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 |
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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 |
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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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