Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Conditionals
- The first conditional, conditional of
the future, refers, as its name
suggests, to conditions and
circumstances that can be met in
the future
- If you keep reading,
you’ll see (Si sigues
leyendo, verás).
- The second conditional speaks of
conditions that could still be fulfilled,
since it alludes to the present, although
the possibility that they occur seems
more remote than in the case of the
first conditional
- I’d go if you came along
(Yo iría si tú vinieras
conmigo).
- Structure
- If + subject + present simple + subject + will
+ verb in infinitive (without to)
- If you listen to
me carefully, I’ll
tell you all
about it (Si me
escuchas con
atención, te lo
cuento).
- The difference between the second and the
first conditional, however, refers to the
probability that something will happen. The
second conditional is used to talk about
hypothetical situations, which is not
impossible, but we do not believe them.
- First: If you practice hard enough, I'm sure
you will pass your driving test. — Si
practicas lo suficiente, estoy segura de
que aprobarás el examen de conducir.
- Second: If you practiced hard enough,
I'm sure you would pass your driving
test. — Si practicaras lo suficiente,
estoy segura de que aprobarías el
examen de conducir.
- Structure
- If + subject + simple past + subject + would + infinitive (without to)
- If I were a rich man, I would
buy a magic pill to learn
English in a week.
- Although many natives say If I was ..., the
correct thing to do is always use were for all
grammatical people with the verb to be
when it comes to conditionals.
- Here, as in the first
conditional, it is also not
necessary to start with if
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- Diana Michelle Pérez Rodríguez
- 4to AVPG
- No.33