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Conditional Sentence

Conditional sentences discuss known factors or hypothetical situations and their consequences, consisting of an if-clause and a main clause. There are four types of conditional sentences: zero, first, second, and third, each serving different purposes based on the likelihood of the condition being true. Zero conditionals express general truths, first conditionals express likely future outcomes, second conditionals express unrealistic scenarios, and third conditionals reflect on past situations that could have been different.

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Conditional Sentence

Conditional sentences discuss known factors or hypothetical situations and their consequences, consisting of an if-clause and a main clause. There are four types of conditional sentences: zero, first, second, and third, each serving different purposes based on the likelihood of the condition being true. Zero conditionals express general truths, first conditionals express likely future outcomes, second conditionals express unrealistic scenarios, and third conditionals reflect on past situations that could have been different.

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CODITIONAL SENTENCES

Conditional sentence:
• Are statements discussing known factors or hypothetical situations
and their consequences.
• Are used to communicate that something is true or happens only if
something else is true or happens only under a certain condition.
• Which if a certain condition is true, then a particular result happens.
• Consists to parts if clause and main clause

If I won the lottery, I would travel the world.


If clause main clause
CODITIONAL SENTENCES
Types of Conditional Sentence:
1. Zero conditional sentences
2. First conditional sentences
3. Second conditional sentences
4. Third conditional sentences
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
1. Zero conditional sentences
• express general truths—situations in which one thing always causes
another.
• When you use a zero conditional, you’re talking about a general truth
rather than a specific instance of something
• the correct tense in if and main clauses is the simple present tense
• if and when can be used interchangeably in zero conditional sentences :
because the outcome will be the same any time the condition is in place
E.g. If clause
• If you don’t brush your teeth, you get cavities.
• When people smoke cigarettes, their health suffers.
main clause
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
2. First conditional sentences
• are used to express situations in which the outcome is likely (but not
guaranteed) to happen in the future
• use the simple present tense in the if-clause and the simple future tense in
the main clause (that expresses the likely outcome)
• Use the zero conditional (simple present + simple present) only when a
certain result is guaranteed. If the result is likely, use the first conditional
(simple present + simple future).

E.g.
• If you rest, you will feel better.
• If you set your mind to a goal, you’ll eventually achieve it.
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
3. Second conditional sentences
• are useful for expressing outcomes that are completely unrealistic or
will not likely happen in the future
• uses the simple past tense in the if-clause and a modal auxiliary verb
(could, should, would, might) in the main clause (that expresses the
unrealistic or unlikely outcome)
E.g.
• If I inherited a billion dollars, I would travel to the moon.
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
4. Third conditional sentences
• are used to explain that present circumstances would be different if
something different had happened in the past
• are used express a condition that was likely enough but did not actually
happen in the past
• when using the third conditional, we use the past perfect (i.e., had + past
participle) in the if-clause and the modal auxiliary (would, could, should,
etc.) + have + past participle in the main clause

E.g.
• If I had cleaned the house, I could have gone to the movies.

• Here the speaker was capable of cleaning the house but did not.

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