If I don’t water my flowers, they die.
Conditional 0
Conditional If Clause Main ClauseConditional Zero IF + SUBJECT + SIMPLE PRESENT, SUBJECT + SIMPLE PRESENT VERB
IF SUBJECTSIMPLE
PRESENT VERB
SUBJECTSIMPLE
PRESENT VERB
SUBJECTSIMPLE
PRESENT VERB
SUBJECTSIMPLE FUTURE (WILL)
SUBJECT SIMPLE PAST
SUBJECTINFINITIVE
VERB
SUBJECT PAST PERFECT ,
SUBJECT PAST PARTICIPLE
WOULD/WOULDN’T
WOULD HAVE/WOULDN’T HAVE
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If I don’t eat enough, I will be hungry.
CONDITIONAL 1
Conditional If Clause Main ClauseConditional First IF + SUBJECT + SIMPLE PRESENT, SUBJECT + SIMPLE FUTURE (WILL)
If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world!
CONDITIONAL 2
Conditional If Clause Main ClauseConditional Second IF + SUBJECT + SIMPLE PAST SUBJECT + WOULD/WOULDN’T + SIMPLE
PRESENT VERB (INFINITIVE)
If I had studied, I would have passed.
CONDITIONAL 3
Conditional If Clause Main ClauseConditional Third IF + SUBJECT + PAST PERFECT, SUBJECT + WOULD HAVE/WOULDN’T HAVE +
PAST PARTICIPLE
If I were you, I would never let me go!
Conditional 2
Conditional If Clause Main ClauseConditional Second
IF + SUBJECT + SIMPLE PAST SUBJECT + WOULD/WOULDN’T + SIMPLE PRESENT VERB (INFINITIVE)
If she had not stayed in the sun all day, the sun wouldn’t have burnt her.
Conditional 3
Conditional If Clause Main ClauseConditional Third IF + SUBJECT + PAST PERFECT, SUBJECT + WOULD HAVE/WOULDN’T HAVE +
PAST PARTICIPLE