Conditionals Review

Conditionals Review

1. ZERO CONDITIONAL

   • It is used to talk about facts that are generally true like scientific facts.
     • It uses IF and WHEN.
       • It uses simple present tense for both actions and the consequence
         • If you go swimming, you get wet.
           • When Jaime is out of the office, I take his calls.
           • EXAMPLES:
   • STRUCTURE
     • IF/ WHEN+ subject + verb+ comp + consequence

2. FIRTS CONDITIONAL

   • It is used to talk about things that might or might not heppen in the near future
     • SRUCTURE:
       • IF / WHEN + present simple + future tense.
         • If you walk slowly, you won't catch the bus.
           • What will you do if you go to bed late?
         • When I die, I will leave all my money to charity.
         • EXAMPLES:

3. SECOND CONTIONAL

   • We can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably notgoing to be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream
     • STRUCTURE:
       • IF + past simple, ...would + infinitive VERB.
         • If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.
           • If he didn't print the document, I wouldn't correct it.
         • EXAMPLES:

4. THIRD CONDITIONAL

   • It is used to express the unrealistic consequence in the past to an unrealist action or situation in the past.
     • STRUCTURE:
       • IF+ past perfect+ would+ have+ P.a. P.a verb
         • She would have become a teacher if she had gone to university
           • She wouldn't have been tired if she had gone to bed earlier
       • EXAMPLES:

5. MIXED CONTIONAL

   • NO RESTRINTION on the way tenses
     • causes and consequences are migled.
       • are a combination of two different conditional, usually between the second and the third conditional.
       • EXAMPLES
         • If I hadn't lost my keys, I wouldn't ask you to lend me yours.
           • If she had been born in the United States, she wouldn't need a visa to work here.

6. MODAL VERBS: that are used to form the conditional

   • STRUCTURE:
     • TENSE( how are the use for each conditional)