Using Conditionals

• Conditional

  • Composed of 2 clauses and expresses a condition.
• Conditional Statements

  • Result of a particular action or condition.
• Antecedent Clause

  • If clause
• Consequent Clause

  • Main clause
• Types of Conditionals:

  1. Zero Conditional
  2. First Conditional
  3. Second Conditional
  4. Third Conditional
  5. Mixed Conditional
• Zero Conditional

  • Used for stating facts.
  • Deals with habits and general truths such as laws.
• Formula for Zero Conditional:

  If/when + Simple Present ... Simple Present
• First Conditional

  • Used in dealing with things that are possibly or likely to happen.
• Formula for First Conditional:

  If/when + Simple Present ... Will + Base Form
• Second Conditional

  • Used to imagine present or future situations that are impossible or unlikely in reality.
• Formula for Second Conditional:

  If/when + Simple Present ... Would + Base Form
• Third Conditional

  • Refers to impossible condition in the past and its probable result in the past.
• Formula for Third Conditional:

  If/when + Past Perfect ... Would have + Past Participle
• Mixed Conditonals

  • Refers to an unreal present situation and its probable (but unreal) past result.