Conditionals
Week 4
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4 Conditionals
•Zero conditional
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•First Conditional
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•Second Conditional
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•Third Conditional
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Zero conditional
•I help people if/when they call.
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•When it rains, it is wet.
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•Statements that are facts
•Always true
•Always the same
•Both parts present simple
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First Conditional
•I will help you if you call.
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•If you go to the party, I will go too.
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•Speaks about future, 1 shift = First conditional
•Present simple talks about future
•1 consequence, not a rule
•If + present simple, will + verb
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Second Conditional
•I would not smoke if I were you.
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•If I won a lottery, I would buy a car.
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•About future, 2 shifts = Second Conditional
•Wish or unreal condition = I cannot be you, I wish to win lottery
•If + past simple, would + verb
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Third Conditional
•If I had studied harder, I would have had better marks.
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•I would have gone to the concert if I had had more money.
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•Past hypothesis, everything in past.
•Real condition
•If + past perfect, past modal (modal + have + verb in 3rd participle)
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