Conditionals

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At the end of this lesson you will know the difference between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional

Conditionals

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

• 0 conditional
• 1st conditional
• 2nd conditional
• 3rd conditional

Type 1 

• First conditional

 

if sentence	result
present simple	will + infinitive
If I get sick,	I will go to the doctor.

Possible or likely things in the future 

Type 2

• Second conditional

 

if sentence	result
past simple	would + infinitive
If I won the lottery,	I would buy a car.

impossible things in the present, unlikely things in the future 

Type 3 

• Third conditional

 

if sentence	result
past perfect	would + have + past participle
If I had studied harder,	I would have passed the exam.

Things that didn't happen in the past and their imaginary results 

First conditional 

Second conditional 

Third conditional 

Highly UNlikely to happen

Highly likely to happen

Thing cannot happen anymore.

First conditional:

Second conditional:

Third conditional:

If + present simple 

If + past simple 

will + infinitive

would + infinitive

If + past perfect 

would have + past participle

Conditionals (if- clause statement)

Drag the example to the appropriate conditional. 

first

conditional 

second

conditional 

third

conditional 

(1st conditional)
If he walks to school, I ....(go) with him.

(2nd conditional)
If you had money, you ....(buy) a new car

(2nd conditional)
If my parents sold our house, we ....(be) homeless.

(2nd conditional)
James would help you if you (ask) him.

Third conditional: If we ... (arrive) earlier, we ...(see) John but we were much too late.

1. arrived, saw
2. had arrived, would see
3. had arrived, would have seen
4. arrived, would see

Third conditional: If they ........... (go) to bed earlier, they ........... (not sleep) late.

1. went / wouldn't have slept
2. had gone / wouldn't have slept
3. went / wouldn't sleep
4. go / won't sleep

Third conditional: If we .............. (know) the test was this hard, we .......... (study) harder

1. had known / had studied
2. knew / would have studied
3. know / will study
4. had known / would have studied

Third conditional:
If we .............. (not go) to the party, we ............. (not meet) them.

1. don't go / won't meet
2. went / wouldn't meet
3. hadn't gone / wouldn't have met
4. had gone / would have met

Third conditional:
He .............. (be) on time if he .............. (not miss) the bus.

1. had been / wouldn't have missed
2. would have been / hadn't missed
3. was / hadn't missed
4. is / doesn't miss

If I tell you a secret,
(first conditional)

If I were invisible, ...
(second conditional)

If you had known that ..... ,
(third conditional)

Conclusion

At the end of this lesson you know the difference between the  1st, 2nd and 3rd conditional

Practice

Conditionals Exercise

Exercises on Conditional Sentences (if sentences, if clauses, conditional clauses)

Conditional Sentences - Grammar exercise | English4u

Conditional Sentences Exercise | English4u