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El condicional en inglés
El condicional es uno de los tiempos más difícil en inglés, incluso para los estudiantes avanzados. Aquí ofrecemos una sencillas reglas para las tres primerascondicionales:
* condicional cero,
* condicional primero y
* condicional segundo.
Al final hay un ejercicio para practicar las distintas formas del condicional en inglés. Encontrarán las respuestascorrectas al ejercicio gratis aquí.

1. Zero Conditional: Para describir rutinas o hechos generales

Example

If I leave the house at 8am, I catch the bus at 8.15am
(this always happens = zerocondition)

If + Present simple or continuous + subject + present simple

2. First Conditional: Para describir situaciones probables y resultados posibles

Examples

If I see Peter, I´ll givehim your message.
If it´s raining when I leave the office tonight, I´ll get a taxi home.

If + present simple or present continuous + subject + will + infinitive

3. Second Conditional: Paradescribir situaciones imaginarias o muy poco probables y el resultado.

Examples

If I won the lottery, I would (or I´d) leave my job and travel around the world. (unlikely)
If I were you, I´dapply for a new job. (imaginary)
If + past simple + subject + would + infinitive
Tips:
* Use the infinitive without to after will and would
* We often use the contracted form of will - I´ll,you'll, he'll, she'll, ít'll, we'll and they'll and the contracted form of would - I'd, you'd, he'd, she'd, it'd, we'd and they'd
* Separate the clauses with a comma
* In the secondconditional use were instead of was for ALL subjects - If I were you...

El conditional 3
El condicional 3 (3rd conditional) se usa para hablar de situaciones ireales en el pasado y los resultadosimaginados.

Se forma

If + past perfect simple*/continuous** + would/could/might + have + past participle

* subject + had + past participle
** subject + had + been + present participle

Examples...