Conditional Sentences : Conditional Sentences DILBERT and
Intro : Intro
CONDITIONAL TYPE 0 : CONDITIONAL TYPE 0
Conditional type 0 : Conditional type 0 Loofah, Loofa: vegetable sponge
Conditional Type 0 : Conditional Type 0 If you read that e-mail, it is proof that there is something wrong with your brain.
I can´t help it if my back itches.
If + Simple Present, Simple Present IF + Simple Present, Simple Present
Conditional Type 0 : Conditional Type 0 Used for situations that are always or usually true, not for specific events.
In the result clause we can use the imperative.
If Bill phones, tell him I´m not in.
In these sentences “if” can sometimes be replaced by “when” or “whenever”
Time: Generic Time Reference
Degree of probability: High/Certainty in some cases
Conditional Type 0 : Conditional Type 0 More examples:
If you heat ice, it melts.(When you heat ice..)
If unemployment is rising, people tend to stay in their present jobs.
When you fly a budget airline, you have to pay for your drinks and snacks.
If you press this button, you get black coffee
When I've written a new article, I run it through my spell-checker.
Conditional Type 1 : Conditional Type 1
Conditional Type 1 : Conditional Type 1 Wither: become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease
Conditional type 1 : Conditional type 1 I´ll find you some buyers if you give me 25%
If I refuse to help you, you´ll tell my boss I´m not a Team player IF + Present, WILL + Infinitive
Conditional type 1 : Conditional type 1 Used for real particular situations that are probable if the condition is fulfilled.
In the result clause we can use modals like “can”, “may”, “must”, “ should”, etc
Time: Future
Degree of probability: High
Conditional type 1 : Conditional type 1 More examples:
If you study hard, you will pass your exams.
If we do not protect the panda bears, they will soon become extinct.
If she hasn't heard the bad news yet, I'll tell her.
If you go to New York, you must have the cheesecake in Lindy's.
If he comes, you can get a lift home with him.
If we don't get the contract, we'll have wasted a lot of time and money.
Conditional type 2 : Conditional type 2
Conditional type 2 : Conditional type 2 Cliff /klif/: a steep or vertical rock face, especially at the edge of the sea
Conditional Type 2 : Conditional Type 2 If I had a winner´s mentality, I wouldn´t work here.
If everyone wore clothes, would you do that? IF + Past, WOULD + infinitive
Conditional type 2 : Conditional type 2 Used for unreal, hypothetical situations
Used to give advice:
If I were you, I wouldn´t make him angry.
The main clause can contain “would”, “could” or “might”.
Time: Future
Extended Present Time
Degree of probability: Improbable/Impossible
Conditional type 2 : Conditional type 2 More examples:
If I had one million dollars, I'd give a lot to charity.
If there were no more hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place.
If I spoke to him directly, we might be able to reach an agreement.
If I were a bird, I would be able to fly
If I was still living in Brighton, I would commute by train.
Conditional type 3 : Conditional type 3 Accomplishment: something that has been achieved successfully.
Shoo:cause to go away by waving one's arms and saying ‘shoo’.
Conditional Type 3 : Conditional Type 3 Scurry: move hurriedly with short quick steps.
Conditional type 3 : Conditional type 3 If I had insisted on doing my job, you would have had less time to do yours.
The meeting would have been much better if you had been prepared. IF +Past Perfect, WOULD HAVE past participle
Conditional type 3 : Conditional type 3 Used to describe unreal past situations, contrary to facts.
The pronunciation of “would have” is always /wudᵊv/. Never strong form for “have”.
The main clause can contain “would”, “could” or “might
It is often used to express criticism or regret.
Time: Past
Degree of probability: Impossible
Conditional type 3 : Conditional type 3 More examples:
If we had caught the earlier train, we would have got there on time but we were late.
If I had worked harder at school, I would have got better grades.
If you had saved your money, you could have bought a laptop.
If we had played a little better, we might have won the game.
If I hadn't been wearing a seat belt, I would have been killed.
Conditionals: difference in meaning : Conditionals: difference in meaning If you arrive early, you get a better seat.
If you arrive early, you´ll get a better seat.
If you arrived early, you´d get a better seat.
If you had arrived early, you´d have got a better seat.
Expanding on conditionals : Expanding on conditionals Unless I won´t work unless he pays me
On condition that /Provided/ Providing that /As long as /So long as You can come with me as long as you behave well
Even if Even if it rains, we´ll still go for a pic nic
If only If only I had enough time!
Supposing/Suppose Suppose you told him the truth, what could he do about it?
Otherwise Thanks for the directions. We wouldn´t have found the house otherwise.
But for But for your help, we would have been in trouble
If + adjectives If necessary, take a taxi.
Inversion Had I known you were ill, I would have called you.
Expanding on conditionals : Expanding on conditionals 1) If they have finished their work, they deserve a rest
2) If you should happen to see her, tell her to phone me.
3) If she hadn´t paid you when she was here last time, she won´t pay you today either
4) Were the government to go for the reelection, there would be a revolt.
5) If she has finished her homework by tomorrow, she will lend it to me.
6) If she told you she doesn´t like English, she lied to you.
7) If she started to work on the project yesterday, she won´t finish by Friday.
Expanding on conditionals : Expanding on conditionals 8) If I were a man, I would not have become a teacher.
9) The test was OK, if a bit incomplete.
10) If you will reserve seats, we will be sure of a comfortable journey.
11) If I had seen him with another woman, he would be dead now.
12) If she went to your house yesterday, she probably knows the truth
13) But for your help, we wouldn´t have survived.
14) If mad, study Conditionals.