UNREAL

CONDITIONALS “IF”
ENGLISH A2 CITLALI BAHENA APAEZ

DEFINICIÓN
Conditional sentences have two
parts: a condition and a result.
Unreal conditionals are similar to
real conditionals, but with unreal
conditionals, the condition is not
true and not real. Or it is very
unlikely to happen or be true.

SITUATION
It is imagining what we would do in a
situation that is not real or that is very
unlikely to be real, something very unlikely.
If I won the lottery, I would buy a house
and a car.
(The probability of winning the lottery is so low
that we use the unreal conditional.)
If I were an animal, I would be a lion.
(Really, I am not an animal.

TIMES
Have 3 times:
Past unreal Conditional – type III
If I had had money, I would have
spent it.
Present unreal Conditional – type II
If I had money, I would spend it.
Future unreal Conditional – type II
If I had money, I would spend it.

STRUCTURE AND EXAMPLE

Presente Irreal (Second Conditional):
If + past simple, would + base form
Ejemplo: If I had a million dollars, I would buy a yacht.
Pasado Irreal (Third Conditional):
If + past perfect, would have + past participle
Ejemplo: If she had studied harder, she would have
passed the exam.
Futuro Irreal (Zero Conditional):
If + simple present, would + base form
Ejemplo: If it rains tomorrow, we won't go to the
beach.

EXCERSICE

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