Conditionals

Conditionals

First Conditional

Second Conditional

Zero Conditional

Third Conditional

- To talk about things that are always or generally true.

- The simple present in both the if clause and the main clause.

- We can use when instead of if in the if in the clause.

- To talk about something that is possible in the future.

- Use the simple present in the If clause and the future in the main clause.

- We can use unless (= if not), provided/providing (that) (= if), as long as (=if), instead of if in the if clause.

- To talk about something that is impossible, something that is unlikely to happen in the present or the future, and to give advice, usually withIf I were you.

- we use the simple past in the if clause and would un the main clause.

- We use to talk about things in the past that were possible but did not haappen.

- We use the past un the if clause and would + have + past participle in the main clause.

Example

Example

Example

Example

"If it rains, tennis lessons are held in the gym."

"If people eat too much, they get fat."

"If I study today, I'll go to the party tonight."

"If I have enough money, I'll buy some new."

"If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world."

"If I didn't have a headache, I would go to the party."

"If he had studied harder, he would have passed the exam."

"If my alarm had gone off, I wouldn't have been late to work."