Conditional Structures.
•We use the First Conditional for future possibility.
If + Present Simple/Present Continuos + will/ won´t.
[ If you ask me, I´ll be happy to help you ]
•We use the Second Conditionel for present or future imagined situations and for giving
advice.
If + Past Simple / Past Continuous + would / wouldn´t + infinitve.
[ If I lived in the country, I´d do a lot more walking. ]
•We use the Third Conditional to talk about imagined situations in the past.
If + Past perfect Simple/ Continuous + would have/ wouldnt have + past participle.
[ If I had studied, I would have passed the exam ]
•We can use various Mixed Conditionals for imagined, past conditions and probable
results in the present.
If + Past Perfect + Would/Wouldnt + Infinitive.
[ If I hadnt gone to bed late, I wouldnt be tired. ]
•We can also use Mixed Condictionals to talk about situations that never happened
because of conditions which are true.
If + Past Simple / Continuous + Would have / wouldnt have +Infinitive.
Advice and permission.
•For advice in the present, we use should/shouldnt (+ Infinitive) and If I were you, I
would/Wouldnt (+infinitive)
You shouldnt take what he says so personally.
•To give advice/criticism about the past,we use should have/shouldnt have (+ past
participle) and If I were you, I would / wouldnt have (+ past participle)
You should have made more of an effort to go.
•To talk about permission in the present, we use : can/ cant (+infinitive), could / couldnt (+
infinitive) and are / arent allowed to (+infinitive). Choosing could instead of can shows
that we are more tentative about what we are asking, or if we are not sure of the answer.
You can take part after a two-hour training session.
To talk about permission in the past, we use could/couldnt (+infinitive) and were/werent
allowed to (+ infinitive).
They werent allowed to take any photos.
