Conditionals

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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

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

Type 0

• Zero conditional

 

if sentence	result
present simple	present simple
If you add two and two,	you get four.

General truths and habits 

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 

Zero conditional 

First conditional 

Second conditional 

Third conditional 

Highly UNlikely to happen

Highly likely to happen

It's a fact.

Thing cannot happen anymore.

Zero conditional:

First conditional:

Second conditional:

If/when + present simple

If + present simple 

If + past simple 

present simple

will + infinitive

would + infinitive

Conditionals (if- clause statement)

Drag the example to the appropriate conditional. 

zero conditional 

first

conditional 

second

conditional 

third

conditional 

We use the zero conditional for facts.

1. True
2. False

Which of these is a 'zero conditional'?

1. Ice melts if you heat it.
2. If water reaches a 100 degrees, it boils.
3. If it rains, the grass gets wet.
4. All the answers are correct.

(zero conditional)
If it freezes tonight, water ... (turn) into ice

(zero conditional)
When you (heat) iron, it (expand)

(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.

Complete the sentence:
If I wake up late, ...
(zero conditional)

If I tell you a secret,
(first conditional)

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

Conclusion

At the end of this lesson you know the difference between the 0, 1st, and 2nd conditional and how to use them.