CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
TYPE 1
IF + PRESENT .............................WILL + INFINITIVE
1. EXAMPLE: If you eat those sweets, you will feel ill.
5. UNLESS = IF… NOT.
If you do not phone me, I will come tomorrow.
Unless you phone me, I will come tomorrow.
TYPE 2
IF + PAST .............................WOULD + INFINITIVE
1. EXAMPLE: If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.(Si tuviera mucho dinero,
viajaría alrededor del mundo.)
Se emplea para referirse a acciones presentes o futuras irreales o hipotéticas. Cuando
imaginamos una situación opuesta a la realidad.
2. Se suele emplear were para la 1ª, 2ª,3ª persona en la clausula del if, If I were you
If I were here, I would travel around the world.
TYPE 3
IF + PAST PERFECT...WOULD + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
1. EXAMPLE: If I had studied, I would have passed. (Si hubiera estudiado, habría aprobado).
Se utiliza para referirnos a acciones pasadas que no se realizaron y no se realizarán.