CONDITIONAL

SENTENCES
Zero Conditional
First Conditional
Second Conditional
Third Conditional

ZERO CONDITIONAL
If + present simple, present simple

If you heat ice, it melts.

If it rains, I bring umbrella

Zero conditionals describe habitual actions

or general laws of nature.

FIRST CONDITIONAL
If + present simple, will + infinitive
can
must
may

If you take medicine, you will feel better.

If we hurry, we may get there on time.

First conditionals refer to real condition

and its probable result.

SECOND CONDITIONAL
If + past simple, would + infinitive
might
should
could

If he apologized, I might forgive him.

If he had money, he would buy me a present.

Second
conditionals
describe
unreal
situations with reference to the present.

THIRD CONDITIONAL
If + past perfect, would + have + past pariciple
might
should
could

If I had been hungry,

I would have eaten.

If she had practised more, she could have

won.

Third conditionals describe a condition in

the past that didnt happen.

MIXED CONDITIONAL
1) If + past simple,would + have+ past participle

If I were more hardworking , I would have

finished my degree at university.

We use it to express that due to certain

present
conditions
something
already
happened in the past.

2) If + past perfect, would + infinitive

If we hadnt missed our flight, we would be

in Spain now.

We use it to express that if something had

been different in the past there would be a
present result.