CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Description: Conditional sentences in English: type zero, first conditional, second conditional, third conditional. Access our conditional exercises in English online. All exercises contain self-correction and you can self-evaluate. Remember in PDF ZONE you can download conditional exercises in English in PDF.

Three different types of conditional sentenses can be distinguished:

FIRST CONDITIONAL

It refers to an action which will generally happen in the future (future possibility).

[if + present simple] + [future simple(will)] 

If he finishes his homework, he’ll go to the cinema.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

It refers to a hypothetical or imaginary situation in the present or future; also used to express advice, hope or ambition.

[if + past simple] + [conditional simple (would)] 

If I met Leonardo DiCaprio, I’d ask him for his autograph.

THIRD CONDITIONAL

It refers to an unfulfilled condition in the past which may be used to express regret about the past.

[if + past perfect simple] + [conditional perfect] (would have + participle ) 

If she had got up earlier, she wouldn’t have missed the train.