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Unit Goals In this unit you will learn about:
  1. The Zero Conditional (Type 0)
    "Phosphorus burns if you expose it to air."

  2. First Conditional (Type I)
    "If I have the money, I will buy this car."

  3. Second Conditional (Type II)
    "If I were you, I would not talk to him."

  4. Third Conditional (Type III)
    "If had studied harder, I would have aced the test."

  5. Wish Sentences
    "I wish I hadn't said that to him."


Grammar Notes
  1. The zero conditional is a structure used for talking about general truths, or scientific facts -- things which always happen under certain conditions.

  2. The first conditional (also called conditional type 1) is a structure used for talking about possibilities in the present or in the future.Type 1: if + present + future.

  3. The second conditional (also called conditional type 2) is a structure used for talking about unreal situations in the present or in the future.Type 2: if + past + conditional.

  4. The third conditional (also called conditional type 3) is a structure used for talking about unreal situations in the past.In other words, it is used to talk about things which DID NOT HAPPEN in the past. Type 3: if + past perfect + perfect conditional.

  5. The verb wish expresses a desire for a situation that does not exist right now in the present. A wish is a desire to change a real situation into an unreal one. The unreal situation is expressed in the simple past.


Warm-up Match the two columns so that each sentence is a meaningful sentence.
Then click on the answer button to see if your answer is correct.

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