CONDITIONALS

CONDITIONALS

1. First conditional: If + present tense,...will + infinite

   • Use: likely to happen in the future

2. Second conditional: If + past simple,... + would + infinitive

   • Use: unlikely to happen in the future/opposite to reality
     • Mixed Conditionals: combination of second and third conditional forms
       • Use: past condition and its result in the present or future
       • Use: present condition and its imagined past result

3. Third conditional: If + past perfect,... + would have + past participle

   • Use: Imaginary or unreal situations in the past