THE CONDITIONAL CLAUSE

If I study I will pass the exam.(1)

I would study if I had time.(2)
I study if I have time. (0)

A conditional clause is made of two

sentences: a main one (prop. principala)
and a conditional one (prop. secundara)
I can start with whichever I want as long
as I keep the tenses designated for each
one.
You cannot have will/would in a
sentence introduced by “if”
No MAIN SENTENCE CONDITIONAL MEANING
SENTENCE
 THE CONDITIONAL CLAUSE

0 THINGS
I study If I have GENERALLY TRUE
time
present present

REAL POSSIBILITY
1 I will study If I have IN THE FUTURE
time
future present

2 IMAGINING A
I would study If I had time SITUATION THAT
WILL PROBABLY
WON’T HAPPEN

modal past simple