Conditionals

July 10th 2012

Conditionals are statements which server us like conditions or decisions taken over a situation.

In philosophy , the result of the conditionals is α→β.

In English , we have four conditions clauses:

!: 

En las gramáticas inglesas, exisiten dos tipos de teoría en las condiciones distintas como las vamos a ver a continuación.
 

• Present Real Conditional (1st or 0 Conditional ). 

!: 

If present simple, present simple

Ex:

If my mother cooks the dinner, she servers it

• Future Real Conditional (2nd or 1st Conditional) 

!: 

 If present simple, future simple

Ex:

If my mother cooks the dinner, she will server it

• Future Unreal Conditional (3rd or 2nd Conditional) 

!: 

 If past simple, would+ infinitive 

 Ex:

If my mother cooked the dinner, she would server it

• Present Unreal Conditional (4th or 3rd Conditional) 

!: 

 If present simple, would+ infinitive 

 Ex:

If my mother cooks the dinner, she would server it


Special cases with past simple in conditionals sentences

• Past Real Conditional (1st or 0 Conditional) 

!: 

 If past simple, past simple 

 Ex:

If my mother cooked the dinner, she servered it

• Past Unreal Conditional (2nd or 1st Conditional) 

!: 

 If past simple, would + have+ past perfect

 Ex:

If my mother cooked the dinner, she woud have servered it

!:
If  the conditional sentence finishes with β, don't use coma before α.

Ex:

My mother serves the cook if  she cooks it 



 If you prefer, read and practice in these links:

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-conditional_4.htm


http://www.slideshare.net/zailda/conditional-clauses-slides-2003-97


http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/conditional-exercises.html


http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/if.htm


http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-89063.php


http://www.englishexercises.org/buscador/buscar.asp?nivel=any&age=0&tipo=any&contents=conditional


http://englishti.blogspot.com/2012/05/second-conditional-exercises.html

http://englishti.blogspot.com/2012/05/first-conditional-exersices.html

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences

Bibliography

NLC (Natural Learning Coporation), Grammar's book. Santa Fé de Bogotá , 2007, page 131.

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