Conditional Sentences Type 1 If I have enough

Conditional Sentences

Type 1 • • If I have enough time, I will visit David. future reference, very possible If – Present Simple main clause – will + infinitive

Variation of Type 1 • Should you see Helen, you will send her my regards. • Inversion • should – by accident, happen to do something

Type 2 • • • A) If I were/was you, I would buy a bike. unreal present B) If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world. almost impossible future If – Past Simple main clause – would + infinitive

Type 3 • If I had passed my exams I would have gone to the US. • unreal past • Had I passed. . . If – Past Perfect main clause – would+ perfect infinitive

Instead of If • • • Provided/Providing Suppose/Supposing Imagine (2 nd) On condition that Unless = if not

Instead of Modals • will – may, can, have to, must (differences in meaning) • would – could, might, may, should (differences in meaning)

Mixed Conditionals • • If I had slept well last night, I wouldn’t be tired now. used when events from the past directly influences the present If I were taller, I would have become a model. Used when the facts from the present (often permanent) influenced events form the past.

Notes: • Use a comma after If-clause. When the main clause comes first omit a comma. • Don’t use modals in If- clauses (only in variations) • Use conditionals in formal style

Songs with Conditionals There are lots of songs with conditionals. Try this one and enjoy it a lot https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=AWps. Oqh 8 q 0 M