English Conditionals for English IELTS and more

This is to help students learnr more about rules in conditionals

1. Conditionals

2. Types of Conditionals When we use the conditonals How we make sentences in each type Let's study

3. Zero Conditional If you stay in the rain, you get wet. First Conditional If I have enough money, I'll go to a safari trip next summer. Second Conditional If I won the lottery, I would travel the world. Third Conditional If we'd bought a guidebook, we would have known which places to visit.

4. Zero Conditional If you stay in the rain, you get wet. Present Simple Present Simple

5. First Conditional If I have enough money, I'll go to a safari trip next summer. Present Simple Future Simple

6. Second Conditional If I won the lottery, I would travel the world. Past Simple would/could

7. Third Conditional If we'd bought a guidebook, we would have known which places to visit. Past Perfect would/could have + past particile

8. Third Conditional Second Conditional First Conditional Zero Conditional scientific facts, general truths, laws of nature real situations likely to happen in the present or future advice, unreal or imaginary situation unlikely to happen in the present or future imaginary situation in the past, regrets, unfulfilled plans, wishes impossible to fulfill or criticism

9. What can we use instead of "if"? when unless = if not provided/ providing that as long as on condition that even if suppose/ supposing since as

10. More info If-clause shows the condition and main clause shows the result. The if-clause can precede or follow the main clause. When it's at the beginning of the sentence, we put a comma after the if-clause. When the main clause is first, no comma is used.

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