The document discusses conditional tenses and conditional sentences. There are two types of conditional tenses: present conditional tense formed with would/should + infinitive, and perfect conditional tense formed with would/should + perfect infinitive. There are three types of conditional sentences. Type I uses present tense in if clause and future in main clause. Type II uses past tense in if clause and conditional tense in main clause. Type III uses past perfect in if clause and perfect conditional in main clause. The document concludes with exercises to practice the different conditional sentences.

1. THE CONDITIONAL

2. CONDITIONAL TENSES: PRESENT CONDITIONAL TENSE : It is formed with SHOULD/WOULD + INFINITIVE I would work He wouldn´t work Would you work ? PERFECT CONDITIONAL TENSE : It is formed with SHOULD/WOULD + PERFECT INFINITIVE I should have worked Would you have worked ?

3. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES Conditional sentences have two parts: the IF CLAUSE the MAIN CLAUSE

4. There are three kinds of conditional sentences:

5. TYPE I: PROBABLE CONDITION The verb in the IF CLAUSE is in the SIMPLE PRESENT The verb in the MAIN CLAUSE is in the SIMPLE FUTURE If he studies , he´ ll pass the exam

6. TYPE II: IMPROBABLE CONDIT The verb in the IF CLAUSE is in the SIMPLE PAST The verb in the MAIN CLAUSE is in the CONDIT. TENSE If you bought a car today, it would cost you a lot .

7. TYPE III: IMPOSSIBLE COND. The verb in the IF CLAUSE is in the PAST PERFECT The verb in the MAIN CLAUSE is in the PERFECT CONDIT. If you had bought a car a year ago, it would have cost you a fortune

8. EXERCISES Statements : Type 1 Negative sentences type 1 Type 1 Statements ; Type 2 Negative sentences type 2 Type2 Statements : Type 3 Negative sentences type 3 Type 3 Matching exercise ( Type 1 & 2) Find the correct conditions Ego4u Perfect English grammar English page