CONDITIONALS
0 conditional
Obvious things (cause-effect)
Things that are always true and
Scientific truth
1st conditional
Things that can happen
Promises or threats
We can use future time clauses
(when, as soon as, after...)
Present/future
2nd conditional
Things that are very difficult
to happen
Polite requests
Present/future
3rd conditional
Impossible things
0% possibilities to happen
Regrets
Past
IF + subject + present simple …, subject + present simple/imperative +...
If you touch the oven door, you get burnt.
IF + subject + present simple …, subject + WILL/can + b.v ...
If it rains, I
’
ll get my umbrella.
IF + subject + past simple …, subject + WOULD/COULD/MIGHT + b.v. +...
If I met Johnny Deep, I would faint.
IF + subject + past PERFECT …, subject + WOULD/COULD/MIGHT/OUGHT TO + HAVE + PP +...
had + PP
If she had studied, she would have passed.
We can change the order of the clauses but the COMMA disappears.
MIXED CONDITIONALS
If I had studied more, I would have a better job now.
3rd conditional 2nd conditional
If was American, I wouldn’t have needed a Green Card.
2nd conditional 3rd conditional
PAST
PRESENT
PRESENT
PAST
