26. CONDITIONALS
VERB FORMS
IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE
ZERO
FIRST
Factual
Conditional
Simple Present Simple Present
Possible
Conditional Simple Present
Simple Future
will + base form
Independent Clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
Dependent Clause can stand alone.
Independent Clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
Dependent Clause can stand alone.
Independent Clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
Dependent Clause can stand alone.
What have you noticed in the sentences.
The sentences start with IF.
The sentences composed of 2 clauses, dependent and independent clauses.
These are conditional sentences.
We can use this to dream that the current situation is different what it really is.
In the current situation, I don’t have enough money, but, if I had, I would buy a sports car.
Remember the structure in writing the second conditional.
What do you notice about the sentences?
Again, all the sentences start with IF
All are composed of 2 clauses, the dependent and independent clauses
All of them are conditional sentences
What do these sentences differ from the other conditional sentences?
With these sentences, we’ll be talking about the last conditional sentence which is the third conditional sentence.
Remember, that the first and second conditionals talk about the future.
Now, the third conditional we talk about the past. A condition in the past that did not happen, that is why there is no possibility that this condition to happen.
This is also like a dream but with no possibility.
Last week you bought a lottery ticket, but you did not win.
How do we form the third conditional.
Past Perfect talks about an action that was completed before in the past.
From the sentence, I did not win the lottery, so the condition was not true. The condition will never be true because it was already finished. Impossible past condition
Would have + past participle is used to talked about the impossible past result.
In the third conditional, both the condition and the result are impossible.
