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First and Second Conditionals

The document discusses the differences between the first and second conditional. The first conditional is used to talk about possible or likely future situations, while the second conditional refers to unrealistic or unlikely scenarios. Examples are provided to illustrate how the first conditional uses "will" to describe probable events, while the second conditional uses "would" to describe improbable events. The document explains that either conditional can be used depending on how possible the situation seems.

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First and Second Conditionals

The document discusses the differences between the first and second conditional. The first conditional is used to talk about possible or likely future situations, while the second conditional refers to unrealistic or unlikely scenarios. Examples are provided to illustrate how the first conditional uses "will" to describe probable events, while the second conditional uses "would" to describe improbable events. The document explains that either conditional can be used depending on how possible the situation seems.

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First conditional vs second conditional


We use the first conditional and the second conditional to talk about present or future
situations.
We use the first conditional to talk about possible situations, things that may easily
happen. We use the second conditional to talk about unrealistic situations.

 If I see Sara, I’ll tell her to call you. (=possible)


 If I won the lottery, I’d buy a new house. (=unrealistic)

Sometimes we use either the first or second conditional, and we use one or the other
depending on how probable we think the situations are to happen.

 If I find her, I’ll tell her that I love her. (=I think it’s possible that I find her)
 If I found her, I’d tell her that I love her. (=I think it’s improbable that I find her)

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