CONDITIONALS

jeudi 19 décembre 2013








Zero Conditional
First Conditional
If + Present Simple, Present Simple
  1. General truths
e.g. If/Whenever ice melts, it becomes water.
  1. Rules
e.g. If you wave a red flag, it means danger.

If + Present Simple, will/can + infinitive
e.g. If I win the lottery, I will travel around the world.

Unless I win the lottery, I will not/ won’t travel around the world.

(I don't know if I win but there is a possibility)
Second Conditional
Third Conditional
If + Past Simple, would/could + infinitive

e.g. If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.


(But I didn't win the lottery, and it’s very unlikely that I will win)
If + Past Perfect, would/could + have + PP

e.g. If Christopher Columbus hadn’t discovered America, the history of the world would have been  different.

 (But he had discovered America and it’s impossible to change)
 

Zero Conditional
First Conditional
If + Present Simple, Present Simple
e.g. If I have time, I study English.

(I sometimes have time)
If + Present Simple, will/can + infinitive
e.g. If I have time, I will study English.

(I don't know if I will have time or not)
Second Conditional
Third Conditional
If + Past Simple, would/could + infinitive

e.g. If I had time, I would study English.

(I don't have time)
If + Past Perfect, would/could + have + PP

e.g. If I had had time, I would have studied English.
 
(I didn't have time)

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