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Chart On Conditional Clauses: Zero: Present Form

This chart outlines the different types of conditional clauses in English based on whether the condition is real or unreal. There are three types of real conditional clauses - zero, one, and two - which use different verb tenses in the subordinate and main clauses and indicate general truths, probable conditions, and improbable conditions respectively. There are also three types of unreal conditional clauses - two, three, and four - which use past and perfect verb forms to express improbable, impossible, and hypothetical conditions and their results.

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Chart On Conditional Clauses: Zero: Present Form

This chart outlines the different types of conditional clauses in English based on whether the condition is real or unreal. There are three types of real conditional clauses - zero, one, and two - which use different verb tenses in the subordinate and main clauses and indicate general truths, probable conditions, and improbable conditions respectively. There are also three types of unreal conditional clauses - two, three, and four - which use past and perfect verb forms to express improbable, impossible, and hypothetical conditions and their results.

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CHART ON CONDITIONAL CLAUSES

CONDITION TYPE SUBORDINATE MAIN CLAUSE EXAMPLE


CLAUSE
Zero: Present Present form, e.g. If you push
the door, it opens
General truth form Imperative
Real One: Present Will, can, e.g. If you don´t
study, you will
Probable
form may,
Conditions / Future never pass the
projections
Imperative exams.

Two: Past tense, Would, e.g. If I were rich, I


would travel round
Improbable subjunctive could, might, the world.
conditions “were” should
Unreal Three: Past perfect Would, could, e.g. If I had
thought about my
Impossible tense should, might
future, I wouldn´t
conditions have + past have made so
participle many mistakes.
(Newly designed by Virginia Espinosa)

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