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CONDITIONALS

MADE BY PR SALMA EL HOUARI

THE ZERO CONDITIONAL “ you do not have it in the exam”

We can make a zero conditional sentence with two present simple verbs (one
in the 'if clause' and one in the 'main clause'):

• If + present simple, .... present simple.

This conditional is used when the result will always happen. So, if water
reaches 100 degrees, it always boils. It's a fact. I'm talking in general, not about
one particular situation. The result of the 'if clause' is always the main clause.
The 'if' in this conditional can usually be replaced by 'when' without changing
the meaning.

For example: If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils. (It is always true, there
can't be a different result sometimes). If I eat peanuts, I am sick. (This is true
only for me, maybe, not for everyone, but it's still true that I'm sick every time I
eat peanuts)

Here are some more examples:

• If people eat too much, they get fat.


• If you touch a fire, you get burned.
• People die if they don't eat.
• You get water if you mix hydrogen and oxygen.
• Snakes bite if they are scared
• If babies are hungry, they cry
• The First Conditional:
• (if + present simple, ... will/won’t + infinitive)
If it rains tomorrow, I’ll take an umbrella with me.
She’ll be tired if she walks all day.
If I study hard, I’ll pass my English exam!
• We use the first conditional to talk about things that might happen in the
future. We don’t know what will definitely happen in the future, so we are
talking about possible situations, which are likely to happen.

• The Second Conditional:


• (if + past simple, ... would/wouldn’t + infinitive)
If I had lots of money, I would buy a new car (but I don’t have lots of money)
If I were you, I would say sorry to her (but I am not you)

We use the second conditional to talk about hypothetical (imaginary)


situations now, which are impossible (like in example 1 and 2)

The Third Conditional “you don’t have it in the exam”


(if + past perfect, ... would/wouldn’t + have + past participle)
If I had gone to sleep early, I wouldn’t have woken up late! (But I did wake up late!)
If he had studied, he would have passed his exam (but he failed his exam)
They wouldn’t have lost the football match if they had practiced more (but they didn’t
practice enough and they lost!

The third conditional is a bit more tricky. We use it to talk about hypothetical
(imaginary) situations in the past that didn’t happen in real life. We cannot change
the past, so we often use this form to talk about regrets.

Practice
1. If I …………. stronger, I’d help you carry the table
2. If …………….. sunny tomorrow, I’ll wear my new flip flops!
3. I ………………. live in Brighton if I didn’t live in London.
4. He would have bought the car if he ……………… enough money.
5. If John comes, I …………….. come too.
6. If I hadn’t been so drunk, I ……………………. been sick!
7. I wouldn’t kiss him even if he ………………. the last man alive!
8. If I ………… the lottery, I would buy a year-long holiday in the Caribbean.

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