Type 0
Facts / Truth
If + S + V(s/es) , S + V(s/es)
If present tense , present tense
Type 1
persuasion /
warning / threat If + S + V(s/es) , S + will + Vo
If present tense , future tense
May happen
in the future
Type 1
must
Give advice / have to
instruction If + S + V(s/es) , S + ought to + Vo
should
...
If present tense , imperative
Type 2
the present
If + S + V2/ed , S + would
could + Vo
Conditional If past tense , would + bare-infinitive
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Type 3
the past
If + S + had + V3/ed , S + would + have + V3/ed
could
If past perfect , would have past participle
Mixed type 1
Action in past
Result in present If + S + had + V3/ed , S + would + Vo
could
If past perfect , would + bare-infinitive
Mixed type 2
Fact in present
Result in the past If + S + V2/ed , S + would
could + have + V3/ed
If past simple , would have past participle
Decide whether the following Conditional Sentences are Type 0, I, II or III.
1. If you mix red and blue, you get purple. → Type 0
It’s a fact
If clause: present tense, main clause: present tense
2. If you want to play a musical instrument, you have to practice. → Type 1
It’s an advice
If clause: present tense, main clause: imperative
3. If I won a million dollars, I would quit my job. → Type 2
Winning a million dollars isn’t true at the present
If clause: past tense, main clause: would + bare-infinitive
4. If the weather had been better, we would have gone to the beach. → Type 3
The weather wasn’t better → it wasn’t true in the past
If clause: past perfect, main clause: would have past participle
5. Unless you apologize, I won't speak to you again. → Type 1
It’s a warning
If clause: present tense, main clause: future tense
Complete the Conditional Sentences with the correct form (Type I, II, III or mixed type I, II).
1. If it rains (rain) tomorrow, we will stay (stay) at home.
It may happen tomorrow, it’s persuasion
→ type 1 → If present tense , future tense
2. If I were (be) you, I would take (take) that job offer.
It isn’t true at the present
→ type 2 → If past tense , would + bare-infinitive
3. If she had studied (study) harder, she would have passed (pass) the exam last week.
It wasn’t true in the past
→ type 3 → If past perfect , would have past participle
4. If they had arrived (arrive) on time, they would be (be) on the train now.
They didn’t arrive on time (action in past) → they aren’t on the train now (result in present)
→ mixed type 1 → If past perfect , would + bare-infinitive
5. If she had known you were (be) allergic to peanuts, she would have made (make) a different dish.
You are allergic to peanuts (the fact in present) but she didn’t know and made the dish had peanuts (result in past)
→ mixed type 2 → If past simple , would have past participle