Trabalho de inglês sobre if conditional
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The structure of a first conditional sentence
A first conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause:
|if clause |main clause |
|If you study hard, |you will pass the test. |
If the "if" clause comes first, a comma is usually used. If the "if" clause comes second, there is no need for a comma:
|main clause |if clause |
|You will pass the test |if you study hard. |
We use different verb forms in each part of a first conditional:
|main clause |if clause |
|You will pass the test |if you study hard. |
The structure of a second conditional sentence
The second conditional is like the first conditional. We are still thinking about the future. We are thinking about a particular condition in the future, and the result of this condition. But there is not a real possibility that this condition will happen. For example, you do not have a lottery ticket. Is it possible to win? No! No lottery ticket, no win! But maybe you will buy a lottery ticket in the future. So you can think about winning in the future, like a dream. It's not very real, but it's still possible.
|IF |condition |result |
| |past simple |WOULD + base verb |
|If |I won the lottery |I would buy a car. |
Notice that we are thinking about a future condition. We use the past simple tense to talk about the future condition. We use WOULD + base verb to talk about the future result. The important thing about the second conditional is that