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Conditional Sentences

• The conditional sentences DESCRIBES the result of something that might happen in present or future or might have happened but did not in the past.
• There are four types of Conditionals:
• Zero Conditional
• First Conditional
• Second Conditional
• Third Conditional

Zero Conditional

• Express general truths or facts rather thas specific aspects in which one thing always causes another one.
• When we use the Zero conditional, the correct tense to use in both clauses is the present simple tense ( IF/WHEN + PRESENT SIMPLE).
• IF/ WHEN + Simple present + Simple present
• If you snooze, you lose.
• When the sun rises, we see daylight

First Conditional

• Express situations that can happen (But not guaranteed) in the future. It something possible, but is unknown because depends on another event.
• When we use the first conditional, the correct tense is the simple present in the dependent clause and he simple future tense in the independent clause, This is to express that something might happened in the future.
• IF + Simple present + Simple future
• (S+will/wont+ verb)
• If I break my arm, it will hurt a lot.
• I will not pass the test If I do not study

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