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Conditional sentences in English: zero, first, second and third
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- 1We can make a zero conditional sentence with two present simple verbs If + present simple, .... present simple. This conditional is used when the result will always happenExamples
If people eat too much, they get fat.
If you touch a fire, you get burned.
People die if they don't eat. - 2The first conditional has the present simple after 'if', then the future simple in the other clause: if + present simple, ... will + infinitiveIf it rains, I won't go to the park.
If I study today, I'll go to the party tonight.
If I have enough money, I'll buy some new shoes. - 3The second conditional uses the past simple after if, then 'would' and the infinitive: if + past simple, ...would + infinitive*talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true
If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.
*talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true
If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man. - 4We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after 'if' and then 'would have' and the past participle in the second part of the sentence: if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participleIt talks about the past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation.
If she had studied, she would have passed the exam.
If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick.
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