The

first, second, third

conditionals

By Isabel Marson
 CONDITIONAL clauses

 THE IF CLAUSE CAN EXPRESS:

A probable condition
 An improbable condition
 An impossible condition
 FIRST CONDITIONAL
Probable condition

 Present + simple future

If she has money, she will go to the movies.

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 SECOND CONDITIONAL
Improbable condition

 Simple past and would + verb.

If she had money, she would travel around the world.

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 THIRD CONDITIONAL
Impossible condition
 Past perfect and perfect conditional.

If it had rained, they would have had a bad time on the beach.

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 Third conditional
 We use the third conditional (if + past perfect, would + have +
past participle) to talk about something in the past that did not
happen.

I would have taken a photo if I had brought my camera with me.

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 Third conditional
IF CONDITION RESULT
PAST PERFECT WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
If I had seen Joe I would have told him the problem.
If Tom had not passed his exam his mother would have been sad.

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 Use:

 We use second conditional to express dreams and

unreal situations.
Example

If I _______
won the lottery
I would
________
buya beautiful
house.
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If I had
_____ time, I _________
would see
the football match.

If I ________
were rich, Iwould
____________
buy a sport car.

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Remember: do not get confused with
the first conditional which we use to
express future possibilities

If I _______
save some money this year,
I _____________
will buy a small car.

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How to use the second conditional

If + Past simple + would

Or

Would + If + Past simple

Let us practice.

If I were / am taller, I will / would play basketball

If I studied / study hard, I will / would pass the course

Finish
Apostila ANGLO TERCEIRÃO 2010
If you have any problem, please call me.

Metals expand if you heat them.

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Apostila ANGLO TERCEIRÃO 2010
 APOSTILA ANGLO p. 264

1 . If they _______________ to get into

college next year, they must study.
hard.
a) had wanted
b) want 1-B
c) wanted
d) will want
e) would want
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2 . If he had been there, he ________

things right.

a) would do
b) had done
c) will do 2-E
d) would has done
e) would have done
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3. If the price __________ too high, we

wouldn’t be able to buy that car.

a) is
b) will be
c) was
d) were
3-D
e) had be
4. If he had saved some money, he
__________ to help us now.

a) Will be able 4-B

b) Would be able
c) Would have been able
d) Had been able
e) Is able
5. If they __________, they wouldn’t
learn how to speak English.

a) not study
b) don’t study 5-C
c) didn’t study
d) wouldn’t study
6.________________this to anybody
unless he asks you to.

a)Will not tell

b)Don’t tell 6-B
c)You wouldn’t tell
d)You didn’t tell
e)You won’t told
 References

 Apostila Inglês – Terceirão – Sistema Anglo de Ensino, 2010.

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