First Conditional:
If I see her, I'll tell her you called.
If you don't hurry, you'll miss the bus.
Unless you hurry, you'll miss the bus.
Use if + present simple and will +
infinitive.
There are other possibilities:
If it's sunny, we might go to the beach.
If the photos are good, I’m going to
send them to you.
If I haven’t finished by 10, start dinner
without me.
Use if + any present tense, any
future tense or imperative.
Use first conditional to talk about
a possibility in the future.
Zero Conditional:
If it rains, the grass gets wet.
Use if + present simple, present
simple.
There are other possibilities:
If she’s working, she’s on her laptop.
If the sun has set, the lights come on
automatically.
I go for a walk every day unless it’s
raining.
If I drink coffee in the evening, I can’t
sleep.
Use if + any present tense, any
present tense.
Use zero conditional to talk about
facts or things that always happen.
Second Conditional:
If I won the lottery, I’d buy a big house.
I wouldn’t live in the country if I didn’t
have a car.
Use if + past simple, would + verb.
There are other possibilities:
If you weren’t making so much noise, I
could concentrate better.
In the if clause you can also use
past continuous. In the other
clause you can use could or might
instead of would.
Use second conditional to talk
about something hypothetical or
imaginary in the present or future.
Third Conditional:
If you had studied more, you would
have done better in the test.
I wouldn’t have been late if I had set up
my alarm properly.
Use if + past perfect, would have
+ past participle.
There are other possibilities:
He would have died if he hadn’t been
wearing a helmet.
If they had known you were coming, they
might have stayed longer.
You can also use if + past perfect. You can
replace would have by could have or
might have.
Use third conditional sentences to
talk about a hypothetical past
situation and its consequence.
