English Grammar
Conditionals
Conditionals
- What are conditionals in English grammar? Sometimes we call them 'if clauses'. They describe the result of something that might happen (in the present or future) or might have happened but didn't (in the past) . They are made using different English verb tenses.
ZERO CONDITIONAL
- General truths and general habits
- If + present simple, present simple
- If you add two and two, you get four.
FIRST CONDITIONAL
- Possible or likely things in the future
- If + present simple, will + infinitive
- If it rains later, we'll stay at home
SECOND CONDITIONAL
- Impossible things in the present / unlikely things in the future
- If + past simple, would + infinitive
- If I won the lottery, I would sail round the world
THIRD CONDITIONAL
- Things that didn't happen in the past and their imaginary results
- If + past perfect, would + have + past participle
- If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.


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