First and Second conditional

First and Second conditional

1. The first conditional has the present simple after 'if', then the future simple in the other clause: if + present simple, ... will + infinitive

2. The second conditional uses the past simple after if, then 'would' and the infinitive: if + past simple, ...would + infinitive

3. It's used to talk about things which might happen in the future. Of course, we can't know what will happen in the future, but this describes possible things, which could easily come true. If it rains, I won't go to the park.

4. The first conditional describes things that I think are likely to happen in the future, whereas the second conditional talks about things that I don't think will really happen. It's subjective; it depends on my point of view

5. We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in formal writing

6. First, we can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream for example. If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.

7. Camila López 2 "C"

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