CONDITIONALS REVIEW B2

B2.1

conditionals review

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HOW MANY TYPES OF CONDITIONALS ARE THERE?

• ZERO Conditional: If + Present Simple, Present

"If the water boils, it evaporates"

• FIRST Conditional: If + Present Simple, Will + V.

"If it rains tonight, I will stay at home"

• SECOND Conditional: If + Past Simple, Would + Infinitive

"If I were taller, I would buy this dress"

• THIRD Conditional: If + Past Perfect, Would have + Past Participle

"If I had worked harder I would have passed the exam"

ZERO CONDITIONAL:

We use the zero conditional to talk about things that are generally true, especially for laws and rules.

IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT

• "If water boils, it evaporates"
• "If I drink too much coffe, I can't sleep at night"
• "If it rains, I get wet"

FIRST CONDITIONAL:

We use the first conditional when we talk about future situations we believe are real or possible.

IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, WILL + INFINITIVE

• "If it rains tonight, I will stay at home."
• "Arsenal will be top of the league if they win."
• "When I finish work, I'll call you."

SECOND CONDITIONAL

The second conditional is used to imagine present or future situations that are impossible or unlikely in reality

IF + PAST SIMPLE, WOULD + INFINITIVE

• "If we had a garden, we could have a cat."
• "If I won a lot of money, I'd buy a big house in the country."
• "I wouldn't worry if I were you."

THIRD CONDITIONAL

The third conditional is used to imagine a different past. We imagine a change in a past situation and the different result of that change.

IF + PAST PERFECT, WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

• "You would have passed your exam if you had worked harder."
• "If you had worked harder, you would have passed your exam."

• "If you hadn't lied to me before, I would have believed you."

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