Chapter 3
Conditional sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses
of If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause
(without it) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if)
is filled. There are three types of Conditional Sentences.
Conditional Sentences Type 1
à It is possible and
also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.
Form: If + Simple
Present, Will-Future
1.
If I find his address, I will send her
a birthday invitation.
Conditional clause Main clause
2.
If it does not rain this afternoon, I will drop
by your house for a while.
3.
If I have a proper good job, I will take you to
a fancy restaurant.
4.
If I have enough money, I will travel around the
United Kingdom.
5.
If I get a Fulbright scholarship, I will get my
master degree in England.
6.
If my mum doesn’t cook for dinner, we will eat
out at a restaurant.
7.
If I get good grades in English, I will treat my
friends in a near café.
8.
If I finish my assignment in time, I will submit
it tomorrow morning.
9.
If I have some trustworthy friends to talk to, I
will share my problems with them.
10. If
I come home late, my mum will lock the front door.
Conditional Sentences Type 2
à It is possible but
very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.
Form: If + Simple
past, conditional 1 or would + infinitive
1.
If I found his address, I would send
her a birthday invitation.
Conditional clause Main clause
2.
If it did not rain this afternoon, I would drop
by your house for a while.
3.
If I had a proper good job, I would take you to
a fancy restaurant.
4.
If I had enough money, I would travel around the
United Kingdom.
5.
If I got a Fulbright scholarship to study
abroad, I would choose to study in England.
6.
If my mum didn’t cook for dinner, we would eat
out at a restaurant.
7.
If I got good grades in English, I would treat
my friends in a near café.
8.
If I finished my assignment in time, I would
submit it tomorrow morning.
9.
If I had some trustworthy friends to talk to, I
would share my problems with them.
10. If
I came home late, my mum would lock the front door.
Conditional Sentences Type 3
è
It is impossible that the condition
will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.
It is impossible that the condition
will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.
Form: If + Past
perfect, Conditional II or would + have + Past participle
1.
If I had found his address, I would have
sent her a birthday invitation.
Conditional clause Main clause
2.
If it had not rained this afternoon, I would
have dropped by your house for a while.
3.
If I had had a proper good job, I would have
taken you to a fancy restaurant.
4.
If I had had enough money, I would have
travelled around the United Kingdom.
5.
If I had got a Fulbright scholarship, I would
have chosen to study in England.
6.
If my mum hadn’t cooked for dinner, we would
have eaten out at a restaurant.
7.
If I had got good grades in English, I would
have treated my friends in a near café.
8.
If I had finished my assignment in time, I would
have submitted it tomorrow morning.
9.
If I had had some trustworthy friends to talk
to, I would have shared my problems with them.
10. If
I have come home late, my mum would have locked the front door.
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