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How To Use Conditionals in English - Zero, First, Second, Third and Mixed
How To Use Conditionals in English - Zero, First, Second, Third and Mixed
Exercises How To Use Conditionals In English: Zero, First, Second, Third And Mixed.
We can also invert the two parts of a conditional sentence so that the ‘if’ part
comes second, and this is especially common in questions. For example:
How can you finish the project if you don’t have a computer?
It is also possible to mix the second and third conditional. Let’s look at each
conditional to see how we use them.
If it doesn’t rain for a long time, the earth gets very dry.
I’ll carry on doing this work, unless my boss tells me to do something else.
For example:
If I had more time, I’d exercise more. (But I don’t have more time so I don’t.)
If I were rich, I’d spend all my time travelling. (But I’m not rich so I can’t.)
If you hadn’t forgotten her birthday, she wouldn’t have been upset.
If they had booked earlier, they could have found better seats.
They wouldn’t have hired you if you hadn’t had some experience abroad.
Mixed Conditionals
It’s possible to combine the second and third conditional in one sentence
when we want to make a hypothesis about the past that has a consequence
in the present. In this case, the structure is:
They’d have much more confidence if they hadn’t lost so many matches.
Now you’ve seen all the English conditionals, start practicing by using them
whenever you can. Make some of your own examples following the structure
patterns written. If you practice, using conditionals will become easy!
English Conditionals
Practice using conditional sentences with this fun English quiz.
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