Conditional Sentences

Conditional Sentences / If-Clauses Type I, II und III
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Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three types of ConditionalSentences.
Conditional Sentence Type 1
→ It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled.
Form: if + Simple Present, will-Future
Example: If I find her address, I’ll send her an invitation.
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Conditional Sentence Type 2
→ It is possible but very unlikely, that the condition will be fulfilled.
Form: if + Simple Past, ConditionalI (= would + Infinitive)
Example: If I found her address, I would send her an invitation.
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Conditional Sentence Type 3
→ It is impossible that the condition will be fulfilled because it refers to the past.
Form: if + Past Perfect, Conditional II (= would + have + Past Participle)
Example: If I had found her address, I would have sent her an invitation.more on Conditional Sentences Type III ►
Exceptions
Sometimes Conditional Sentences Type I, II and III can also be used with other tenses.

Exercises on Conditional Sentences Type 1
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Principio del formulario

Partyvorbereitung
Some friends are planning a party. Everybody wants to party, but nobody's really keen on preparing and organisingthe party. So everybody comes up with a few conditions, just to make sure that the others will also do something.
Complete the Conditional Sentences Type I.
1. If Caroline and Sue the salad, Phil the house.
2. If Sue the onions for the salad, Caroline the mushrooms.
3. Jane the sitting room if Aaron and Tim the furniture.
4. If Bob up the kitchen, Anita the toilet.
5.Elaine the drinks if somebody her carry the bottles.
6. If Alan and Rebecca the food, Mary and Conor the sandwiches.
7. If Bob after the barbecue, Sue the guests in.
8. Frank the DJ if the others along their CDs.
9. Alan the drinks if Jane him some of her cocktail recipes.
10. If they all their best, the party great.
Final del formulario
Exercises on Conditional SentencesType 1
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Principio del formulario

Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type I) by putting the verbs into the correct form.
1. If you (send) this letter now, she (receive) it tomorrow.
2. If I (do) this test, I (improve) my English.
3. If I (find) your ring, I (give) it back to you.
4. Peggy (go) shopping if she (have) time inthe afternoon.
5. Simon (go) to London next week if he (get) a cheap flight.
6. If her boyfriend (phone / not) today, she (leave) him.
7. If they (study / not) harder, they (pass / not) the exam.
8. If it (rain) tomorrow, I (have to / not) water the plants.
9. You (be able/ not) to sleep if you (watch) this scary film.
10. Susan (can / move / not) into the new house ifit (be / not) ready on time.
11. Type 1 Conditionals
12. Las oraciones condicionales sirven para expresar situaciones que probablemente (o seguramente) ocurrirán en el futuro si se cumple la condición indicada.
13. Por ejemplo:
14. If the price comes down, more people will buy it.
Si el precio baja, más gente lo comprará.
15. A esta oración se la denomina oración condicionaldel primer tipo. Expresa una condición que es muy probable que se cumpla.
16. If + condición + consecuencia
If + Present + Future Simple
17. Estas oraciones se forman comenzando con IF y agregando la condición, expresada en tiempo presente. Luego, se agrega lo que ocurrirá si se cumple esa condición, expresado en tiempo futuro simple (con will).
18. If it rains, I will stay home....