Conditionals in English - aka (= also known as) “if” Clauses Conditional Sentence Type 1 > Itis possible and also very likely that the condition willbe fulfilled. Form: i+ Simple Present, will-Euture Example: If find her address, ll send her an invitation. If trains, | will stay in. (lkely/future) Ifa certain condition is true, then a particular result happens. Conditional Sentence Type 2 > Itis possible but very unfikely, that the condition will be fulfilled. ould + Infinitive without “to”) Form: if + Simple Past, Conditional Example: If I found her address, | would send her an invitation. If won the lottery, | would retire. (unlikely /future)] HOWEVER if had the money, | would lend it to you. (impossible/ present) Conditional Sentence Type 3 > Itis impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past. Form: if + Past Perfect, Conditional il (= would + have + Past Participle) Example: if | had found her address, | would have sent her an invitation. If I had seen him, | would have given him the message. (past/ impossible) Exceptions ‘Sometimes Conditional Sentences Type I, Il and ill can also be used with other tenses, ‘Mixed Conditional Patterns Examples: * «if had won the lottery, | would be rich. But | didn't win the lottery in the past and! am not rich now. i If | had taken French in high school, | would have more job opportunities. But | didn't take French in high school and I don't have many job opportunities, If she had been born in the United States, she wouldn't need a visa to work here. But she wasn't born in the United States and she does need a visa now to work heAdditional exercises £ 18. Put the verb into the correct form. 1 Ifyou 220°. a wallet in the street, what would you do with it? (find) 2 Tmuse hurry. My friend will be annoyed if |b. on rime. (nor / be) 1 didn't realise that Gary was in hospital. If ad. enonn he was in hospital, | would have gone to vise him, (know) | 4 le the phone _— .can you answer #? (ing) 5 leant decide what ro do. What would you do if you 2a mY position? he) Whar shall we do tomorrow’ Well fe a nice day, we can go 10 the beach. (be) 7 a Lets go to the beach. No, its too cold. If it — __—+ warmer, | wouldn't mind going. (be) 8 a: Did you go to the beach vesterda! _- warmer, we might have gone. (be) 1: No, it was too cold. IFit 9 If you enough money t0 go anywhere in the world, where would you 0? (have) 10 Fm glad we had a map. I'm sure we would have got lost if we non One. (not / have} ; 11 The accident was your fault, If you ‘more carefully, it wouldn't have happened. (drive) 12. a: Why do you read newspapers? be Well, 1 newspapers, | wouldn't know what was happening in the world. (not / read) 20 Compiete the sentences. 1 Liz is tired all rhe time. She shouidn’t go to bed so late. i 2 I's rather late. I don’t think Sarah will come to see us now. Td be surprised if Sarah — 3-I'm sorry I disturbed you. I didn’t know IF Td known you were busy, | 4 Idon’s wane them ro be upset, so I've decided not to tell them isfy Oe ee 11d go out this evening if