WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTERY?
Zero Conditional First Conditional Second Conditional Third Conditional
Structure:
IF CLAUSE
MAIN CLAUSE
IF + PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT SIMPLE
If you freeze water
It turns into ice.
Use: General or scientific truths. Refers to something that’s always true! (Present)
STRUCTURE: IF CLAUSE
If + Present Simple
MAIN CLAUSE
Will/can/may/must + verb
If it rains today, I’ll stay at home. USE: When a situation is REAL, possible or likely to happen. (Future)
I would buy lot of clothes If I had more money
If I won the lottery, I might go to Dubai. I wouldn’t fail the course If I had studied harder.
Structure IF CLAUSE
MAIN CLAUSE
If + Past Simple (or continuous)
Would/could/might + verb
If I won the lottery,
I would travel around the world.
Use
- Hypothetical, ALMOST UNREAL, or Unlikely situation (future) - Giving Advice
THIRD CONDITIONAL If I had known the answer, I would have raised my hand.
If I had left earlier, I would have arrived on time.
If you had gone to Brazil, you would have had lots of fun.
Structure IF CLAUSE
MAIN CLAUSE
If + Past Perfect
Would/could/might + have + past participle
If I had won the lottery,
I would have travelled around the world.
Use
- Past hypothetical situation - Regrets