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Conditional Sentences

The document discusses the three conditional structures in English: - First conditional is used to talk about possible or likely present or future events. Examples include "If you don't water the plants, they die" and "If it rains, you should stay home." - Second conditional is used to talk about unlikely or imaginary present or future events. An example is "If I won the lottery, I'd quit my job." - Third conditional is used to talk about impossible or hypothetical past events. An example is "If we had caught that train, we would have arrived on time."

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Conditional Sentences

The document discusses the three conditional structures in English: - First conditional is used to talk about possible or likely present or future events. Examples include "If you don't water the plants, they die" and "If it rains, you should stay home." - Second conditional is used to talk about unlikely or imaginary present or future events. An example is "If I won the lottery, I'd quit my job." - Third conditional is used to talk about impossible or hypothetical past events. An example is "If we had caught that train, we would have arrived on time."

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First Conditional

They express situations that are possible or likely to happen.

If / when Present  Present

 If/when you don´t water the plants, they die

If Present ( Present Continuous, Present Perfect)  Future ( will, To be going to,


Future Continuous, Future Perfect)

 If you don´t call me first, I won´t call you .

 You´re going to have fun if we go to see Avatar.

If Present  Modal verb.

 If it rains, you should stay at home.

If Present  Imperative.

 If you need my help, call me!

Second Conditional
They express situations that are imaginary or unlikely to happen.

If Past Simple Simple Conditional ( Would )

 If I won the lottery, I´d quit my job.

Expresiones que rigen el uso del pasado:

I wish / If only / I’d rather

I wish you were here; If only we found it!; I’d rather you spoke frankly.

Third Conditional
They express imaginary or hypothetical situations

If Past Perfect ( had +P.P)  Perfect Conditional ( Would have + P.P)

 If we had caught that train, we had arrived on time.

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Conjunctions introducing conditional sentences

Si… = If; Si no / A no ser que… = Unless

Type 0: IF = WHEN(EVER) – If I make a promise, I keep it.

IF = AS, SINCE, – If / As / Since you haven’t done your homework, you won’t be able to
follow this lesson.

SUPPOSE/SUPPOSING – Suppose I go to NY, what will you do? Suppose I went to NY,
what would you do? Suppose I had been to New York, what would you have done?

Also, ON CONDITION / PROVIDED, AS LONG AS.

Let´s put it into practice !

If you pass your examination, we ____________(have) a celebration.

If you went to Paris, where you ____________ (stay)?

If you ____________ (read) the instructions carefully, you wouldn’t have answered the
wrong question.

Unless they turn the radio off, I ____________ (go) mad.

You’ll get pneumonia if you ____________ (not change) your wet clothes.

If anyone attacked me, my dog ____________ (jump) at his throat.

If you drove your car into the river, you (be able to) ____________ get out?

What you ____________ (do) if you found a burglar in your house?

If I had realized that the traffic lights were red, I ____________ (stop).

She had a headache, otherwise she ____________ (come) with us.

If I ____________ (win) a big prize in a lottery, I’d give up my job.

If I ____________ (have) a mad, I would have been all right.

If I see him, I ____________ (give) him a lift.

If I find your passport, I ____________ (telephone) you.

If you ____________ (not believe) what I say, ask your mother.

If all of us came, _____________________________(you have) room in your car?

If you wash up, I _________________________ (dry).

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