Conditionals

Conditional type Usages Forms Examples

IF MAIN
CLAUSE CLAUSE
- If you
heat ice, it
melts.
Used to - If it rains,
talk about everything
the gets wet.
general  - Your
truths/ heart beats
things that faster if
are always Present Present you’re
Zero conditional true simple simple worried.
-If I win
the game,
I’ll get
some
prizes.
- She’ll get
bad score if
she doesn’t
study hard.
 - If the
Used to weather is
talk about nice
real or WILL + tomorrow,
possible Present Verb- we’ll go
First conditional  situations simple bare camping.
-If I met
him
yesterday, I
would tell
him the
truth.
- I would
pass the
exam if I
studied
hard.
Used to  - If Sally
talk about drove more
unreal or carefully,
impossibl she
e WOULD wouldn’t
Second situations Past + Verb- have any
conditional at present simple bare accident.
Third conditional Used to Past WOULD -If Jane had
talk about perfect HAVE + known the
unreal or Past truth, she
impossibl participle would have
e been very
situations shocked.
in the past - I would
have won
the
competition
Conditional type Usages Forms Examples
if I had
tried
harder.
 - If I had
finished
homework
earlier, I
would have
gone to the
movies.