If clauses conditionals rules, examples

If clauses conditional

If-clauses - Conditional sentences

If clauses =  main clause and if-clause. There are 3 Types: If clauses Type 1, If clauses Type 2, If clauses Type 3.

  • If clauses all Types
  • If clause Type 1
  • If clause Type 2
  • If clause Type 3

If-clauses all Types

If clauses Type 1 (one): Situations that can really happen at present or in future (real).
If clauses Type 2 (two):  Situations will probably never happen at present or in future (unreal).
If clauses Type 3 (three): Situations that did not happen in the past. 

Form

If-clause Type If-clause  Main clause
If-clause Type I:  Simple Present  will + infinitive
If-clause Type II:  Simple Past  would + infinitive
If-clause Type III:   Past Perfect  would + have + Past Participle

Examples If-clauses Type I, Type II,Type III

If-Clause at the beginning of the sentence

If-clause Type  If-clause  Main clause
If-clause Type I   If the game is good,   I will play it.
If-clause Type II   If the game was good,   I would play it.
If-clause Type III   If the game had been good,   I would have played it.
 

If-clause at the end of the sentence

If-clause Type   Main clause  If-Clause
If-clause Type I   I will play the game   if it is good.
If-clause Type II   I would play the game   if it was good.
If-clause Type III   I would have played the game   if it had been good.

Form If Clause Type 1

Situations that can really happen at present or in future (real).

Form If Clause Type 1

If-Clause Main clause
Simple Present will + infinitive

Example If Clause Type 1

If the game is good, I will play it.
I will play the game if  it is good.

If Clause Type 2

Situations will probably never happen at present or in future (unreal).

Form If Clause Type 2

If-clause Main clause
Simple Past would + infinitive

Examples If Clause Type 2

If I lived in Australia, I would be a sheep farmer.
I would be a sheep farmer if I lived in Australia.

If Clause Type 3

Situations that did not happen in the past.

If Clause Type 3

If-Clause Main clause
Past Perfect would + have + Past Participle

Examples If Clause Type 3

If I had had nothing to do, I would have come.
I would have come If I had had nothing to do.

Tests and exercises

28 If clauses Tests
29 Test If clauses Type 1 Type 2
30 Test If clauses Type 1, Type 2, Type 3
31 Tests If clauses Type 1, Type 2, Type 3
32 Conditional Type 1, Type 2, Type 3
33 Test If clause Conditional If clauses
34 Multiple Choice If clauses

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