conditionals

conditionals

1. imaginary situations in the present or future

   • examples
     • If I won a million dolars, i would buy a new car.
     • If i were you, i would quit smoking.
     • If i were the president, would lower taxes.
     • they would stay longer if they had more time.

2. condicional sentence type 2

   • "if" + (simple past)
     • unlikely event
       • if it happens, do this
   • "would"+ (verb)
     • some action

3. third conditional

   • imaginary situations in the past
     • examples
       • if had got a gold medal , i would have been happy
       • if i had met susan last week, would have given her the book
       • if the weather had been good, we would have gone water-skiing
   • if + subjet+ past perfect, subjet+ past modal

4. second conditional

   • (hypothetical sitation)
     • example
       • if i won the lottery, i would quit my job
       • if i had a million dollars, i would travel around the world
     • If + subjet + past verb, subject+would/could/might/may+base verb