Conditional
It expresses a relationship where one idea (the condition) leads to another idea (the result). It is used to talk about possibilities, hypothetical situations, or express the consequences of a specific action or event.
Conditional statements have two parts: the first is the condition (if clause). This part establishes a situation or event that could lead to a specific result. The second is the result (main clause). This part establish what will happen if the condition is met.
Expresa una relación donde una idea (la condición) conduce a otra idea (el resultado). Se utiliza para hablar de posibilidades, situaciones hipotéticas o expresar las consecuencias de una acción o evento específico.
Las oraciones condicionales constan de dos partes: la primera es la condición (cláusula condicional). Esta parte establece una situación o evento que podría conducir a un resultado específico. La segunda es el resultado (cláusula principal). Esta parte establece qué sucederá si se cumple la condición.
There are four types of Conditional sentences:
- The zero conditional: Facts and general truths
- The first conditional: Real possibilities
- The second conditional: Unreal or improbable situations
- The third conditional: Past hypotheticals
Existen cuatro tipos de oraciones condicionales:
- El condicional cero: Hechos y verdades generales
- El primer condicional: Posibilidades reales
- El segundo condicional: Situaciones irreales o improbables
- El tercer condicional: Supuestos hipotéticos pasados
Tabla de usos y estructuras
| The zero: Facts and general truths | The first: Real possibilities | The second: Unreal or improbable situations | The third: Past hypotheticals |
|---|---|---|---|
| It is used to talk about a general truth Se utiliza para hablar de una verdad general. | It is used to talk about real situations Se utiliza para hablar de situaciones reales. | It is used to talk about improbable or unreal situations Se utiliza para hablar de situaciones improbables o irreales. | It is used to talk about unreal situations in the past Se utiliza para hablar de situaciones irreales en el pasado. |
| Structure (estructura): If + present simple, … Present simple | Structure (estructura): If + present simple,… will + infinitive verb | Structure (estructura): If + past simple, … would + infinitive verb | Structure (estructura): If + past perfect, … would have + past participle |
| The zero: Facts and general truths | The first: Real possibilities | The second: Unreal or improbable situations | The third: Past hypotheticals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Example: (Ejemplo) If you heat ice, it melts. Si calientas el hielo, se derrite. This a general truth because always if you heat ice (condition), it melts (result) | Example: If it rains, I will stay at home Si llueve me quedaré en casa This a real possibility, the condition “if it rains”, and the result “I will stay at home” | Example: If I won the lottery, I would buy a house Si ganara la lotería, compraría una casa. This is unreal situation, the condition “if I won the lottery” and the result “I would buy a house”. I probably will not win the lottery, but if I did, I would buy a house. | Example: I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam Si hubiera estudiado más, habría aprobado el examen. This is an unreal situation because I didn’t study hard and I didn’t pass the exam, however “if I had studied harder” (in past), “I would passed the exam” (in past). |
| The zero: Facts and general truths | The first: Real possibilities | The second: Unreal or improbable situations | The third: Past hypotheticals |
|---|---|---|---|
| More examples (Más ejemplos): If you mix blue and yellow, you get green If you don’t eat, you get hungry | More examples: If you study hard, you will pass the exam If they don’t hurry, they will miss the train | More examples: If I were you, I would take the job If it snow in Arizona. It would be a miracle | More examples: If she had seen the sign, she wouldn’t have parked there If we had left earlier, we would have caught the train |
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