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1We can make a zero conditional sentence with two present simple verbs If + present simple, .... present simple. This conditional is used when the result will always happenExamples
If people eat too much, they get fat.
If you touch a fire, you get burned.
People die if they don't eat.
2The first conditional has the present simple after 'if', then the future simple in the other clause: if + present simple, ... will + infinitiveIf it rains, I won't go to the park.
If I study today, I'll go to the party tonight.
If I have enough money, I'll buy some new shoes.
3The second conditional uses the past simple after if, then 'would' and the infinitive: if + past simple, ...would + infinitive*talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true
If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.
*talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true
If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man.
4We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after 'if' and then 'would have' and the past participle in the second part of the sentence: if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participleIt talks about the past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation.
If she had studied, she would have passed the exam.
If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick.