CONDITIONALS : Il existe plusieurs degrs de conditionnel, selon que la situation est une:

- certitude ZERO CONDITIONAL = if + present , present If you buy two bottles, you get one for free (if = when) - possibilit future - possibilit raliste FIRST CONDITIONAL = if + present tense - future simple (probable proche de la laccord en ngociation) If you order 2.000 pieces, the delivery will be free of charge. - modal auxiliary (can, might, should, ) If he has moved into his new flat, we can visit him. - imperative If she is snoring, wake him up! - situation irrelle SECOND CONDITIONAL = if + past simple (I/you were) , - would + inf (improbable, impossible, If you ordered 2.000 pieces, the delivery would be free of imaginaire encore en cours de ngociation) charge. could + inf NOTES: - Au 2nd Conditional, le verbe be se conjugue were toutes les personnes, If you were there, you could help him
mme aux 1re et 3ime PS : if I were, if he/she/it were. Mais dans un langage courant, If I was, If he/she/it was peut aussi sutiliser. - might + inf - Lauxiliaire can devient could, may devient might.

If I saved more money, I might buy a car

- would have to + inf If you had a child, you would have to stop partying

- situation du pass irrelle, qui ne sest pas produite THIRD CONDITIONAL = if + past perfect, - would have + participe pass If you had ordered 2.000 pieces, the delivery would have been free of charge. - could have + participe pass If you had been there, you could have helped him - might have + participe pass If I had saved more money, I might have bought a car - would have had to + inf If he had forgotten the book, he would have had to go back home M. Palm