Conditionals
(Условные предложения)
Условное предложение состоит из двух частей: условия (condition)и результата (result).
Условие легко узнать, оно всегда начинается со слова if (если), unless (если не) или when (когда). Результат обычно сообщает нам, что будет, если выполнить условие.
We will go to the park if the weather is fine tomorrow.
If the weather is fine tomorrow, we will go to the park.
Существует 4 основных типа условных предложений в английском языке: нулевой (Zero Conditional), первый (First Conditional), второй (Second Conditional) и третий (Third Conditional).
Zero Conditional
General truth (always) | |
If- clause (condition)
| Main clause (result) |
If you freeze water, | it turns into ice. |
If ☺ Present Simple | ☺ Present Simple |
First Conditional
Real possibility (present/future) | |
If- clause (condition)
| Main clause (result) |
If you study well, | you will find a good job. |
If ☺ Present Simple | ☺ will V |
Second Conditional
Imaginary situation (present/future) | |
If- clause (condition)
| Main clause (result) |
If you practised more, | you would play the piano better. |
If ☺ Past Simple | ☺ would V |
Third Conditional
Imaginary situation or regret about the past | |
If- clause (condition)
| Main clause (result) |
If you had left earlier, | you would have caught the bus. |
If ☺ Past Perfect | ☺ would have V3 |
Type | Situation | Condition | Result |
0 | General truth (always) | If ☺Present Simple | ☺Present Simple |
1 | Real possibility (present/future) | If ☺Present Simple | ☺will V |
2 | Imaginary situation (present/future) | If ☺Past Simple | ☺would V |
3 | Imaginary situation or regret about the past | If ☺Past Perfect | ☺would have V(3) |
Определите тип условного предложения
If I were you, I would tell him about their plan.
If you cut your finger with a knife, it hurts.
If he had come yesterday, we would have met him.
If this story was not interesting, I wouldn`t read it!
If we had come a minute later, we would not have seen Frank.
If I were a billionaire, I would buy an island.
If I hadn’t taken the wrong way, I wouldn’t have met you.
If it rains hard for a long time, water runs along the streets.
If I lived in the countryside, I would walk in the forest every day.
If I have some free time, I will call on you.
If you had listened carefully, you wouldn’t have made so many mistakes.