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    This document outlines the different types of conditionals in English including zero, first, second, third, and mixed conditionals. The zero conditional uses present tense to describe facts. The first conditional uses present tense and will to describe possible future events. The second conditional uses past tense and would to describe unlikely past events. The third conditional uses past perfect tense and would have to describe unlikely past situations and their consequences. Mixed conditionals combine elements of the second and third or third and second conditionals.

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    This document outlines the different types of conditionals in English including zero, first, second, third, and mixed conditionals. The zero conditional uses present tense to describe facts. The first conditional uses present tense and will to describe possible future events. The second conditional uses past tense and would to describe unlikely past events. The third conditional uses past perfect tense and would have to describe unlikely past situations and their consequences. Mixed conditionals combine elements of the second and third or third and second conditionals.

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    This document outlines the different types of conditionals in English including zero, first, second, third, and mixed conditionals. The zero conditional uses present tense to describe facts. The first conditional uses present tense and will to describe possible future events. The second conditional uses past tense and would to describe unlikely past events. The third conditional uses past perfect tense and would have to describe unlikely past situations and their consequences. Mixed conditionals combine elements of the second and third or third and second conditionals.

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    PRESENT CONDITIONALS

    ZERO CONDITIONAL
    IF + PRESENT = PRESENT (FACTS)
    IF IT RAINS, SP STOPS

    1ST CONDITIONAL
    IF + PRESENT = WILL (POSSIBLE TO HAPPEN)
    IF I ARRIVE IN TIME, WE WILL/CAN START OUR CLASS AT 445

    PAST CONDITIONALS
    2ND CONDITIONAL
    IF + PAST = WOULD (UNLIKE TO HAPPEN)
    IF I WENT TO EUROPE NOW, I WOULD VISIT PARIS

    3RD CONDITIONAL
    IF + PAST PERFECT = WOULD HAVE {UNLIKE PAST SITUATION (CAN'T BE CHANGED / CONSEQUENCES)}
    I WOULD HAVE PASSED THE TEST, IF I HAD STUDIED (PAST – BOTH SITUATIONS)

    MIXED CONDITIONALS (2ND+ 3RD ) OR (3RD+2ND )


    IF + 3RD + 2ND - IF + PAST PERFECT = WOULD
    PAST ACTION (NEGATIVE OR NONACTION) = PRESENT RESULT | CONSEQUENCE
    If I had studied, I would have my driving license. (but I didn't study - and now I don't have my license)
    3RD 2ND

    IF + 2ND = 3RD – IF +SIMPLE PAST = WOULD HAVE


    FACT | CONTINUING SITUATION (LIFETIME) = PAST RESULT / ACTION
    If I didn’t like dogs, I wouldn’t have adopted them
    2nd (nao gostasse) 3rd (teria pego)

    “I would study, if I had time – but I DON’T have time (present)”

    “I would study, If I had had time – but I DIDN’T have time (past – now consequence)”

    ‘If I had had time, I would have done”- 3rd

    Se eu nao tivesse pedido demissão, eu enlouqueceria


    If I hadn’t resigned|quit I would go|be crazy
    3rd 2nd
    * Past decision that brought a present result

    Se nós cuidássemos do meio ambiente, não teríamos causado o aquecimento global


    If we took care of the environment, wouldn’t have caused / provoked the global warming
    2nd 3rd
    *Permanent situation that has emerged another

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