CONDITIONAL SENTENCES SOME NOTES

FIRST CONDITIONAL IF I HAVE TIME, I’LL HELP YOU present future

Or...I’ll help you if I have time. =maybe I’ll have time, maybe I’ll help you

MORE IDEAS... If you have problems, call me. imperative If you need help, you can call me. can

SECOND CONDITIONAL IF I HAD TIME, I’D HELP YOU Past would+ inf

Or...I’d help you if I had time. (...but I don’t have time, so...)

ATTENTION! If I were rich, I wouldn’t work. We can use were after I/he/she/it Always Use were in the structure If I were you...

If I earned a better salary, I might/could change my old car MORE IDEAS... If I earned a better salary, I might/could change my old car You can use might or could instead of would.

THIRD CONDITIONAL IF I HAD HAD TIME, I WOULD HAVE HELPED YOU Had+ppart would(‘d)+have+ppart

=I didn’t have time so... I didn’t help you.

REMEMBER... 1st conditional (real) if+ S+present, S+will/won’t+inf 2nd conditional (unreal) If+S+past, S+would/wouldn’t+inf “ S+ might/could +inf 3rd conditional (situations in the past) If+S+had/hadn’t+ppart, S+would/wouldn’t have+ppart

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