CONDITIONAL SENTENCES .....

Conditional Use

Form Example
If you heat water, it boils You are lucky if someone gives you present

NOTE

Zero

Universal / general truth Facts that are always true

If + S + simple present, S + simple present S + simple present + if + S + simple present

Future / conditional

When we make prediction Describe a situation that is very likely to happen in the future Real or probable events in the future

If you arrive early, youll get the best If + S + simple choice present, S + will / be Is she going to go if going to / modal + there is a party base verb If Im busy, when can I visit you ? Im full ! Ill be sick if I S + will / be going to eat any more / modal + base verb Is she going to go if + if + simple present there is a party ? If I were you, I would wear a coat If + S + simple past, S If I lived in California, I + would + base verb would go to the beach everyday S + would + base verb + if + S + simple past Would you tell your mother if you broke her glass ? If he hadnt met the witch, he wouldnt have gone into the cave If I had known about his divorce, I wouldnt have asked him about his wife I wouldnt have married her if Id known what her mother was like To be in simple past form usually were in the Second Conditional would is usually contracted to d in regular speech -> Id play sports all day if I were a millionaire

Unlikely (impropable) / Present / hypothetical conditional (imaginary) situation in the future

Usually used to express regret Impossible past situation Past / We can not conditional change past events, but we can imagine how they might have been different

If + S + past perfect , S + would have + past participle

We can also use could or might instead of would in the main clause

S + would have + past participle + if + S + past perfect

General NOTE

When the if clause comes first, we use a comma (,) after it When the main clause comes first, there is no comma (,) before the if clause