Conditionals

Conditionals

1. Zero conditional

   • The events described both happen.
   • If/When+Present // Present
     • If I stay up late, I feel awful the next day

2. First conditional

   • Likely events in the future if something happens.
   • If+Present // Future (will)
     • If I pass Cambridge First, I´ll have a big party

3. Second Conditional

   • Unlikely or impossible situations
   • If+Past // Would; Could; Might
     • If I won the lottery, I´d give all the money to Oxfam

4. Third conditional

   • To speculate about the past.
   • If+Past Perfect // Would have; Could have; Might have+Past Participle
     • If we´d had more money, we´d have gone to the States last year

5. Unless = If not

6. MIXED CONDITIONALS

   • Second // Third
     • When a change in a present situation would have affected a past situation.
     • If+Past // Would(n´t); Could(n´t); Might(n´t); Should(n´t)
       • If I weren´t so busy all the time, I could have come along
   • Third // Second
     • When a change in a past situation would have caused a different present situation.
     • If+Past Perfect // Would(n´t); Could(n´t); Might(n´t); Should(n´t)+Infinitive
       • If you had told me about the skiing trip, I would be there with you now.