CONDITIONALS

ZERO CONDITIONAL
TO TALK ABOUT GENERAL TRUTHS
IF/ WHEN+ PRESENT SIMPLE------------- PRESENT SIMPLE
EX: IF/WHEN YOU PRESS THE BUTTON, THE MACHINE STARTS

FIRST CONDITIONAL
FOR SOMETHING IS PROBABLE IN THE PRESENT OR THE FUTURE
IF+ PRESENT SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS/PERFECT------------WILL/GOING TO
------------ CAN/MAY/MUST/SHOULD
-------------IMPERATIVE
EX: IF I SEE JAMES, ILL GIVE HIM HIS BOOK
IF YOU GO TO THE SUPERMARKET, BUY SOME MILK
IF YOU WANT A DOG YOU MUST PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF IT

SECOND CONDITIONAL
FOR UNREAL OR IMAGINARY SITUATIONS WHICH AR NOT PROBABLE IN THE PRESENT OR IN THE
FUTURE
IF+ PAST SIMPLE--------------WOULD/COULD/MIGHT+BASE FORM
EX: IF I WON THE LOTTERY, I WOULD BUY A FARM IN THE COUNTRY
were!!!!!!!!!!! Is often used instead of was in formal language ( ALSO in the unreal past)
If I were you I d leave now
WERE TO IS ANOTHER WAY OF EXPRESSING A 2ND CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
EX. IF THEY WERE TO OFFER ME THE JOB, ID TURN IT DOWN

THIRD CONTIDIONAL
TO TALK ABOUT UNREAL OR IMAGINARY SITUATIONS IN THE PAST
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IF+PAST PERFECT------------WOULD/COULD/MIGHT + HAVE+PAST PARTICIPLE
EX: IF YOU HAD COMPLETED YOU DEGREE, YOU MIGHT HAVE FOUND A BETTER JOB

WISHES AND UNREAL PAST

WISH/ IF ONLY + PAST SIMPLE: TO MAKE A WISH ABOUT A PRESENT OR FUTURE SITUATION WHICH
WE WOULD LIKE TO BE DIFFERENT
EX: I WISH YOU DIDNT HAVE TO GO TOMORROW ( - BUT YOU HAVE TO)
WISH/IF ONLY+COULD+BARE INFINITIVE: TO EXPRESS REGRET ABOUT SMTH WE CANNOT DO AT
PRESENT
EX: I WISH I COULD SPEAK SPANISH
WISH/IF ONLY+ PAST PERFECT SIMPLE: TO EXPRESS REGRET ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED OR
DIDNT HAPPEN IN THE PAST
EX: I WISH I HAD TAKEN A TORCH WITH ME. I CANT SEE A THING
I WISH PETER WOULD------ TO COMPLAIN