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.
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