CONDITIONALS

CONDITIONALS

1. Zero (present factual)

   • Actions present simple + present simple
   • -Facts -Results
   • Examples
     • If you stay in the rain, you get wet.
     • If you wear a coat, you get warm.

2. First (future factual)

   • Actions present simple + will/won´t + verb (future)
   • -cause-effect -future possibility
   • Examples
     • If you eat raw chicken, you´ll get sick.
     • If you take the wrong bus, you´ll get late to work.

3. Second (present unreal)

   • -wishes -advices
   • Actions past simple + would + verb
   • Examples
     • If I were you, I would traine to hard for the competition.
     • If I won the lottery, my children would have a better future.

4. Third (past unreal)

   • Actions past perfect + would have + past partic.
   • -imaginary situations didn't pass -regrets
   • Examples
     • If I hadn't drunk that milk, I would haven't gotten sick.
     • If they had given her the Barbie doll for Christmas, she would have been very happy.

5. Mixed

   • Actions past simple + present/future
     • Examples
       • If I had taken Chinese classes in high school, I would know how to ask for a location.
       • If I had gotten the mechanic lesson, I would be fixing the car by tomorrow.
   • Actions present simple + past
     • Examples
       • If I were millionaire, I would have bought a big house in Cali.
       • If she weren't too far from Michael Jackson, she would have asked for an autograph last night.