CONDITIONALS

CONDITIONALS
2 PARTS:-

• IF CLAUSE
• MAIN CLAUSE
• If you speak two or more languages, you will be selected
for this job.
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WHAT IS CLAUSE?

In conditional sentences, we have:

IF CLAUSE: If John is out of the office,

MAIN CLAUSE/ RESULT CLAUSE: I take his calls.

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TYPES OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCES:-

1. ZERO TYPE
2. FIRST TYPE
3. SECOND TYPE
4. THIRD TYPE
 ZERO TYPE CONDITIONALS

FORMULATION:-

If + simple present , simple present

 ZERO TYPE CONDITIONALS

USAGE & EXAMPLES:-

1. General Truth:
EXAMPLE : If it rains, the grass gets wet.

2. Scientific Facts:
EXAMPLE: If you heat ice, it melts.
 ZERO TYPE CONDITIONALS
SOME MORE EXAMPLES:-

Snakes bite if they are scared.

 ZERO TYPE CONDITIONALS

If you pour oil on water, it floats.

 ZERO TYPE CONDITIONALS
PRACTICE:-

reaches boils
• If water ………………(reach) 100 degrees, it ………..(boil).
 ZERO TYPE CONDITIONALS
PRACTICE:-

take
• "If it ………(rain), we ……….(take) tennis lessons in the gym."
rains
 FIRST TYPE CONDITIONALS
FORMULATION:-

If + simple present, simple future

 FIRST TYPE CONDITIONALS
USAGE & EXAMPLES:-
To talk about a realistic situation in which the outcome is
likely (but not guaranteed) to happen in the future.

Example: If the weather improves, we ’ll go for a walk.

 FIRST TYPE CONDITIONALS
EXAMPLE:-

If the taxi doesn’t come soon, I’ll drive you myself.

 FIRST TYPE CONDITIONALS
SOME MORE EXAMPLES:-

If you speak English, you will get along with them perfectly.
 FIRST TYPE CONDITIONALS

If you don’t drop the gun, I’ll shoot!

 FIRST TYPE CONDITIONALS
PRACTICE:-
does not pick
• If my father …………(not, pick) me up, I’ll take the bus home.

• She………………..(cook) dinner if you …………..(go)

will cook go
to the
supermarket.

• are not
If you……….(not be) careful, you will burn yourself.
will take
• If she goes to the birthday party, she…………(take) a present.
will win
• If they practice a lot, they…………………(win) the match.
 SECOND TYPE CONDITIONALS

FORMULATION:-

If + Past Simple, would /could (do)

 SECOND TYPE CONDITIONALS
USAGE AND EXAMPLES:-

It refers to an unlikely or hypothetical condition and its

probable result. These sentences are not based on the actual
situation.
Example: If I were taller, I would buy this dress.
Example: If I were the president, I would lower taxes.
Example:If a hurricane hit town, it would destroy everything.
 SECOND TYPE CONDITIONALS
SOME MORE EXAMPLES:-

If he had more time, he would learn karate.

 SECOND TYPE CONDITIONALS

EXAMPLE:-

If I owned a lonely island, I would build a huge house by the beach.

 SECOND TYPE CONDITIONALS

EXAMPLE:-

If I met Brad Pitt, I would ask for his autograph.

 SECOND TYPE CONDITIONALS
PRACTICE:-
• If I………(to
would
had come
come) home earlier, I …………(to prepare)
dinner.
had invited
• If he …….(to
would be
be) my friend, I ……(to invite)him to my
birthday party. wiould csll
• If they needed your help, they……………(call) you.
• Would you go to the Principal if they…………..(start)started

bullying you again?

• If my grandfather were younger, he ……………..
would not forget

(not forget) so many things.

• If we …………..(have)
had
a car, we would get there in 30
minutes.
 THIRD TYPE CONDITIONALS

FORMULATION:-

If+ Past Perfect, Would + Have +V3 (PP)

 THIRD TYPE CONDITIONALS
USAGE AND EXAMPLES:-

The type 3 conditional refers to an impossible condition in

the past and its probable result in the past. These sentences
are truly unreal, because it is too late for the condition or its
result to exist.

EXAMPLE:-
If this thing had happened, that thing would have happened.
 THIRD TYPE CONDITIONALS
EXAMPLE:-

If I had known you were coming, I would have baked a cake.

 THIRD TYPE CONDITIONALS
SOME MORE EXAMPLES:-

• If I had known you were in hospital, I would have visited

you.

• If it had been a home game, our team would have won the
match.
 THIRD TYPE CONDITIONALS
PRACTICE:-
would have taken
• If we had saved more money, we …………..(take) a longer
vacation.
• If they…………….(not,read) the book, the ending of the
had not read

movie would have been a surprise.

• He…………………(win)
would have won
the tournament if he………….(train)
had trained

harder and more often. would have seen

• If we ………(go) to the cinema, we ………(see) my friend

had gone

Jacob.
would have saved had bought

• If she ………..(save) enough money, she ………(buy) a new

bicycle.
 PRACTICE EXERCISE
PRACTICE:-
1. If you park in a restricted area, you _____ a ticket on your
windshield.
a. would find b. will find
c. found d. could found

2. My friend _________ me at the station if he gets the

afternoon off.
a. Will meet b. had met
c. Would met d. would have met
 PRACTICE EXERCISE
3. If you ____ more sleep, you _____ be so tired all of the
time.
a. get/would b. got/wouldn’t
c. got/won’t d. don’t get/aren’t going to

4. She _____ $20 in finance charges if she _____ her bill by

the due date.
a. had saved/pays b. would have saved/will pay
c. would save/will pay d. would have saved/had paid
 PRACTICE EXERCISE

5. They_____ such a big van ______ the price of gas would

skyrocket.

a. would have bought/if they knew

b. wouldn’t have bought/if had they known

c. wouldn’t have bought/had they known

d. wouldn’t have bought/had they knew