Conditional tense
Posted: September 25th, 2008 | Author: Paco | Filed under: Grammar Tips | No Comments »Zero Conditional
If I heat water, it boils
IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT SIMPLE
First Conditional
If I have money, I’ll buy this car for you.
IF + PRESENT SIMPLE, WILL/WON’T + INFINITIVE
2nd Conditional
If I had money, I would buy this car for you
IF + PAST SIMPLE, WOULD/WOULDN’T + INFINITIVE
3th Conditional
If I had had money, I would have bought this car for you
IF + HAD + PAST PARTICIPE, WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPE