IF

IF introduces a condition
– something which may or may not happen

There are four main kinds of condition expressed by IF

(A)The present condition (0 conditional)
the condition can be true at any time
(B) The will–condition (1st conditional)
predict a likely result in the future
(C) The would–condition (2nd conditional)
imagine a different present or future
(D) The would-have-condition (3rd conditional)
imagine a different past
 IF formulas
SECOND CONDITIONAL

IF + PAST SIMPLE + ‘WOULD’ + BASE

FORM VERB
Example : If I got up early, I would get to school on time.

I would get to school on time, if I got up early.

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SECOND CONDITIONAL

IF + PAST SIMPLE + ‘WOULD’ + BASE

FORM VERB

COULD
MIGHT
Example : If I got up early I could
might get to school on time.
 NOTE : You can use WERE for all forms of be
in second conditional.

If I were a billionaire, I would live in a huge house.

If my dad were president, he wouldn’t put up with the

pollution in Ulaanbaatar.
If you were the richest person in the world, what
would you do?
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THIRD CONDITIONAL

IF + PAST PERFECT + ‘WOULD’ + PRESENT

PERFECT
Example : If I had got up early, I would have got to
school on time.

I would have got to school on time, if I had got up early.

 IF formulas
THIRD CONDITIONAL

IF + PAST PERFECT + ‘WOULD’ + PRESENT

PERFECT

COULD
MIGHT
If I had got up early I could
might have got to school on time.
 Choose the correct answers :
3. If you ______ the homework, you _______ the new
words more easily.

A) do / would remember B) did / would remember

C) had done / remember D) does / remember
E) done / would remember 2nd conditional