What do I know about conditionals?
A conditional it´s a kind of sentence determinated by the word "if". This conditional provides another sense to the phrase than can be an implication, almost in the future.
There are four (4) basic forms of "if" clauses.
What would I like to know about conditionals?
1. How I have to use this kind of expressions and what moment if clause it is need or not.
2. In what cases I have to apply this If expressions.
3. Understand all the "if" types and apply them in a real context.
What is a conditional?
A conditional is a sentence (clause), a phrase that has a consequence. Therefore, a conditional is like an hypothetical situation.
How many types of conditionals are there?
There are four types basically:
0. IF + Present simple = Present simple
1. IF + Present simple = Will
2. IF + Past simple = Would
3. IF + Past perfect = Would have
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Type of Conditional
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Description
When do we use
it?
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Structure
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Examples
(with
different possible structures)
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If Clause
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Consequence Clause
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Zero
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When it is logic and true
that the situation will happen.
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If + Present simple.
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Present simple.
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If you freeze water, it
becomes ice.
Plants die if they don’t get
enough water.
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First
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When the expression has a
big possibility to happen.
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If + Present simple.
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Future tense (will).
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If you love me, I will love
you.
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Second
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When the situation happen in
a big hypothetical way.
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If + Past simple.
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Would.
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If you died in an accident,
I would die with you.
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Third
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An hypothetical situation in
the past.
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If + Past perfect.
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Would have.
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If She had studied stronger,
She would have passed the exam.
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