Conditionals, Wishes and Preferences

Structure du First Conditional ?

If + Present Simple, will + base verbale.

Complète : If it rains, we ___ home. (stay)

Will stay.

Complète : If she ___, I’ll call you. (arrive)

Arrives.

Peut-on mettre « will » juste après « if » dans cette structure ?

Non.

Piège : « If he will come, I’ll leave » devient…

If he comes, I’ll leave.

Structure du Second Conditional ?

If + Past Simple, would + base verbale.

Complète : If I had time, I ___ travel. (travel)

Would travel.

Complète : If she ___ rich, she would help. (be)

Were.

Le Second Conditional exprime quoi ?

Une situation hypothétique ou peu probable.

Piège : « If I would know » devient…

If I knew.

Dans une proposition en « if », quel temps suit généralement « if » au First Conditional ?

Le Present Simple.

Complète : If you ___ hard, you will improve. (study)

Study.

Quel mot introduit une condition ?

If.

Piège : la proposition en « if » peut-elle venir en second ?

Oui : « I’ll go if I have time. »

Quand la proposition en « if » vient en premier, quelle ponctuation utilise-t-on ?

Une virgule.

Complète : I’ll call you when I ___. (arrive)

Arrive.

Après « when » pour parler du futur, emploie-t-on généralement « will » ?

Non.

Piège : « when I will arrive » devient…

When I arrive.

Différence : « if » vs « when » ?

Condition incertaine vs événement attendu.

Complète : When she finishes, we ___. (leave)

Will leave.

Complète : If demand rises, prices ___.

Will increase.

Complète : If the office were closer, I ___ there.

Would walk.

Complète : If they had checked, they ___ the error.

Would have found.

Complète : If I had accepted, I ___ abroad now.

Would be working.

Regret présent : I don’t know the answer.

I wish I knew the answer.

Complète : I’d rather ___ at home.

Stay.

Complète : It’s time we ___.

Left.

Complète : If necessary, ___ me.

Call.

Complète : Once she ___, we’ll begin.

Returns.

« Unless » équivaut généralement à…

If … not.

Dans un conseil formel : If I ___ you…

Were.

Le Third Conditional porte sur quoi ?

Une situation passée irréelle.

Complète : If she were more careful, she ___ the file yesterday.

Wouldn’t have deleted.

Souhait de changement : He keeps interrupting.

I wish he would stop interrupting.

Préférence passée : I’d rather you ___.

Hadn’t told him.

Complète : It’s time ___ a decision.

To make.

Complète : If in doubt, ___ advice.

Seek.

Corrige : We’ll leave when he will finish.

We’ll leave when he finishes.

Complète : If it rains, we ___ inside.

Will stay.

Complète : If she arrives early, I ___ her.

Will call.

Complète : Unless you hurry, you ___ the train.

Will miss.

Complète : I’ll help you provided you ___ the truth.

Tell.

Après « if » au First Conditional, met-on « will » ?

Non : on emploie le Present Simple.

Complète : If I had more time, I ___ more.

Would read.

Complète : If she were here, she ___ what to do.

Would know.

Complète : What ___ you do if you lost your job?

Would.

Complète : If I were you, I ___ that risk.

Wouldn’t take.

Le Second Conditional exprime quel type de situation ?

Une situation hypothétique ou peu probable.

Complète : If I had known, I ___ earlier.

Would have come.

Complète : If she had left earlier, she ___ the train.

Would have caught.

Complète : Had they left earlier, they ___ on time.

Would have arrived.

Complète : He wouldn’t have fallen if he ___ careful.

Had been.

Le Third Conditional porte sur quel type de situation ?

Une situation passée irréelle.

Complète : If I had learned French earlier, I ___ in Paris now.

Would be working.

Complète : If she were more careful, she ___ that mistake yesterday.

Wouldn’t have made.

Complète : If she had taken the medicine, she ___ better now.

Would feel.

Complète : If he were more organized, he ___ the deadline yesterday.

Wouldn’t have missed.

Complète : If he had trained more, he ___ fitter now.

Would be.