conditionals

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

'If' statements - 4 kinds:

• 0 = facts - If water reaches 100 degrees, it boils.
• I = real or likely situations - If a soldier kills the ogre, he will be named champion.
• II = unlikely or hypothetical situations - If I won the lottery, I would go travelling around the world.
• III = situations that cannot be changed - If I had studied for the test, I would have passed. (But I didn't study, so I didn't pass.) 

Fact: If + present simple = > present simple

condition: If + present simple 

result: present simple

0 = Facts: 

Hagar says, "If I win, I don't eat."

If you _______ (press) the button, the light ________ (come) on.
The missing words are:

Real/likely situation: If + present simple => will

The mirror says, "If I tell the truth, I will get broken..........."

I = Real / likely situations:

condition: if + present simple

result: will + verb

If she _______ (not, hurry), we ________ (miss) the train.
The missing words are:

Unlikely situation: If + past simple = > would

II = Unreal / unlikely situations:

condition: if + past simple

result: would + verb

Garfield, "If I did, would I be standing here."

If I _________ (win) a million euros, I __________ (buy) a million bags of crisps.
The missing words are:

Situations that you cannot change anymore: 

If + past perfect => would + present perfect

III = Situations that cannot be changed anymore:

condition: if + past perfect

result: would + present perfect

The bank robber says, "If I hadn't been caught, I would have gotten away with it."

If I _________ (do) my job, I __________ (not get) into trouble.
The missing words are:

Summary:

• four types of conditional sentence
• for facts
• for real, likely situations
• for unreal, unlikely situations
• for situations that cannot be changed anymore