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1ST CONDITIONALIf + Present, Will + Infinitive

a) Possible or likely situationsb) Promises and warnings

* If it rains tommorrow, I won t practice bungee-

jumping* If you don t put on some sun cream, you ll burn

2ND CONDITIONALIf + Past, Would + Infinitive

a) Imaginary or unlikely situations now or in the futureb) to give advice

* If I/she were older, I/she wouldn t live at

home* If I won the lottery, I would buy a new sports carIf you had a computer, you would use the Internet* If I were you, I d

exercise more* If she were you, she would deny it

3RD CONDITIONAL If + Past Perft, Would+ Pesent Perft

a) Imaginary situations in the past, things that didn t happen

* If I had remembered your phone number, I would have called you

Mixed Conditionalsa) If + Past, Would/Could/Might…+ Prest Perftb) If + Past Perft, Would/Could/Might… + Infinitive

* If I were braver, I would have confronted him* If We had left just earlier, We wouldn t be

alive

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We could replace IF with the following particles:

a) Unless (if…not = a menos que (usually in 1st Conditional)

You won t find the beach unless you take a map/ If you don t take a

map

b) Provided (that)/ Providing (only if= solo en el caso de que…)

You ll survive on the island providing you can catch fish

c) As long as (only if = mientras que, solo si…)

d) Even if… (In Condt. I, II, III. It emphasises the condition)

Even if you know how to fish, you still won t survive

e) In case… (por si/ en caso de que…)

We will take more than the necessary food in case we can t catch any fish

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