1. CONDITIONALS

2. CONDITIONALS “If I had no sense of humour, ....”
Muhatma Ghandi (Indian leader)
“If women didn’t exist,...”
Aristotle Onassis (Greek shipping tycoon)
“If life was fair,…”
Johnny Carson (American comedian)
“If a belief can be lost,…. If a belief can not be lost,…”
Woody Haldrugold (Vietnamese philosopher)
“If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, …”
Albert Einstein (physicist)
“If I had had a flower for everytime I thought of you… ”
Alfred Tennyson (English poet)

3. CONDITIONALS
“If I had no sense of humour, I would long ago have committed suicide.” “If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.” “If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.” “If a belief can be lost, it’s not worth to trust it. If a belief can not be lost, it will kill you” “If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, just what does an empty desk mean?” “If I had had a flower for everytime I thought of you… I could have walked through my garden forever”

4. FIRST CONDITIONAL USE: -Probable events -Promises or warnings
IF + SIMPLE PRESENT, FUTURE (WILL)
USE: -Probable events
-Promises or warnings
Possible changes (particle): UNLESS: If you don´t come to work, you won´t get money
Unless you come to work, you won´t get money.
Possible changes (verb tenses):
-Imperative (e.g. If you need some help, phone me!)
-A modal verb (e.g. If you need some help, you must/may/can phone me

5. SECOND CONDITIONAL USE: -Hypothetical /Improbable events -Advice
IF + SIMPLE PAST, WOULD + INFINITIVE
USE: -Hypothetical /Improbable events
-Advice
Bear in mind: If + I/he/she/it + WERE (=advice)
If I were you, I would speak frankly about that
Possible changes (verb tenses):
-A modal verb (e.g. If you needed some help, you could/might phone me

6. USE: -Hypothetical /Impossible (to change) past events
THIRD CONDITIONAL
IF + PAST PERFECT, WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
USE: -Hypothetical /Impossible (to change) past events
Possible changes (verb tenses):
-A modal verb (e.g. If you had trained harder, you could/might have won the race

7. MIXED CONDITIONALS
They are usually a combination of 2nd and 3rd conditional, but other combinations are possible.
We use them when the time reference in the conditional clause is different from the result clause
e.g. If Emma wasn’t so lazy, she’d have worked harder for her exam
If he hadn’t spent all his money, he wouldn’t be poor now

8. MIXED CONDITIONALS
They are usually a combination of 2nd and 3rd conditional, but other combinations are possible.
We use them when the time reference in the conditional clause is different from the result clause
e.g. If Emma wasn’t so lazy, she’d have worked harder for her exam
If he hadn’t spent all his money, he wouldn’t be poor now