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CONDITIONALS - Coggle Diagram
CONDITIONALS
SECOND CONDITIONAL
Use
- Unlikely outcome
- Impossible outcome
This means the outcome probably wouldn´t happen because the condition can´t or probably won´t happen
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We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition.
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Examples
We can use it to talk about things in the future that are probably not going to be true. Maybe I'm imagining some dream for example
If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house.(I probably won't win the lottery)
She would pass the exam if she ever studied.(She never studies, so this won't happen)
We can use it to talk about something in the present which is impossible, because it's not true
If I had his number, I would call him. (I don't have his number now, so it's impossible for me to call him).
If I won the lottery, I would buy a car.
It's not very real, but it's still possible.
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THIRD CONDITIONAL
Use
The "past conditional"
- Express a past regret
- Imagine a different outcome
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It talks about the past. It's used to describe a situation that didn't happen, and to imagine the result of this situation
The third conditional is also like a dream, but with no possibility of the dream coming true.
Examples
If she had studied, she would have passed the exam
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If I hadn't eaten so much, I wouldn't have felt sick
But I did eat a lot, and so I did feel sick
If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car
You bought a lottery ticket,but you did not win
Rules
Pattern 1
if + past perfect, would + have + past participle
If it had been a nicer day, we would have gone to the beach
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Sometimes, we use should have, could have, might have instead of would have, for example: If you had bought a lottery ticket, you might have won.
USE
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If a particular condition is true, then a particular result happens