FOUR CONDITIONALS

HYPOTETICAL

PERIODS:

Real conditionals Unreal

conditionalsType zero First type Second type Third type

ZERO CONDITIONAL  

MAIN CLAUSE IF CLAUSESubject + Simple Present If + Subject + Simple Present

When to use: to talk about things that are always true, scientific facts and general truths.

EXAMPLES:If I drink coffee late at night, I can't sleep. If people don't eat they get hungry.

FIRST CONDITIONAL

IF + SIMPLE PRESENT  WILL + BASE

VERBWhen to use: to talk about future events that will happen probably.

EXAMPLES:If I have lots of money, I will travel a lot.What will you do if I call you?

IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE

SECOND CONDITIONAL

IF CLAUSE MAIN

CLAUSE

IF + SIMPLE PAST WOULD + BASE

FORM

(WERE, DID, DIDN’T GO, …) (WOULD,

COULD ,SHOULD)

When to use: when the condition described in the conditional sentence is unlikely and unrealistic.EXAMPLES:If I were rich, I would buy a big house in California.If I didn’t study, I wouldn’t learn.He could slip if he ran too fast.

THIRD CONDITIONAL

IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE

IF + PAST PERFECT SIMPLE WOULD HAVE + PAST

PARTICIPLE

When to use: when the condition described in the conditional sentence has not been realized.

EXAMPLES:If you had gone, I’d have gone too.If you hadn’t gone to the doctor, you would have been ill.

REALIZED BY:

D’AMICO GINAPERRINO MIRIAMPEZZULO ILARIASIGNORE FRANCESCA

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