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Conditionals
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- 1THE ZERO CONDITIONAL This conditional is used when the result will always happen. Structure: If + present simple, .... present simple.EXAMPLES:
*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 It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future. Of course, we can't know what will happen in the future, but this describes possible things, which could easily come true.Structure: if + present simple, ... will + infinitive
Examples:
*If 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. - 3SECOND CONDITIONAL First, we can use it to 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. *If I met the Queen of England, I would say hello.Second, we can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true.
*If I had his number, I would call him.
*If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man. - 4THIRD CONDITIONAL It talks about the past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation.Structure: if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle
Examples:
*If she had studied, she would have passed the exam
*If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick
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- Flashcards on Conditionals, created by Luis Olivares on 21/02/2020.
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