Conditionals
Zero conditional (general truths): If + present simple, present simple. If you heat ice, it melts.
Back to grammar- Zero conditional (general truths): If + present simple, present simple. If you heat ice, it melts.
- First conditional (real future possibility): If + present simple, will + infinitive. If it rains, I will stay home.
- Second conditional (unreal/hypothetical present): If + past simple, would + infinitive. If I won the lottery, I would travel.
- Third conditional (unreal past): If + past perfect, would have + past participle. If I had studied, I would have passed.
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Zero Conditional
If you heat ice, it melts.
If you don't water plants, they don't grow.
First Conditional
If it rains, I will stay home.
If it doesn't rain, I won't need an umbrella.
Second Conditional
If I won the lottery, I would travel the world.
If I didn't have to work, I wouldn't wake up early.
Third Conditional
If I had studied, I would have passed the exam.
If I hadn't studied, I wouldn't have passed.
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Zero Conditional
What happens if you heat ice?
It melts.
First Conditional
Will you stay home if it rains?
Yes, I will.
Second Conditional
What would you do if you won the lottery?
I would travel the world.
Third Conditional
Would you have passed if you hadn't studied?
No, I wouldn't have.
Complete the sentences with the correct conditional form of the verb in brackets.
- If you (heat) water to 100°C, it boils.
- If it (rain) tomorrow, we (cancel) the picnic.
- If I (have) more time, I (learn) another language.
- If she (study) harder, she (pass) the exam.
- If you don't leave now, you (miss) the train.
- I would buy a new car if I (have) enough money.
- If we hadn't missed the bus, we (not / be) late.
- Ice (melt) if you (heat) it.