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- 1CONDITIONAL ZERO It is used to make real-world claims and usually refers to general facts we give for certain. -Example: If you mix red and blue, you get purple.It is also used to give instructions and, in this case, the verb of the main clause goes in imperative.
-Example: If you want to come, call me before 5:00. - 2CONDITIONAL ONE These sentences are based on facts and are used to make statements about reality and particular situations; we often use them to make warnings. The timeframe is the present or the future and the situation is real. -Example: If I have time, I'll finish that letter.It is also possible to use modal verbs in the main clause, rather than the future, to express the degree of certainty, permission or recommendation on the outcome.
-Example: If you drop that glass, it might break. - 3CONDITIONAL TWO It serves to refer to a hypothetical or unlikely condition and its likely outcome. These sentences do not refer to a real situation. The time frame is now or at any time and the situation is hypothetical.It manners in the main proposition may also be used to express the degree of certainty, permission or recommendation on the outcome.
-Example: We might buy a larger house if we had more money - 4—
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