CO NDIT IO NA LS

THE CO M M A

A clause is a set of meaningful words, conditional sentences are formed by two clauses, conditional and main.

CONDITIONAL, MAIN → If you go outside, you will get wet.

We can invert the conditional form. Doing so, the comma will be removed.

You will get wet if you go outside.

ZERO CO NDI TIO NA L ( PRES ENT S IM P LE, PR ESEN T SI M PLE )

Cosas que ocurren siempre, como leyes fisicas o lógicas.

If it rains, I get wet.

If water reaches 100 degrees Celsius, it will boil.

FIRS T C ONDI TIO N AL ( FUTU RE S IM P LE , P RES ENT SIM P LE )

Cosas que es muy probable que ocurran.

If you pass the exam, you will do the company internships.

I will go to Paris if my grandma dies.

SECO ND CO ND IT IO NA L ( WO U LD , P AST S IM PL E VB ”ED ”)

Cosas que pueden ocurrir, pero no es comun.

I would come to the cinema if you bought me a tiquet.

If he broke a window, we would all be punished.

THIRD CO ND IT IO NA L (AUX +H AVE , P AS T P ART ICI PL E ( HAVE +V B ” ED ”))

Cosas que ya no pueden ocurrir (¿Que pasaría si…?)

If you had told me, I would have gone with you.

We would have spoken German if Hitler had won the World War II
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Q UEST IO N STR UCT URE.

Wh- clause + Aux + Subject + Predicate

WH-C LAU SE

AUXI LI ARY
To be (is / are - was / were)

Do (do / does - did)

Can (can / could)

Will (will / would)

Should

Have (have - has / had)

REST
Subject → I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they.

Predicate → Verb and others.

SUBJ EC T A ND O BJ ECT Q UE ST IO NS .

Subject does not need an auxiliary verb, because de wh-clause acts as a pronoun

Who invited you to the party?

Object questions need the auxiliary verb because it acts as the pronoun (the thing you are asking about is answered by
the auxiliary). Who did you invite to the party?

INDIR ECT Q UE ST IO NS .

More formal questions are made in a indirect form

Can you tell me where MacDougal Street is?

If the direct question has a Wh- clause, then its indirect form will switch the subject and auxiliary verb.

If the direct question can be answered with yes or no, it’s indirect form will have if.

EXTR A: O TH ER WH - CL AUS ES