Learn by Playing- Conditional types

Choose the correct conditional type for this sentence:

If it rains, the street gets wet.

• Type 1

• Type 2

• Zero type

• Type 3

Answer explanation

Remember: In the Zero Conditional, we use the present simple tense in both the condition and the result. It is used to express general truths, scientific facts, or cause-and-effect relationships that are always true. Here's the correct translation:

Fill the sentence:

If you mix blue and yellow, _____________

Choose the correct answer:

If she _______, she ____ the bus.

• don't hurry/will miss

• didn't hurry/miss

• doesn't hurry/will miss

• don't hurry/missed

Fill the sentence:

If you study, you ____ learn

Answer explanation

Remember that conditional type 1 is used to express situations that are possible or probable in the present or future. In these sentences, the condition refers to a hypothetical situation and the consequence shows the expected result if that condition is met.

Look the sentence and answer If it's written correctly:

If I won the lottery, I would buy a new car.

• Yes

• No

Choose the correct answer:

If she ____ time, she ____ her friend.

• has / will visit

• has / would visit

• had / will visit

• had / would visit

Look the sentence and answer If it's written correctly:

If the teacher had explained the homework, I would have done it.

• Yes

• No

Fill the sentence:

If they had ____ to my advice, they wouldn't have made that mistake.

Answer explanation

In these examples, the condition is expressed using the past perfect tense ("had + past participle"), and the consequence is expressed with the modal verb "would" followed by the base form of the verb. Conditional Type 3 is used to talk about unreal, hypothetical past situations and their corresponding outcomes.