2. We use conditionals type 0 when talking about scientific or
true facts .
Both clauses are in present tense
CONDITIONALS TYPE 0
3. If you heat ice, it melts
If you touch the fire, you get burned
1. It's easier to sleep if _______________ (you / not / be)
stressed.
2. The teacher gets angry if ____________ (we / not / work)
hard.
3. _______________________________________
EXAMPLES- EXERCISES
4. You use conditionals type 1, when a situation is both real and possible.
If clause is in simple present, the main clause is in Simple future
CONDITIONALS TYPE 1
5. If I have time, I will visit my grandparents this afternoon
I won’t go out, if it rains
1. If I ____________ (go) out tonight, I _____________ (go)
to the cinema.
2. If you _____________ (get) back late, I ____________
(be) angry.
3. _______________________________________
EXAMPLES – EXERCISES
6. You use conditionals type 2 when you refer to a present unreal situation or
to a situation in the future that you think is unlikely to happen.
If clause in past tense, main clause : -> would
CONDITIONALS TYPE 2
7. If I were in Brazil, I would go to Rio de Janeiro.
If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.
1. If I __________ (be) you, I ________(get) a new job.
2. If he __________(be) younger, he
__________(travel) more.
3. __________________________________
EXAMPLES - EXERCISES
8. In past conditional sentences in which the verb to be
appears, the verb tenses “was” or “were” can be
used indistinctly.
The word “when” can only introduce a conditional
sentence in present tense, but not in past tense.
REMEMBER