Conditional Clauses if…

What are they? “If I win the lottery, I’ll travel the world” “I’ll travel the world if I win the lottery.” Conditional Clauses are subordinate adverbial clauses that state a condition on the main clause. They can appear at the beginning or the end of the sentence If they appear at the beginning they need a comma.

There are two parts… reason / condition Main Clause result They need a condition or a reason to happen… There are two parts… If reason / condition , Main Clause result

very probable – likely to happen 1st Conditional = Type 1 If Clause Main Clause If Present Simple Future Tense + , will / won’t very probable – likely to happen

If I _______ (tell) you a secret, will you promise not to tell anyone? If he causes any more problems, I ________ (fire) him. I _________ (give) him a candy if he ________(wash) my car. The police _________ (arrest) him if they ______ (catch) him. tell will fire will give washes will arrest catch

unprobable – likely not to happen (wish) 2nd Conditional = Type 2 If Clause Main Clause If Past Simple would + infinitive + , unprobable – likely not to happen (wish)

If I ______ (know) his address, I would give it to you. If she ______ (win) a big prize, she _________ (give) up her job. He ___________ (look) a lot better if he _______ (shave) more often. They _________ (buy) him the jacket if they _____ (have) the money. knew won would give would look shaved would buy had

would + Present Perfect 3rd Conditional = Type 3 If Clause Main Clause If Past Perfect would + Present Perfect + , had + Past Participle have+ Past Participle - ed = Regular verbs 3rd column = irregular verbs Probability ZERO – will never happen

If I ______________ (pass) my driving test last month, I would've bought a car straight away. If he _______________ (complain) in the shop, they _________________ (give) him a discount. The job ________________ (be) done much faster if there ____________ (be) more people helping. I ____________________(not/start) the job if I _________ (know) it was going to take so long. had passed had complained would have given would have been had been would not have started had known

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