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Grammar Explanations
Conditionals
First conditional:
When you are talking about a real or possible situation in the present or future
and what will happen as a result.
Second conditional:
When you are talking about an imaginary or hypothetical situation in the present
or future.
If I won the lottery I would buy a car.
If + past tense, would + infinitive
Third conditional:
When you are talking about something that didnt happen in the past.
If I had known it was going to rain, I would have taken an umbrella.
If + past perfect, would have + past participle
We can also use could have, might have, should have