Conditionals

Conditionals

1. Expresses a different degree of probability that a situation will occur or would have occured

   • Zero Conditional
     • Express truths, a thing that always causes another
       • It is used in both clauses Present Simple
         • E.g. If you drink a lot of beer your liver suffers
   • First Conditional
     • Used to express situations in which the outcome is likely to happen
       • Present Simple + Future Simple
         • If you do all your homeworks, you will pass the course
   • Second Conditional
     • Express outcomes that are unrealistic
       • Past Simple Tense + aux modal verbs
         • If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house
   • Third Conditional
     • Explain present circumstances would be different if something differenr had happened
       • Past Perfect(had+past participle) + modal aux + have + past participle
         • If you had done the dishes, my mom would not have scolded you