What if?using English conditionals

What if water gets to 32 degrees? What if he asks you to marry him? What if she owned a car? What if it had rained?

if clause + main clause = conditional

If water gets below 32 degrees, it freezes. If he asks me to marry him, Ill say no. If she owned a car, she would drive to work. If it had rained, we would have cancelled the picnic.

0: the present or factual conditional

If it gets below 32 degrees, water freezes.Water freezes if it gets below 32 degrees.

if clause verb main clause verb

PRESENT PRESENT

1: the future conditional

If she asks me to marry her, Ill say no. I will say no if she asks me to marry her.

if clause verb main clause verb

PRESENT FUTURE

2: the hypothetical conditional

If I spoke French, I would spend summers in Paris. I would spend summers in Paris if I spoke French.

if clause verb main clause verbs

PAST WOULD + BASE FORM

3: the past or impossible conditional

If we had seen the deer, we would have stopped the car.

We would have stopped the car if we had seen the deer.

if clause verb main clause verbs

HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

0: the present or factual conditional

If water ___ below 32 degrees, it ___.Water ___ if it ___ below 32 degrees.

if clause verb main clause verb

PRESENT PRESENT

0: the present or factual conditional

If water gets below 32 degrees, it freezes. Water freezes if it gets below 32 degrees.

if clause verb main clause verb

PRESENT PRESENT

1: the future conditional

If she ___ me to marry her, I ___ ___no. I ___ ___ no if she ___ me to marry her.

if clause verb main clause verb

PRESENT FUTURE

1: the future conditional

If she asks me to marry her, I will say no. I will say no if she asks me to marry her.

if clause verb main clause verb

PRESENT FUTURE

2: the hypothetical conditional

If I ___ French, I ____ ____summers in Paris. I ____ ____ summers in Paris if I ___ French.

if clause verb main clause verbs

PAST WOULD + BASE FORM

2: the hypothetical conditional

If I spoke French, I would spend summers in Paris. I would spend summers in Paris if I spoke French.

if clause verb main clause verbs

PAST WOULD + BASE FORM

3: the past or impossible conditional

If we ___ ___the deer, we ___ ___ ___ the car. We ___ ___ ___ the car if we ___ ___ the deer.

if clause verb main clause verbs

HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

3: the past or impossible conditional

If we had seen the deer, we would have stoppedthe car.

We would have stopped the car if we had seenthe deer.

if clause verb main clause verbs

HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

What if water gets to 32 degrees? What if he asks me to marry him? What if she owned a car? What if it had rained?

0: ___________________________.

1: ___________________________.

2: ___________________________.

3: ___________________________.

Now write your own sentence to exemplify each of the conditional forms.