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The passive
Conditionals
First conditional
Second conditional
if clause past simple;
main clause conditional tense
used to talk about the consequences of a
hypothetical action:
j If I wrote my essay this afternoon,
I would have time to go out tonight.
(it is still morning, but I think it is less likely
that I will do this.)
Third conditional
if clause past perfect;
main clause conditional perfect tense
used to talk about the possible consequence of
an action that did not happen:
j If I had written my essay this afternoon,
I would have had time to go out tonight.
(it is now evening, and I havent written my
essay: it is now impossible for me to go out.)
Zero conditional
Sometimes sentences with if express certainty
rather than possibility. The zero conditional
is used to talk about something that is always
true, or that was always true in the past:
j If you mix blue and red, you get purple.
(present simple in both parts of the sentence)
j If I asked her to come with us, she always said
no. (past simple in both parts of the sentence)
Conditionals
23/10/2007
The passive