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Conditionals

Talks about:
- What actually happens
- What could happen (a possible or likely outcome in the future)
- What we wish would happen (imagining a different outcome for our
present)
- What might have happened (thinking about a different outcome that
happened in the past)

There are four types: There are two clauses.


1. If I get sick, I got to the doctor. Two parts of the sentence
2. If I get sick, I will go to the doctor. separated by comma.
3. If I got sick, I would go to the doctor. “if” conjunction is used to connect
4. If I had been sick, I would have gone to the doctor. two ideas together.

If clause – the event that must happen in order for the other thing to happen.
the result clause- only happens if the if clause happened.

Zero Conditionals – factual conditional. To talk about habits, facts, and


truths.
If I get sick, I go to the doctor.
If + present simple, present simple
If I study, I’ll pass.

If I eat spicy foods, my stomach hurts.


If I sleep well, I do not get tired.

First conditional – possible and likely future outcome.


Things that might happened, we are not sure if it will but there’s a possibility.
If I get sick, I will go to the doctor. All verbs following modal
If + present simple, will + verb infinitive. verbs (can, could, may, should,
must, have to, might, may,
could, will, would) are Verb
Examples: infinitive – you use the base
form of a verb.
If it’s hot tomorrow, I’ll go for a swim at the beach.
If you join a parade, you will hear lots of music.

If we leave now, we will catch the bus.


If we leave now, we won’t be late.

Second conditional – imagine that the present situation is different. Talk about
things in the future that are probably not going to be true. A hypothetical
statement, unreal statement. When you are imaginings some dream.
If I won the lottery, I would buy a house.
If she were rich, she would travel all over the world.
If I had more money, I would buy a boat.

If + past simple, would + verb infinitive (base form of the verb)

If I finished work earlier, I would go home.


If I was rich, I would buy a sportscar.

Did not actually happen, but I’m


imagining the result if the past
was different.

What could have happened in the


past (but didn’t) and what I would
have done if that had happened.
Third Conditional – past unreal conditional
If I had been sick, I would have gone to the doctor.
If + past perfect, would have + past participle.

Useful: when you regretted something that happened in the past and you wished
and you wished that the result was different.

If we had looked at the weather report, we would have stayed home!


If I had known you were visiting, I would have made time to see you!

If I had _________, I would have ____________.

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