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Conditionals

Conditional type Usages Forms Examples


IF MAIN
CLAUSE CLAUSE
- If you heat ice, it
melts.
- If it rains, everything
Used to talk about the
gets wet.
general truths/ things Present  - Your heart beats faster
Zero conditional that are always true simple Present simple if you’re worried.
-If I win the game, I’ll
get some prizes.
- She’ll get bad score if
she doesn’t study hard.
Used to talk about
 - If the weather is nice
real or possible Present WILL + Verb- tomorrow, we’ll go
First conditional  situations simple bare camping.
-If I met him yesterday,
I would tell him the
truth.
- I would pass the exam
if I studied hard.
Used to talk about
 - If Sally drove more
Second unreal or impossible Past WOULD + carefully, she wouldn’t
conditional situations at present simple Verb-bare have any accident.
Third conditional Used to talk about Past WOULD -If Jane had known the
unreal or impossible perfect HAVE + Past truth, she would have
situations in the past participle been very shocked.
- I would have won the
competition if I had
tried harder.
 - If I had finished
homework earlier, I
Conditional type Usages Forms Examples
would have gone to the
movies.
 

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