Conditionals

Conditionals

1st conditional

3rd Conditional

0 Conditional

2nd Conditional

Condition possible to fullfil (Realistic)

Condition in theory possible to fulfill (Unrealistic)

condition not possible to fulfill (too late)

Situations that are always true

If you go to the movies, you will eat popcorn.

If + Present Simple, Will

If you don't go to the movies, you won't eat popcorn.

If you mix red and blue, You get purple.

If you don't heat ice, it doesn't melt.

If present simple, present simple.

If they had studied, they would have passed the exam.

If I studied, I would not fail the exam.

If she won the lottery, she would travel around the world.

If + simple past, would

Or

You get purple if you mix red and purple.

Or

Ice doesn't melt if you don't heat it.

If + Past perfect, would + have + verb past participle.

If they hadn't studied, they wouldn't have passed the exam.

Or

Or

They wouldn't have passed the exam if they hadn't studied.

They would have passed the exam if they had studied.

Or

You will eat popcorn if you go to the movies.

Or

You won't eat popcorn if you don't go to the movies.

Or

She would travel around the world if she won the lottery.

Or

I wouldn't fail the exam if I studied.