If you heat ice, it melts.

Conditional type 0

Conditional 0

• Situations that are always true if something happens.

• Example : → If you heat ice, it melts.

→ When I am late, my father takes me to school.

Or

→ If I am late, my father takes me to school.She doesn't worry if Jack stays out after school.

Note that we can start with the “ if clause” or leave it to the middle, but in this case, no comma is used !

The Rule :

• If/when + simple present+ , + simple present.

Or

• Simple present + if + simple present.

Conditional type 1

If it rains , ………………..

I will stay home

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• Also Called the "real conditional” because it is used for real,possible situations.

• NOTE

In the conditional 1 , we often use “unless” = 'if ... not'.

Example : we can say : '...unless he hurries up.' could also be written, '...if he doesn't hurry up.'.

• If it rains, we will stay at home.

• He will arrive late unless he hurries up.

• Peter will buy a new car if he gets his raise.

Conditional type 2

WereI bet If I were an Ipod , you’d listen to me !

It’s used to talk about unreal situations in the present or in the future:

Examples :

- If I had a million dollar, I would buy a big house

If + simple past+ would + infinitive.

- If I were you, I wouldn’t invite him to the party.

- If cats had wings, you could fly away from dogsand cars.

Not: All subject pronouns ( to be) in the past is : « Were » ,not « was ». I / he/ she were.

Conditional type 3

If I had woken up on time, I wouldn’t have missed the bus last week . Now, I lost my job!

If I had been more careful, I wouldn’t have cut myfinger :(

If I had not stayed in the sun all the day, the sunwouldn’t have burnt myface .

The third conditional is used to talk about things which DID NOT HAPPEN in the past and It is often used to express criticism or regret:

Example Explanation

If you had driven more carefully, you would not have had an accident.

Criticism: You had an accident because you didn't drive carefully enough.

If we had played a little better, we couldhave won the game.

Regret: We didn't play well, so we lost the game.

If you had saved your money, you couldhave bought a computer.

Criticism: You didn't save your money, so now you can't afford a computer.

If it had snowed, we could have gone skiing.

Regret: It didn't snow, so we couldn't go skiing.

Rule :

If + past perfect + Would + presentperfect

If I had driven carefully, I wouldn’thave had an accident! !

ReWrite the following sentences as indicated : Example : The national team didn’t win the match. They didn’t play well.

If the national teach had played well, they would have won the match.

1. He crashed his car because he fell asleep while driving.

If he……………. asleep while driving, he ……………his car.

2. We couldn't go to the concert because we didn't have enough money.

If we ……………enough money, we ……………to the concert.

3. I lost my job because I was late for work.

I ……………my job if I…………… late for work.

4. The wind was so strong that the bridge collapsed.

If the wind…………… so strong, the bridge…………… .

5. I couldn't call Sally because I had lost her number.

I ……………Sally if I…………… her number.

If you had listened to ME carefully , you would have understood the lesson !

Ok ! I will explain !

If you listen

carefully now,

you’ll surely

understand the

listen !

If I had a magic stick,I would make you

understand withouthaving to repeatmyself again !!

But you know what?! The fact is :

If you work hard, you succeed !