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Conditionals​

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by Vlad Pavliuk

​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 Choice

If you touch a fire, you get burned.

• Second conditional

• Zero conditional

• Third conditional

• First conditional

Multiple Choice

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

• Zero Conditional

• Second Conditional

• First Conditional

• Third Conditional

Multiple Choice

She'll be late if the train is delayed.

• Zero Conditional

• Second Conditional

• Third Conditional

• First Conditional

Multiple Choice

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

• Third Conditional

• Second Conditional

• First Conditional

• Zero Conditional