Type O: ZERO CONDITIONAL

Always real situation

If Clause Main Clause

If + Present tense Present tense

 If you freeze water, it turns into ice.

 If I work too much, I get tired.

Type 1: FIRST CONDITIONAL

Real or possible situation

If Clause Main Clause

Will/ Can/ May/ Must

If + Present tense
+ verb

 If it rains today, I will stay at home.

 If they don’t invite you, you must not go.
 If we don’t hurry, we’ll miss our bus.

Type 2: SECOND CONDITIONAL

Hypothetic situation

If Clause Main Clause

Would/ Could/ Might

If + Past simple
+ verb

 If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.

 If they worked for that company, they might have better salaries.
 If I saw her, I would ask her out.
Type 3: THIRD CONDITIONAL
Hypothetic situation in the past

If Clause Main Clause

Would/ Could/ Might

If + Past Perfect tense + have
+ past participle

 If I had won the lottery, I would have travelled around the world.
 If we had studied harder, we might have passed the test.

WISH

WISH + PAST SIMPLE

Wish about not real situation

 I wish I were you (but I’m not)

WISH + PAST PERFECT

Wish about the past

 I wish I had learned English when I was younger (but I didn’t)

WISH + WOULD

Expressing dislike or irritation, annoyance

 I wish you would stop making that noise.

Words used in conditionals expressions:

- Unless
- Provided/ing (that)
- As long as