CONDITIONALS
Conditional sentences have two parts or clauses that give a
condition in the dependant clause. The conditional clause
usually contains an ‘if’ statement. Thereare different types of
conditional senetenes that allow the writer/speaker to
express various meanings using different tenses.
Type Zero :
Use :To talk something that is always or generally true.
Form : if + sub + v (present simple) +……. , sub + v (present simple)
(if/condition/dependant clause) , (result/main clause)
Example : if you study hard, you succeed.
Example 2 : if you heat water at 100 degrees, it boils.
Example 3: It gets dark if the sun sets.
Example 4 :if you touch fire, you get burn.
Example 5 : If you press the button, the light turns on.
Example 6 : If you don’t sleep early, you wake up tired.
Example 7 : If you don’t study, you don’t pass the exam.
Example 8 : if you heat ice, it melts.
Example 9 : The phone doesn’t work if you don’t charge it.
Type 1 :
Use : To describe sutuations that are possible or likely to happen
in the future if a certain condition is met.
Form : if + sub + v (present simple), sub + will/can/may + v (infinitive)
Example 1 : If you never try, you will never know.
Example 2: If you don’t drink enough water, you will be dehydrated.
Example 3 : If you eat healthy food, you can get in shape.
Example 4 : if it trains, we will cancel the trip.
Example 5 : If I have time, I will visit you .
Example 6 : If you study hard, you will pass the exam.
Example 7 : If she passes her exam, she will celebrate.
Example : If she doesn’t call me tomorrow, I won’t talk to her ever again.
Type 2 :
Use : To describe an unreal (hypothetical) situation and its result in the
present/future
Form : if + v (past simple) + ……… , sub + Would/could/might + v (inf) + ……………..
Example : If had money, I would travel to the US.
Example 2 : If I were Elon Musk, I could provide free internet in Morocco.
Example 3 : If I had wings, I would fly anywhere.
Example 4 : If I sold my parents’ house, I would be rich.
Example 5 : If I had a car, I would drive to work.
Example 6 : if she spoke English, she would apply for the job.
Example 7 : If they increased the salary, she would renew the contract.
Example 8 : If companies followed QHSE measures, they would develop their
Productivity.
, they would prevent many
Risks.
What would you do if you had a time machine ?
Example 9 : If I had a time machine, I would go back 5 years back in time
…………………………………, I might travel back to 2010 and buy Bitcoin.
…………………………………., I could see how the Pyramids were built.
………………………………….., I would go back in time to meet my
grandpa.
……………………………….., I would go back to the Jurassic era.
Example 10 : If you didn’t study hard, you wouldn’t pass the test.
Type 3 :
Use : To describe an unreal (hypothetical) situation and its result in the past.
Form : if + sub + v ( Past Perf) + …… , sub + would have + v(PP) + …………
Example : If I had studied hard, I would have passed the test.
Example : If I had taken the job , I would have moved to Casablanca.
Example 3 : If I had studied hard, I would have succeeded. (regret)
If you had studied hard, you would have succeeded ( crticism/blame)
Example 4 : If she had arrived on time, we wouldn’t have missed the show.
Example 5 : if he hadn’t taken his medicine, he wouldn’t have felt well.