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CONDITIONALS
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ZERO CONDITIONAL
If you don’t water flowers, they die.
If you have a headache, stop watching TV.
With zero conditional
we express a general truth or we give advice.
If clause:
PRESENT SIMPLE
Main clause:
PRESENT SIMPLE
or IMPERATIVE
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FIRST CONDITIONAL
If the weather is nice, we will go for a walk.
If you don’t apologize, she will never trust you again.
The first conditional refers to the present and uture.
It expresses a possi!le condition and
its pro!a!le result in the uture.
If clause:
PRESENT SIMPLE
Main clause:
"#T#RE SIMPLE
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Jack wants to buy a house but he can’t do thisbecause he doesn’t hae any !oney"
If I had a lot of
money, I would buy a big
house.
SECOND CONDITIONAL
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Susan wants to #hone $au% but she can’t dothis because she doesn’t know his nu!be&"
If I knew his number, I would phone him.
SECOND CONDITIONAL
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If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house.
If I knew his number, I would phone him.
ifclause:
PAST TENSE SIMPLE
!ain clause:
PRESENT $%N&ITI%NAL
would ' ininitive
SECOND CONDITIONAL
The second conditional refers to the present and uture.It expresses an unreal situation and its pro"a"le result.
The situation or condition is i(pro!a!le) i(possi!le)
i(aginar*, or contrary to known facts.
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FIRST " SECOND CONDITIONAL
T+E &I""EREN$E, "IRST and SE$%N& $%N&ITI%NAL#oth conditionals refer to the present and uture.
The difference is a"out pro!a!ilit*, not ti(e.
$irst conditional: real and possi"le situations
%econd conditional: unlikely to happen
If John runs fast, he will win the race.
If John ran fast, he would win the race.
This is sti%% #ossib%e to ha##en"
This is un%ike%y to ha##en because John doesn’t &un 'ast"
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T(IRD CONDITIONAL
Jack wanted to buy a house last year but hecou%dn’t do that because he didn’t hae any !oney"
If I had had a lot of money,
I would have bought a big house.
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T(IRD CONDITIONAL
Yesterday) Susan wanted to #hone $au% but shecou%dn’t do that because she didn’t know his nu!be&"
If I had known hisnumber,
I would have phoned him.
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T(IRD CONDITIONAL
If I had had a lot of money, I would have bought a big house.
If I had known his number, I would have phoned him.
ifclause:
PAST PER"E$T SIMPLE
!ain clause:
PAST $%N&ITI%NAL
would ' have ' past participle
The third conditional refers to the past and
it is not !ased on acts. It expresses the a situation
which is contrar* to realit* in the past-
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SECOND " T(IRD CONDITIONAL
T+E &I""EREN$E, SE$%N& and T+IR& $%N&ITI%NALThe difference is a"out ti(e.
%econd conditional: refers to the present and future
Third conditional: refers to the past situations
If I saw a car accident, I would call an ambulance.
If I had seen a car accident, I would have called an ambulance.
*ut I don’t see an accident now" This is un%ike%y to ha##en"
*ut I didn’t see an accident yeste&day"
This is cont&a&y to the 'act in the #ast"