U4
ZERO
1ST
TYPES
2ND
3RD
Condition
Result
IF + Present Simple, Present Simple
ZERO CONDITIONAL
If you get a 5, you pass the subject.
She always goes to the doctor if she doesn't feel well.
General truths, if = when
Condition
Result
IF + Present Simple, Future Simple
FIRST CONDITIONAL
I'll join the reading club if my best friends join it too.
If you don't stop chatting, the teacher will expel you.
Possible/Probable in the present/future
Condition
Result
IF + Past Simple, would
SECOND CONDITIONAL
If you asked him politely, he would love to help you.
If my team won the league, I would celebrate it on the street.
Unlikely in the present/future (hypothesis)
Condition
Result
IF + Past Perfect, would have + pp
THIRD CONDITIONAL
If she had reminded me, I would have brought the boardgame we wanted to play.
Your dad wouldn't have got angry if you had done the things he told you.
Speculate about the past
UNLESS
OTHER LINKERS
PROVIDED THAT
AS LONG AS
"If not..."
If you get a 5, you pass the subject.
UNLESS
If you don't get a 5, you won't pass the subject.
Unless you get a 5, you won't pass the subject.
"a no ser que, a menos que..."
"Only if..."
If you get a 5, you pass the subject.
PROVIDED THAT
Provided that you get a 5, you pass the subject
AS LONG AS
Only if you get a 5, you pass the subject.
"solo si..., siempre y cuando..."
2nd conditional
If I were... ,
If + I/He/She/It + were
PAST SIMPLE TO BE for I / He / She / It
was
If I were...
But... they make the 2nd Conditional with ´were`.
If I were you, I would go out tonight.
If she were taller, she would be accepted in the basketball team.
TYPES
IF + Present Simple, Present Simple
ZERO
1ST
IF + Present Simple, Future Simple
SUMMARY
2ND
IF + Past Simple, would
3RD
IF + Past Perfect, would have + pp
linkers:
If / Unless / Provided that / As long as
If I were you...: