Karteikarten
Conditional
Karten in diesem Stapel (6)
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aunque
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siempre - 2The zero conditional describes situations that are always true. If has the same meaning as when or whenever. We use the present simple tense in both the main clauses and the if clauses.If I go to school, I get up at seven. (Whenever I go to school I get up at the same time.)
If you park your car on double yellow lines, you pay a fine.
(Whenever you park illegally, you pay a fine.)
If I go to work I take lunch with me. - 3The first conditional sentences are used to speculate about possible situations that can really happen at present or in future. We do not use will in the if clause to describe future activities (compare it to time clauses). We make if clauses with if + present tense and main clauses with will + bare infinitive.If he studies hard, he'll pass the exams.
If we catch the 10.15 train, we will arrive on time.
If you don't get the ticket, what will you do? - 4In the second conditional sentences we speculate about situations that will probably never happen at present or in future. We make if clauses with if + past tense and main clauses with would + bare infinitive. Note: the verb to be can be specific in the if clause.If I had more time, I would help you. (But I am not free at the moment. I can't help you).
If I won a million dollars, I would start a business of my own. (But I know that it is not realistic.)
If I were rich, I wouldn't work. If he were younger, he would marry her.
(But was is also possible: If I was rich, I wouldn't work. If he was younger, he would marry her.)
But: If I were you, I wouldn't do it. (In this expression, were is much more usual than was.) - 5The main difference between the first conditional and the second conditional is about probability: the first conditional is realistic, the second conditional is unrealistic. Sometimes we can use both with the following difference in meaning. If I see him, I will tell him. (I suppose I will see him, because we go to the same school.) If I saw him, I would tell him. (I don't think I will see him, because he is ill.) If I need your help, I'll call you. (It is probable that I will need your help.) If I needed your help, I'd call you. (It is not very probable that I will need your help.)Sometimes we must use either the first conditional or the second conditional to make it clear that the situation is real or unreal.
If you get up late, you will miss your bus. (A real situation.)
If I came from your country, I would understand your problems. (An unreal situation - I am not from your country.) - 6The third conditional sentences always refer to the past. We speculate about situations that happened or did not happen in the past. We make if clauses with if + past perfect and main clauses with would + perfect infinitive (have + past participle).If I had won a million, I would have started a business of my own. (But I didn't win anything.)
If he had met her, he would have told her. (Unfortunately, he didn't meet her.)
If we hadn't practised, we wouldn't have won the match. (But we practised and won.)
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- fce Ingles (Grammar rules) Karteikarten am Conditional, erstellt von mgdln10 am 20/09/2014.
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