Conditionals

Conditionals

1. Use

   • Two sentences linked by a relationship of conditionality.
     • Cause ------Consequence

2. What are conditionals in English grammar?

   • Sometimes we call them 'if clauses'. They describe the result of something that might happen (in the present or future) or might have happened but didn't (in the past) . They are made using different English verb tenses.

3. (Notice we can put 'if' at the beginning, or in the middle. It doesn't matter at all.)

   • --(if + present simple,...present simple)... --Si calienta el agua a 100 grados, hierve.
   • --(if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)…….....…................ --Si tuviera mucho dinero, viajaría por todo el mundo.

4. Zero Conditional

   • (if + present simple, ... present simple)

5. First Conditional

   • (if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)

6. Second Conditional

   • (if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)

7. Third Conditional

   • (if + past perfect, ... would + have + past participle)