Brief description on how to use de diferent English conditionals.

1. The Key del patrón
How to use
the English
conditional
Designed by
s
 Miguel Rodríguez
José A. Garabán
Antonio E. Fernández
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2. I nt r oduct Conditionals are used to talk
del patrón
ion about past, present or future,
They can have different
meanings: certainty, regret,
criticism, possibility, etc.and...
 ...are very similar to Spanish
Conditionals are formed by
two clauses: the if clause and
the main clause
If I had a million dollars, I would buy a house
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3. Zer o del patrón
Condit ional
The Zero conditional is a
structure used to talk
about general truths.
Things that will always
happen under certain
conditions.
Cer t anint y
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4. St r uct ur del patrón
e
Zer o condit ional
You can use IF or WHEN or UNLESS
If + subject + simple present
Subject + simple present
or imperative
If you heat it at 100ºC, water boils
Water boils If you heat it at 100ºC
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5. Explant i del patrón
on
Zer o condit ional
If it rains, the grass gets wet Talks about Certaninty
Wood doesn't burn if there is no air Scientific fact: certainty
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6. Fir st del patrón
Condit ional
The first conditional is a
structure used to talk
about possible situations
in the future.
Possible
sit uat ions
in t he f ut ur e
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7. St r uct ur del patrón
e
Fir st condit ional
If + subject + any present
Subject + will or ‘going to’+ or
future perfect verb
If you study hard, You will pass the test
You will pass the test If you study hard
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8. Explanat i del patrón
on
Fir st condit ional
If it's sunny, we'll go to the park Maybe it’ll be sunny: possible
If you cook the supper, I'll wash Maybe you will cook the
the dishes. supper: possible
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9. Second del patrón
Condit ional
The second conditional is
a structure used to talk
about unreal or unlikely
situations in the present
Unr eal or or in the future.
unlikely
sit uat ions
pr esent or
f ut ur e
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10. St r uct ur del patrón
e
Second condit ional
If + subject + simple past
or past continous
Subject + would or
could or might + verb
If I had a million dollars, I would buy a house
I would buy a house If I had a million dollars
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11. Explanat i del patrón
on
Second condit ional
If I were you, I would go I’m not you, this is unreal
If I had wings, I would fly I don’t have wings: unreal
If I went to China, I would It’s unlikely, not
visit the Great Wall impossible.
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12. Thir d del patrón
Condit ional
The third conditional is a
structure used to talk
about impossible
situations because they
happened in the past.
Unr eal
sit uat ions
in t he past
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13. St r uct ur del patrón
e
Thir d condit ional If + subject + past perfect
Subject + would or
could or might + have +
past participle
If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam
I would have passed the If I had studied harder
exam
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14. Explanat i del patrón
on
Thir d condit ional
If it had snowed, we Regret expression
could have gone skying
If you would have saved Criticism expression
money, you could have
bought it
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15. Recap del patrón
Zero Conditional If I have enough money, I go to Japan
First Conditional If I have enough money, I will go to Japan
Second Conditional If I had enough money, I would go to Japan
Third Conditional If I have had enough money, I would have gone to Japan
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16. Recap del patrón
Conditional Meaning Time
Zero Certainty Present
First Possibility Future
Second Impossibility
Not likely
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17. Bibliogr ap del patrón
hy DAVIS, Paul A. and FALLA, Tim. FCE Result Students book.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, 175pp.
Caroline & Pearson Brown, English Grammar Secrets,
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/
University of Victoria, Continuing Studies,
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/StudyZone/330/grammar/
BBC Learning English, http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
learningenglish/grammar/
The Guide to Grammar & Writing, Captital Community
CollegeFoundation,
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
English Grammar online 4U:
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/
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18. Exer cise del patrón
s
Zer o condit ional
gets ask
If he (to get) there before me (to ask) him to wait
fly have
If you (to fly) budget airline You (to have) to pay your drinks
need is
Unless you (to need) more space A small car (to be) big enough
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19. Exer cise del patrón
s
Fir st condit ional
give Will pay
If you (to give) me some money, I (to pay) you back tomorrow
fealing will come
If he’s (to feal) better, He(to come) tomorrow
get Will have
If we don’t (to get) the contract, We (to have) waisted a lot of time
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20. Exer cise del patrón
s
Second condit ional
were would look
If I (to be) you, I (to look) for a new place.
were would be
If she (to be) coming, she (to be) here by now.
spoke might be able
If I (to speak) to him directly, I (to be able) to persuade him
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21. Exer cise del patrón
s
Thir d condit ional
had bought would have had
If we (to buy) that house, We (to have) to rebuild the kitchen.
hadn’t run would have happened
If I (to run -) so fast, The accident never (to happen)
had paid would have understood
If I (to pay) more attention in I (to understand) the lesson
class,
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