Karteikarten
Conditionals
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- 1Conditional 0 Conditional zero is used to identify facts that are always green, such as scientific facts, scientific laws, general truths, etc.Conditional 0
Structure:
If + noun + simple present, noun + simple present
Examples:
If water reaches 100ºC, it boils.
If you heat ice, it melts.
If you feel sick, go to the doctor. - 2Conditional 1 "Type 1 conditional" refers to a possible condition and its probable outcome. These sentences are based on facts and are used to make statements about reality and about particular situations; We usually use them to make warnings.Conditional 1
Examples
-If it rains, you will get wet.
You will get wet if it rains.
-If Sally is late again I will be mad.
I will be mad if Sally is late again.
-If you don't hurry, you will miss the bus.
You will miss the bus if you don't hurry.
- 3Conditional 2 "Type 2 conditional" serves to refer to a hypothetical or unlikely condition and its probable outcome. These sentences do not refer to a real situation. In conditional type 2 sentences, the time frame is now or at any time and the situation is hypothetical.Conditional 2
Examples
If the weather wasn't so bad, we would go to the park. (Pero hace mal tiempo, así que no podemos ir.)
If I was the Queen of England, I would give everyone a chicken. (Pero no soy la Reina.)
If you really loved me, you would buy me a diamond ring.
If I knew where she lived, I would go and see her.
- 4Conditional 3 "Type 3 conditional" refers to an impossible condition, temporarily located in the past, and its probable outcome in the past. These sentences are certainly hypothetical and unreal because, at this time, it is too late for the condition or its outcome to occur.Conditional 3
Examples:
If I had worked harder I would have passed the exam. (But I didn't work hard, and I didn't pass the exam.)
If I had known you were coming I would have baked a cake. (But I didn't know and I didn't bake a cake.)
I would have been happy if you had called me on my birthday. (But you didn't call me and I am not happy.)