the conditionals

★ type 0
condition (50%) result(100%)

IF / WHEN PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE

When I’m tired I go to bed early

We use the type 0 conditional to describe general truths, scientific evidence, facts that are always true.

TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

If you don’t water plants, they die.

If you work hard in my company, you get a pay rise.

If a student doesn’t understand something, the teacher explains.

She prefers to take the train if she needs to travel far.

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★ type 1
condition (50%) result (100%)

IF / WHEN / UNLESS / UNTIL / PRESENT SIMPLE FUTURE SIMPLE

AS SOON AS (WILL)
Until you keep behaving bad I won’t let you go out playing

We use the type 1 conditional to describe to real possibilities, events likely to happen, hypothesis in the future.

TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:

If Sinner scores the next point, he’ll win the match

I’ll work from home, if the weather is bad.

What will he do if doesn’t pass the exam?

Don’t interrupt the meeting unless there’s a serious issue.

I’ll stay as long as you stay too.

If I have time, I'll finish that letter.

What will you do if you miss the plane?

Nobody will notice if you make a mistake.

If you drop that glass, it will break.

If you don't drop the gun, I'll shoot!

If you don't leave, I'll call the police.

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★ type 2
condition (5%) result (100%)

IF PAST SIMPLE WOULD / COULD

+ base form
If she studied a bit more she would be a great student

We use the type 2 conditional to describe situations that are unlikely to happen or even impossible, both in the
present or in the future

TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house.

If I had a lot of money, I could travel more often.

If she arrived on time, the boss wouldn’t get angry with her.

Where would you go on holiday if you were me?

If they didn’t have a big garden, they couldn’t be able to have the party at home.

If you remembered to water the plants, they wouldn’t die!

I’d be happier if he studied a bit more.

What would you do if you won a lot of money?

I wouldn’t know what to do if I got fired.

If everyone helped, it wouldn’t take so long.

If I were you, I’d go somewhere quiet in the mountains.

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★ type 3
condition (0%) result (100%)

IF PAST PERFECT WOULD / COULD

+ HAVE + past participle
If we had been more careful we wouldn’t have lost our dog

We use the type 3 conditional to describe an impossible situation or hypothesis in the past and express regrets.
(Remember that the event contained in the condition, never actually happened)

PAST PERFECT is a tense used to refer to actions happened in the past before another action.

FORMATION:
(verb TO HAVE conjugated to past simple)
= HAD
+ past participle.

When Miguel arrived, the party had already started.

I didn’t go to see the film with my friends because I’d already seen it.

Had the boys already done their homework when you spoke to them?

TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

If it hadn’t rained, the kids could have played outside

They would have gone out if the weather had been nice.

If I had won the lottery, I could have gone to the Maldives this summer.

I would have stayed at the seaside all day if it hadn’t been so windy.

If they had found an available flight, they’d have left sooner.

I’d have kept my old cell phone if the software hadn’t stopped working.

You wouldn’t have needed to go shopping if we’d bought more last weekend.

If they’d offered her the job, she would have accepted it.

He’d have been happy if the company had given him a better computer.

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