FIRST CONDITIONAL

IF- CLAUSE , MAIN CLAUSE

If + Present tense

will + verb

If it rains today,If she doesn't visit me,

I'll stay at homeI'll visit her

FIRST CONDITIONAL

Use if+present,+ will / won't +verb to talk about a possible or real situation (Se emplea cuando una situación es real o posible)

Eg. If I miss the bus, I'll catch the train.

If it rains, I will stay at home.

If she is busy now, I'll come back tomorrow.

FIRST CONDITIONAL

The if-clause can come first or second. If the if-clause comes first, we usually put a comma before the next clause.

Eg. “If you don't go to the party, he won't be very pleased.

“He won't be very pleased if you don't go to the party”

“If I have time, I'll visit my parents this afternoon”

I'll visit my parents this afternoon if I have time.

FIRST CONDITIONAL

-You can also use the imperative or can+infinitive instead of will+infinitive in the other clause.

“If you miss the bus, catch the train”

“If you miss the bus, you can catch the train”

“If he doesn't call you, call him”

“If he doesn't call you, you can call him”

SECOND CONDITIONAL

IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE

IF+PAST SIMPLE CONDITIONAL SIMPLE

If I had more time,

If I won the Lottery,

I'd do more exercise.

I'd invite my students to go on a cruise.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

-Use If+past to talk about an imaginary or hypothetical future situation and would/would'nt to talk about the consequence.

“If a bull attacked me, I'd run away”

“what would you do if you found 3000€?”

“If a tiger came to the school, I'd invite him to study English”

SECOND CONDITIONAL

The if-clause can come first or second. If the if-clause comes first, we usually put a comma before the next clause.

“If I had more time, I'd do more exercise”

“I'd do more exercise if I had more time”

SECOND CONDITIONAL

-WOULD/WOULDN'T is the same for all the persons (I would, you would, he, we, they would+ verb in the infinitive without to).

-Contractions: I'd, you'd, he'd, we'd.

-You can also use could+ infin. instead of would+infinitive.

“If we went by car to Madrid, we could stop at places on the way”

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The verb “to be” in 2nd conditionals

With the verb “to be” you can use “were” instead of “was” after he/she/it.

Eg. If Jack was/were here, he'd know what to do.

Use “were” (not was) in the expression If I were you...(si fuera tú, yo en tu lugar..).We often use this expression for advice.

Eg.”If I were you, I wouldn't speak to him”

FIRST OR SECOND CONDITIONAL

Use the 1st conditional for possible future situations.

“If I don't have to work tomorrow, I'll help you”(=it is a possibility.Maybe I'll help you.”

Use the 2nd conditional for imaginary or hypothetical situations.

“If I didn't have to work tomorrow, I'd help you” (It's a hypothetical situation. I have to work, so I can't help you)