CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

IF SENTENCE (condition) MAI (result)N SENTENCE

General conditional If you heat ice, It melts

The consequences are always true (Present simple) (Present simple)

1st Conditional If you go to Paris You will see the Eifel Tower
Probable situations (Present simple)

2nd Conditional If I had a bike I would use it in Madrid

Imaginary o improbable situations (Past Simple) would + infinitive (condicional simple)

3rdConditional If we had lived in the XVIII century We would have lived without electricity
Impossible situations. It refers to the past (Past Perfect) would have + participle (condicional
compuesto)

NOTES:

1. Unless = if not Example: Unless it rains, I'll go for a walk= If it doesn't rain, I'll go for a walk
2. Will can be replaced by can / may/ might. Eg: If you come, I may go
3. Would can be replaced by should/could/ might. Eg: I could go, if you came.
4. In 2nd conditional sentences if we use the verb that expresses the condition is to be you can use were for all persons. Eg. If I were you, I
would forgive her