English Conditional Senteces

Conditional Type 0

Facts / Scientific Truths

Form: If + present simple, present simple

Use: To talk about general truths, rules, or things that always happen

Example: If you heat water to 100°C, it boils. If people don't eat, they get hungry.

Conditional Type 1

Real Possibility in Present or Future - Form: If + present simple, will + base verb

Use: To talk about a real or possible situation in the present or future

Example: If it rains, we will stay home. If you study hard, you will pass the exam.

Note: Type 1 is not about facts (like Type 0); it's about real possibilities.

Conditional Type 2

Unreal / Hypothetical in Present or Future

Form: If + past simple, would + base verb

Use: To talk about imaginary or unlikely situations now or in the future

Example: If I had a car, I would drive to work. If she were taller, she would be a model.

Note: Even though the verb is in past tense, it's talking about the present or future, not the past!

Conditional Type 3

Unreal in the Past (Regret) -

Form: If + had + past participle, would have + past participle -

Use: To talk about things that didn't happen in the past (and express regret or imagine a different result) -

Example: If I had studied, I would have passed the test. If they had left earlier, they wouldn't have missed the train.