CONDITIONALS IF CLAUSE If you open the door, Present If She gave me money, Past Simple If I had arrived earlier, Past Perfect
MAIN CLAUSE
MAIN CLAUSE I will see you Future I would buy a house Simple Conditional I would have caught the bus Perfect Conditional
IF CLAUSE
I will see you Future I would buy a house Simple Conditional
If you open the door Present If She gave me money Past Simple
I would have caught the bus Perfect Conditional
If I had arrived earlier Past Perfect
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Conditional Clauses are use to express conditions and are introduced by the subordinating element IF ( Si ): Ex: If you buy those sweets, you will not eat your lunch. You will not eat your lunch if you buy those sweets. NOTE: Remember that if you start a sentence with the subordinated clause ( if clause ), you MUST write a COMMA ( , )before the main clause to indicate where this clause starts.
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There are three types of conditionals: •
Type 1: Probable
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Type 2: Improbable
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Type 3: Impossible