Use and structure of conditionals

*Zero conditional facts

It is formed with two present simple verbs. The sentence contains a conditional
clause and a main clause. This conditional is used to talk about things that almost
always happen as the result of an action. It is also used to express universal truths
(scientific facts) and routines.

*If/when + simple present … present simple.

=Condition … result

 Examples

If water reaches 100°C, it boils.

IF YOU make exercise, you get tired

If you touch fire, you get burned.

When you don’t eat, you die.

If you touch that button, the bomb explodes.

*First Conditional possibilities
This conditional is used to talk about possible future events and their likely results.

It is used to express predictions about the future, promises and warnings in real
possible situations.

*Structure

If + present simple + will + base verb

 Examples

If I fail grammar, my parents will take my phone.

My parents will take my phone If I fail grammar.

If you study, you will get better grades this semester.

You will get better grades this semester if you study

Mean Warnings

If you talk to Jennifer, you won’t be my friend anymore, Jessica.

If coronavirus doesn’t go away, I won’t come out of the house.

If you don’t study, you Won’t pass the exam.

 *second Conditional imagination/dreams
This conditional is used to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to
be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream for example.

*Structure

If + past simple, ...would + infinitive

Take

If I had million dollars, I could have enough money to buy a mansion

 Examples

-If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.

-If I met Guillermo del Toro, I would say I love you.

-She would travel all over the world if she were rich.

If I were a movie star, I would make a movie with my movie crush, Tom Holland.
Also we can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible,
because it's not true. Is that clear? Have a look at the examples:

If I had his number, I would call him.

(I don't have his number now, so it's impossible for me to call him).
If I were you, I wouldn't go out with that man.

If I were president, I would buy a big house.

IF I were famous, I would buy a mansion.
If I won the lottery, I would invest half of it and spend the rest on silly things.
IF I met my famous crush, I would take a photo with my crush.
If I were Spider-man, I would be a bad hero.

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*Third Conditional Regret (what if the past had been different?)

We make the third conditional by using the past perfect after 'if' and then 'would
have' and the past participle in the second part of the sentence. It talks about the
past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the
result of this situation
*Structure

if + past perfect, ...would + have + past participle

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 Examples

If she had studied, she would have passed the exam

(but, really we know she didn't study and so she didn't pass)
If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick (but I did eat a lot, and so I did
feel sick).
If we had taken a taxi, we wouldn't have missed the plane.
She wouldn't have been tired if she had gone to bed earlier.
She would have become a teacher if she had gone to university.
He would have been on time for the interview if he had left the house at nine.
*For consideration
You can change the order of the clauses.
You can make one or both clauses negative.
It is not entirely necessary to conserve the “if” when using both conditionals