1. Conditionals
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2. conditional type : a fact / general truth
If you don’t water flowers, they die.
If clause: Present Simple
Main clause: Present Simple
conditional type : a fact / general truth

3. Conditional Type 1: If the weather is nice, we will go for a picnic.
If you don’t apologize, she will never trust you again.
If clause: Present Simple
Main clause: Future Simple
Conditional type 1:
possible situation in present or future.

4. If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house.
Conditional Type 2:
Jack wants to buy a house now but he can’t, because he doesn’t have any money.
If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house.

5. If I knew his number, I would phone him.
Conditional Type 2:
Susan wants to phone Paul now but she can’t, because she doesn’t know his number.
If I knew his number, I would phone him.

6. Impossible situation in the present or fututre.
Conditional Type 2:
If I had a lot of money, I would buy a big house.
If I knew his number, I would phone him.
if-clause: Past Simple
main clause: would + infinitive
Conditional Type 2:
Impossible situation in the present or fututre.

7. Present wish: Now let’s answer these questions:
1- What does Jack wish now?
2- What does Susan wish now?

8. Present wish: Jack wishes he had a lot of money.
Susan wishes she knew Paul’s number.
wish + Subject + Past Simple

9. If I had had a lot of money, I would have bought a big house.
Conditional Type 3:
Jack wanted to buy a house last year but he couldn’t do that because he didn’t have any money.
If I had had a lot of money, I would have bought a big house.

10. If I had known his number, I would have phoned him.
Conditional Type 3:
Yesterday, Susan wanted to phone Paul but she couldn’t, because she didn’t know his number.
If I had known his number, I would have phoned him.

11. Impossible situation in the past
Conditional Type 3:
If I had had a lot of money, I would have bought a big house.
If I had known his number, I would have phoned him.
if-clause: Past Perfect
main clause: would + have + past participle
Conditional Type 3:
Impossible situation in the past

12. Past Wish: Now let’s answer these questions:
1- What did Jack wish last year?
2- What did Susan wish yesterday?

13. Past Wish: Jack wished he had had a lot of money.
Susan wished she had known Paul’s number.
Wish + Subject + Past perfect

14. The End