Conditionals

First Conditional

• Form
• If/unless + present simple/continuous - will/may/must, etc. + infinitive.
• USE
• To talk about very possible or probable situations/events in the present or future.

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• Examples
• If you´re hungry, I´ll start getting the lunch ready.

Second Conditional

• FORM
• If/unless + past simple/continuous - would/could/might + infinitive.
• USE
• To talk about improbable or imaginary situations/events in the present or future.

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• EXAMPLES
• If I was driving the car, we´d be arriving by now. ( but I´m not driving, so we aren't arriving yet.)

Third Conditional

• FORM
• If/unless + past perfect simple or continuous - would have/could have/ might have + past participle.
• USE
• To talk about imaginary situations/events in the past.

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• EXAMPLES
• I could have got better results if I´d taken the photos earlier. ( But I didn't take them early enough.)
• If it hadn't been snowing, we wouldn't have got lost. ( but it was snowing, so we got lost)