Conditionals

1. Conditionals • Zero conditionals • First conditionals & time clauses • Second conditionals • Third conditionals

2. Zero conditionals Zero conditionals are sentence structures that express things that are always or nearly always true If they get late, just leave without them. In conditional clauses you can use any present tense In result clauses you can not use will or would but only present simple or imperative When you travel abroad, you have to show your passport.

3. First conditionals First conditionals are structures comprising two clauses, conditional clause (sometimes time clause) and result clause. If they are late again, I will be mad at them. In conditional/time clause you can use any present tense In result clauses verb is in future form As soon as I go home, I am going to tidy the garden. Time expression

4. Second conditionals Second conditionals are sentence structures that express imaginary present results if things (circumstances) were different If I had a car, I would not be waiting for a bus. Past simple Would + be + ing

5. Third conditionals Third conditionals are sentence structures that express imaginary pastresults if things (circumstances) had been different All the football fans remember the most unusual moment in the football history that occurred in June 2010 in South Africa. In closing minutes after a strike by a Ghanaian player against Uruguay, Luis Suarez saves the goal illegally with hands, he is given the red card, leaves the pitch and Ghanaians get a penalty which they unfortunately miss giving thus way for Uruguay to play in World Cup semi-finals. If Suarez hadn’t stopped the ball with hands, Uruguay wouldn’t have reached the semi-final in WC2010. Past perfect Would + have + past participle