1. CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 2nd of Bachillerato

2. FIRST CONDITIONAL IT EXPRESSES THE REAL RESULT IF THE CONDITION IS FULFILLED. ITS STRUCTURE IS: IF + PRESENT SIMPLE (condition)  WILL + INFINITIVE (result) If we phone, they’ll tell us the news. I’ll watch TV more often if I get cable television. IF + PRESENT SIMPLE (c)  MAY/MIGHT + INFINITIVE (r) If I’m late, I may take a taxi. IF + PRESENT SIMPLE (c)  IMPERATIVE (r) If I’m late, call my office.

3. SECOND CONDITIONAL IT EXPRESSES AN HYPOTHETICAL CONDITION WHICH IS LESS PROBABLE TO BE FULFILLED. ITS STRUCTURE IS: IF + PAST SIMPLE (condition)  WOULD + INFINITIVE (result) If you didn’t listen to music, you would study better. The alarm would go off if I touched this switch. IF THE VERB IN THE CONDITION IS “TO BE”, IT IS USED WERE WITH ANU KIND OF SUBECT: If I were rich, I would move to a different neighbourhood. If he were here, he would lend me the money. YOU ALWAYS USE WERE WITH THE PRONOUN I WHEN YOU GIVE AN ADVICE: You look tired. If I were you, I would get some rest. IF + PAST SIMPLE (condition)  COULD/MIGHT + INFINITIVE (result) If he were her, he might help us.

4. THIRD CONDITIONAL IT EXPRESSES AN HYPOTHETICAL CONDITION WHICH CANNOT BE FULFILLED BECAUSE IT REFERS TO THE PAST. ITS STRUCTURE IS: IF + PAST PERFECT (c)  WOULD HAVE + PARTICIPLE (r) She wouldn’t have been upset yesterday of he had told her the truth. If I hadn’t worn my new shoes, I would have been more comfortable. IF + PAST PERFECT (c)  COULD/MIGHT HAVE + PARTICIPLE (r) Jill might have come to the party if she had known about it in time. We couldn’t havebought our flat if we hadn’t won the lottery. *IN NEGATIVE, YOU CAN USE UNLESS AND THE VERB IN THE CONDITION IN AFFIRMATIVE: We’ll go to her office unless she comes soon.

5. TIME SENTENCES SIMILAR TO FIRST CONDITIONALS, TIME SENTENCES REFER TO THE FUTURE, BUT WITH THE VERB IN PRSENT. THE CONJUNCTIONS ARE: AFTER, BEFORE, TILL, UNTIL, AS SOON AS, AS LONG AS, WHEN, ONCE, BY THE TIME, THE MOMENT, WHENEVER, PROVIDING THAT After you read this, you’ll know what I’m talking about. He’ll be able to get a driving licence when he is 18. By the time dad gets home, it will be to late to go out for a meal.