Conditionals

Conditionals

1. ZERO conditional

   • We can make with
     • With two simple present simple verbs
       • If + present simple, .... present simple
         • "IF" Can usually be remplaced by
           • when
         • If I eat peanuts, I am sick. (This is true only for me, maybe, not for everyone, but it's still true that I'm sick every time I eat peanuts)
         • Does ice melt if you heat it?
           • When do you wake up if you have to work?
         • If you do not exercise, you gain weight.
   • Is used
     • When the result always happen
     • Rules
     • Scientific facts and general truts
     • Cause and effect
     • Routine

2. FIRST Conditional

   • if + present simple, ... will + infinitive
     • Positive
       • If you hurry, you'll catch the bus.
     • Negative
       • If you walk slowly, you won't catch the bus.
     • Queestion
       • What will you do if the train is full tomorrow?
   • Describes possible things, which could easily come true.
   • To express
     • Possible condition and its result in the future
       • If you study hard, you will pass your exam

3. Second conditional

   • if + past simple...would + infinitive
     • If she were happy in her job, she wouldn't be looking for another one.
   • USES
     • To talk about Imposible situations
     • Unreal situations in the present
     • Imagined events
     • Impossible present situations
       • I would go to the party, if I didn't have to work.