Conditionals 2024

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Conditionals

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional
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0 conditional is used for

1. Facts and truths
2. Possible and likely to happen situations
3. Improbable future situations
4. Hypothetical pasts

Zero Conditional

1st conditional is used for

1. Facts and truths
2. Hypothetical past situations
3. Improbable future situations
4. Possible and likely to happen situations

First conditional

2nd conditional is used for

1. Improbable future situations
2. Possible and likely to happen situations
3. Facts and truths
4. Hypothetical past situations

Second conditional

example sentence	if clause	main clause
Unlikely/unreal situations in the present or future	past simple	would(n't) + infinitive (whole verb
If I lived closer to the cinema, I would go more often.	If I lived closer to the cinema	I would go more often

The 3rd conditional is used for things which did NOT happen in the past

1. True
2. False

Third Conditional

	if clause	main clause
Regrets, criticisms and unreal situations in the past	past perfect (had/hadn't + past participle)	would(n't) have + past participle (voltooid deelwoord)
If they hadn't built that block of flats, we would have had a sea view.	If they hadn't built that block of flats	we would have had a sea view

Grammar: 1, 2, 3, 4

if + past simple + would/could/might - for hypothetical situations in the present or future, suggestions and advice

if + past perfect + would have + past participle - for hypothetical situations in the past or regrets about the past

second conditional

third conditional

Which conditional is this:
If you hadn't told him my secret, we wouldn't have broken up

1. Zero
2. First
3. Second
4. Third

TRUE

FALSE

You can use 'unless' to substitute 'if'

You can never omit 'if' in a conditional sentence

If always has to be followed by a noun

Substituting 'if'  for an inversion makes it more formal

You can reduce an if-clause to two words on occasion

Change the sentence by replacing 'if', but keep the meaning the same: Madge says she won't see the counsellor if you don't go with her.