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Conditionals

Conditionals

What are conditionals in English grammar? Sometimes we call them 'if clauses'. They describe the result of something that might happen (in the present or future) or might have happened but didn't (in the past) . They are made using different English verb tenses.

The Zero Conditional:

• (if + present simple, ... present simple)

  If you heat water to 100 degrees, it boils.

The First Conditional:

• (if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)

  If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema.

The Second Conditional:

• (if + past simple, ... would + infinitive)

  If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.

The Third Conditional

• (if + past perfect, ... would + have + past participle)

  If I had gone to bed early, I would have caught the train.

Multiple Select

If you touch a fire, you get burned.

• Zero Conditional

• First Conditional

• Second Conditional

• Third Conditional

Multiple Select

She would travel all over the world if she were rich.

• Zero Conditional

• First Conditional

• Second Conditional

• Third Conditional

Multiple Select

She'll be late if the train is delayed.

• Zero Conditional

• First Conditional

• Second Conditional

• Third Conditional

Multiple Select

If we had taken a taxi, we wouldn't have missed the plane

• Zero Conditional

• First Conditional

• Second Conditional

• Third Conditional

Poll

If babies are hungry, they cry

• First Conditional

• Zero Conditional

• Second Conditional

Poll

If it rains, I won't go to the park.

• First Conditional

• Third Conditional

• Zero Conditional

Poll

He would have been on time for the interview if he had left the house at nine

• Zero Conditional

• Second Conditional

• Third Conditional