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Conditionals
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- 1Conditional 0 Use: General facts If + present simple, present simple. This conditional is used when the result will always happen. examples: If people eat too much, they get fat. If you touch a fire, you get burned. People die if they don't eat.Conditional 1
Use: A possible condition and its probable outcome
if + present simple, ... will + infinitive
It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future. but this describes possible things, which could easily come true.
Examples:
If it rains, I won't go to the park.
If I study today, I'll go to the party tonight.
If I have enough money, I'll buy some new shoes. - 2Conditional 2 Use: A hypothetical condition and its probable outcome if + past simple, ...would + infinitive (We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'). This can use to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true. Maybe some dream for example. Example: If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house. She would travel all over the world if she were rich.Conditional 3
Use: An unreal condition of the past and its probable outcome in the past
if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle
It talks about the past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation.
Example: If she had studied, she would have passed the exam
If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick
If we had taken a taxi, we wouldn't have missed the plane
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- Flashcards on Conditionals, created by Sergio ACz on 21/02/2020.
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