Conditionals:
Zero er conditional:
1st conditional:
2nd conditional:
3rd conditonal:
Type of Conditional
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Description
When do we use it?
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Structure
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Examples
(with different possible
structures)
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If Clause
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Consequence Clause
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Zero
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When it is logic and true
that the situation will happen.
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If + Present
simple.
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Present
Simple
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If
you freeze water, it becomes ice.
Plants die if
they don't get enough water.
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First
_
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When the situation is a possibity
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If +will
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Present simple
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If I have time, I'll visit my parents this afternoon.
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Second
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If + Simple past
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Would + complement
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If I had won the lottery, I would have traveled around the world
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Third
_
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If had +Past. partici.
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Would + have + pp.
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Jineth had been free yesterday I would
have invited her
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| relative pronoun | use | example |
|---|---|---|
| who | subject or object pronoun for people | I told you about the woman who lives next door. |
| which | subject or object pronoun for animals and things | Do you see the cat which is lying on the roof? |
| which | referring to a whole sentence | He couldn’t read which surprised me. |
| whose | possession for people animals and things | Do you know the boy whose mother is a nurse? |
| whom | object pronoun for people, especially in non-defining relative clauses (in defining relative clauses we colloquially prefer who) | I was invited by the professor whom I met at the conference. |
| that | subject or object pronoun for people, animals and things in defining relative clauses (who or which are also possible) | I don’t like the table that stands in the kitchen. |
| Relative Clauses | Example |
| Defining | We know a lot of people who study in the Gran Colombia University |
| I don´t like stories that have unhappy endings | |
| Bogotá is the city where I was born | |
| Non-defining | Juan, who lives near to my home, gave me flowers yesterday |
Regular
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Irregular
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Comparative
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Superlative
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Comparative
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Superlative
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big/Bigger than
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big /the biggest
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good/ better than
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good /the best
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beautiful /more beautiful than
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beautiful/ the most beautiful
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bad/worse than
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bad /
the worst
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heavy/heavier than
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heavy
the heaviest
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far/ the furthest
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tiring/more tiring than
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tiring/ the most tiring
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far/farther than
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happy/the happiest
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happy/ happier than
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tall/ the tallest
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tall /taller than
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excited / most excited
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