FIRST CONDITIONAL IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE If Present

FIRST CONDITIONAL IF- CLAUSE , MAIN CLAUSE If + Present tense will + verb If it rains today, If she doesn't visit me, I'll stay at home I'll visit her

FIRST CONDITIONAL Use if+present, + will / won't +verb to talk about a possible or real situation (Se emplea cuando una situación es real o posible) Eg. If I miss the bus, I'll catch the train. If it rains, I will stay at home. If she is busy now, I'll come back tomorrow.

FIRST CONDITIONAL The if-clause can come first or second. If the if-clause comes first, we usually put a comma before the next clause. Eg. “If you don't go to the party, he won't be very pleased. “He won't be very pleased if you don't go to the party” “If I have time, I'll visit my parents this afternoon” I'll visit my parents this afternoon if I have time.

FIRST CONDITIONAL -You can also use the imperative or can+infinitive instead of will+infinitive in the other clause. “If you miss the bus, catch the train” “If you miss the bus, you can catch the train” “If he doesn't call you, call him” “If he doesn't call you, you can call him”

SECONDITIONAL IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE IF+PAST SIMPLE CONDITIONAL SIMPLE If I had more time, I'd do more exercise. I'd invite my students to go on a cruise. If I won the Lottery,

SECONDITIONAL -Use If+past to talk about an imaginary or hypothetical future situation and would/would'nt to talk about the consequence. “If a bull attacked me, I'd run away” “what would you do if you found 3000€? ” “If a tiger came to the school, I'd invite him to study English”

SECONDITIONAL The if-clause can come first or second. If the if-clause comes first, we usually put a comma before the next clause. “If I had more time, I'd do more exercise” “I'd do more exercise if I had more time”

SECONDITIONAL -WOULD/WOULDN'T is the same for all the persons (I would, you would, he, we, they would+ verb in the infinitive without to). -Contractions: I'd, you'd, he'd, we'd. -You can also use could+ infin. instead of would+infinitive. “If we went by car to Madrid, we could stop at places on the way”

The verb “to be” in 2 nd conditionals With. the verb “to be” you can use “were” instead of “was” after he/she/it. Eg. If Jack was/were here, he'd know what to do. Use “were” (not was) in the expression If I were you. . . (si fuera tú, yo en tu lugar. . ). We often use this expression for advice. Eg. ”If I were you, I wouldn't speak to him”

FIRST OR SECONDITIONAL Use the 1 st conditional for possible future situations. “If I don't have to work tomorrow, I'll help you”(=it is a possibility. Maybe I'll help you. ” Use the 2 nd conditional for imaginary or hypothetical situations. “If I didn't have to work tomorrow, I'd help you” (It's a hypothetical situation. I have to work, so I can't help you)