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How can we express a situation that is always true?

By using the Zero Conditional

- If people eat too much, they get fat

- If you touch a re, you get burned

- If people don't eat, they die

How can we express a possible situation in the present or future?

Using the First Conditional

- If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the beach.

- Arsenal will be top of the league if they win.

- When I nish work, I'll call you

How can we express a hypothetical situation in the present or future?

Using the Second conditional

- If we had a garden, we could have a cat.

- If I won a lot of money, I'd buy a big house in the country.

- I wouldn't worry if I were you.

How can we express a regret?

Using the Third conditional

- If you had driven more carefully, you would not have had an accident.

- If we had played a little better, we could have won the game.

- If you had saved your money, you could have bought a computer.

How can we express the result in the present of a past situation?

Using the Mixed conditional 1

- If I had seen the lm, I would tell you what it's about

- If I had more money, I would have bought you a present

- If I had taken the underground, I wouldn't be in a tra c jam

How can we express the result in the past of a situation that hasn’t changed?

Using the Mixed conditional 2

- If I were tter, I would have nished the race

- If I weren't so shy, I might have asked her out

- If I had more willpower, I would have given up smoking long ago.


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