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    Conditional Tenses

    1. Conditional Simple

    Form:

    Affirmative Subject + would + infinitive + … I would like to go to Spain next year.


    Interrogative Would + subject + infinitive + …. ? Would you buy a castle?
    Negative Subject + wouldn’t + infinitive + … I wouldn’t stay here.

    2. Conditional Sentences

    Conditional type 0

    Use: Condition type 0 is used to talk about something which is always true. It always
    happens, on the condition that something else happens.

    Form:
    If I I
    When you present simple , you present simple.
    Unless he, she, … he, she, …
    e.g. If you fly on a budget airline, you have to buy your own drinks.

    Or
    I if I
    you present simple , when you present simple.
    he, she, … unless he, she, …
    e.g. you have to buy your own drinks, if you fly on a budget airline.

    Conditional type 1

    Use: It is used for real or possible situations. These situations take place if a certain condition
    is met. It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.

    Form:
    If + Present Simple, + Future Simple
    e.g. If I have enough time, I’ll watch the football match.

    Conditional type 2

    Use: It is used for unreal impossible situations. This conditional provides an imaginary result
    for a given situation. It is very unlikely that the condition will be fulfilled.

    Form:
    If + Past Simple, + would + infinitive
    e.g. If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.
    Conditional type 3

    Use: It is impossible that the condition will be met because it refers to the past.

    Form:
    If + Past Perfect, + would + have + Past Participle
    e.g. If I had been careful, I wouldn’t have had that terrible accident.

    Exercises

     Match the numbers with the letters to form conditional sentences:


    1. If I were a millionaire, A. if I finish early.
    2. She wouldn’t have had an accident B. I would buy a beautiful car.
    3. I’ll watch the film, C. if she had driven carefully.

     Decide which of the sentences below is conditional type 1,2 or 3:

    If I were rich, I would travel around the world. 1/2/3


    She wouldn’t have missed the train if she had woken up earlier. 1/2/3
    I’ll call you if I come back early. 1/2/3

     Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.

    If she _______ early, she’ll go jogging. (wake up) wake up


    He _______ his uncle, if he finishes early. (visit) will visit
    If she had taken care of her son, he _______ a criminal. (not become) would have become
    If I were a star, I _______ the poor people. (help) would help
    She would have been top of her class if she _______ hard. (work) would have worked
    She will know the answer, if she _______ to understand. (try) tries
    He _______ a house, if he had a job. (buy) would bye
    His father would not have died, if he _______ to the doctor. (go) had gone
    Source: www.myenglishpages.com

     Invent one sentence for each type of conditional.

    Conditional type 0:

    Conditional type 1

    Conditional type 2:

    Conditional type 3:

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