Conditionals

BY KATE TAYLOR
 Any Conditional
Sentence comprises EX: IF SHE GETS A
PROMOTION, I
of two parts – A) WILL BE HAPPY.

condition B) result
 1) I WAS BORN IN
There are 3 Moods in KYIV (REALITY)

a language. 2) BE CAREFUL!
DON’T OPEN IT!
1) Indicative Mood (COMMAND)

2) Imperative Mood 3) I WOULD NOT

OPEN IT
3)Subjunctive Mood (DREAM,
SUPPOSITION)
In English we never mix
Indicative with
Subjunctive
WRONG: IF WE HAD A BETTER RESULT AT THE TEST, WE
WILL MOVE ON TO A HIGHER LEVEL.
Conditionals in Indicative Mood
TYPE 0 TYPE 1

PRESENT SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE

PRESENT SIMPLE WILL (can, may) + V
Examples:
TYPE 0 TYPE 1

If I drop a vase, If she looks for a job,

It breaks. she will find one.
Please remember! If you use ‘will’
in the conditional part of your
sentence, it means ‘willingness’ or
‘good will’
EX: IF YOU WILL ANSWER OUR QUESTION, WE WILL BE
MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER YOURS .
Conditionals in Subjunctive Mood
TYPE 2 TYPE 3
Conditionals in Subjunctive Mood
TYPE 2 TYPE 3
Conditionals in Subjunctive Mood
TYPE 2 TYPE 3

PAST SIMPLE PAST PERFECT

WOULD (should, could, might) + V WOULD(should, could, might) + HAVE + V3
Examples:
TYPE 2 TYPE 3

If she were here tomorrow and the weather If he had warned us before,
were nice,
We would not have visited that place.
we would go for a run
Mixed Conditional
You can only mix parts of Subjunctive (type 2 with type 3)

Never mix Indicative with Subjunctive

Ex: If he had told us about the event, we would be here now (Type 3 + Type 2)
Table of
Conditionals for
Indicative and
Subjunctive Mood
Type O: If he cuts his finger, it bleeds

Type 1: If they watch this film, they

won’t like it

Type 2: If they watched this film,

they would love it

Type 3: If they had watched that film,

they would have loved it.