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Proposición "if" (condición)Proposición principal (resultado)

"If" + "simple present""simple present" Proposición principal (resultado)

If this thing happensthat thing happens.

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Proposición "if" (condición) Proposición principal (resultado)

"If" + "simple present" "simple present"

If this thing happens that thing happens.

EJEMPLOS

If you heat ice, it melts.

Ice melts if you heat it.

When you heat ice, it melts.

Ice melts when you heat it.

If it rains, the grass gets wet.

The grass gets wet if it rains.

When it rains, the grass gets wet.

The grass gets wet when it rains.

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En una oración condicional de tipo 1, el verbo de la proposición "if" va en "simple present", mientras que el de la cláusula principal va en "simple future".

Proposición "if" (condición) Proposición principal (resultado)

If + simple present simple future

If this thing happens that thing will happen.

EJEMPLOS

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.

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condicional 2

En una oración condicional de tipo 2, el tiempo verbal de la cláusula "if" es el "simple past" y el de la proposición principal puede ser el "present conditional" o el "present continuous conditional".

Proposición "if" Proposición principal

If + simple past "present conditional" o "present continuous conditional"

If this thing happened that thing would happen.

EJEMPLOS

If it rained, you would get wet.

You would get wet if it rained.

If you went to bed earlier you wouldn't be so tired.

You wouldn't be so tired if you went to bed earlier.

If she fell, she would hurt herself.

She would hurt herself if she fell.

condicional 3

En una oración condicional de tipo 3, el tiempo verbal de la proposición "if" es el "past perfect" y el de la cláusula principal puede ser el "perfect conditional" o el "perfect continuous conditional".

Proposición "if" Proposición principal

If + past perfect "perfect conditional" o "perfect continuous conditional"

If this thing had happened that thing would have happened.

EJEMPLOS

If it had rained, you would have gotten wet.

You would have gotten wet if it had rained.

You would have passed your exam if you had worked harder.

If you had worked harder, you would have passed your exam.

I would have believed you if you hadn't lied to me before.

If you hadn't lied to me before, I would have believed you.

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