C O N D I T I O N A L S E N T E N C E (IF CLAUSE) CONDITIONAL SENTENCE Conditional Sentence are used to describe the result to something that might happen in the present or future or might have happened but didn’t (in the past ) Conditional sentence are divided into 4 different types 1. 2. 3. 4. Zero Conditional First Conditional Second Conditional Third Conditional We Use the zero conditional to talk about things that are always true EXAMPLE IF YOU DON’T EAT YOU FEEL HUNGRY IF IT’S RAIN, IT’S WET IF YOU HEAT WATER, IT BOILS PATTERN If + Present + ….. Present FIRST CONDITIONAL TENSE : If Clause = Present Tense Main Clause = Future Tense If he gives me the invitation, I will come to the party Present tense Future tense It is very possible that I will come to his party if he gives me an invitation,. The condition is quite likely to be fulfilled. If + Subject + Verb-1 + Object ; Subject + will + Verb- 1 + Object SECOND CONDITIONAL TENSE : If Clause : Past Tense Main Clause : Past Future If I knew where sinta lived, I would go and see her Second conditional is use to speak about present and future situations which are unlikely to happen. The speaker don’t know where sinta live That is, it is unlikely that the condition will be fulfilled. And the speaker can’t go If + S + Verb 2, + S + would + Verb 1 (bare Infinitive) THIRD CONDITIONAL
