Unit 3 - Lesson 2

 

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                                                         THE REAL CONDITIONAL

The real conditionals

Actual conditionals express usual events or conditions that may happen in the future or that usually happen now.

Example:

• -If she will study, she will pass the test.
• -I wold be careful if I were you.
• -I have a lot of money, I'd travel.

Structures of the Real Conditionals:

If + subject + simple present tense + subject + will/can/may/must + verb in base form. . .
Subject + will/can/may/must + verb in base form. . . + if + subject + simple present tense

Example: 

• If it rains, you will get wet.
• You will get wet if it rains.
• If Sally is late again I will be mad.

Example:

• -If you heat ice, it melts.
• -Ice melts if you heat it.
• -When you heat ice, it melts.
• -Ice melts when you heat it.
• -If it rains, the grass gets wet.

The unreal conditionals

The unreal conditionals express hypothetical conditions that could not have occurred in the past, present, or future, but describe a situation that could occur.

Example:

• If I were in New York, I would meet you.
• If I were rich, I would buy a luxury apartment.
• Had you participated in the contest, you could have won the first prize.

Structures of Unreal Conditionals:

If + subject + simple past tense + subject + would/could/might + verb in base form. . .
subject + would/could/might + verb in base form + if + subject + simple past tense.

Example:

-If you drove slowly, you would not have any accidents.

-If you studied hard, you would pass your finals. 

-If I saw her, I would give her your message.