CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

CONDITIONALS

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index

introduction

ZERO CONDITIONAL

FIRST CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

THIRD CONDITIONAL

index

introduction

ZERO CONDITIONAL

FIRST CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

THIRD CONDITIONAL

INTRODUCTION

What are conditionals? When do we use them?

What are conditionals?

Conditionals describe the result of something that MAY happen in the present, past, future... under a condition.

There are four main types of conditionals:

• zero conditional
• first conditional
• second conditional
• third conditional

Take a look at these examples...

Can you see the similarities? If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema.If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train.

ZERO CONDITIONAL

ZERO CONDITIONAL

If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils. This conditional is used when the result always happens.

first CONDITIONAL

FIRST CONDITIONAL

If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the beach. It's used to talk about a consequence in the future. If A happens now, B will happen in the future. The first conditional describes a particular situation, whereas the zero conditional describes what happens in general.

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second CONDITIONAL

SECOND CONDITIONAL

If I won the lottery, I would buy a mansion. It's used to talk about dreams, hypothesis... not about the real world. Sometimes, they are things that are probably not going to happen. It is also used to give advice using the formula if I were you...: If I were you, I would cut my hair.

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third CONDITIONAL

THIRD CONDITIONAL

If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train. It talks about the past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation. It is also used to talk about regrets. If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam

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