3rd Senior High School of Kavala

Grammar Points
Conditionals
Instructor : Dimitriadou Maria

CONDITIONALS

TYPE IF-CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE USE

Zero If +Simple Present Simple Present Generally

Conditional accepted facts
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st
1 If +Simple Present Future Something
possible or
probable to
happen in the
If he feels well he will come. present or in the
future

2nd If + Simple Past Would Something

Should impossible or
Could + bare infinitive improbable to
Might happen in the
present or in the
future
If he felt well he would come.

3rd If + Past Perfect Would Something that

Should could have taken
Could + perfect infinitive place in the past
Might but never actually
did (unreal past)

If he had felt well he would have come.

-BARE INFINITIVE : The simplest form of a verb without even the preposition
‘to’

-PERFECT INFINITIVE : Have + Past Participle of the main verb

-REMEMBER ! The only type of Conditionals that refers to the Past is the 3rd
type .
The 1st and the 2nd type refer to the Present .

EXAMPLES

- (1st type) If I have enough money , I will buy a car . (Present /Future)

- (2nd type) If I had enough money , I would buy a car . (Present /Future)

- (3rd type) If I had had enough money , I would have bought a car .(Past)