Simple Explanation Conditionals for 4 Medios

Zero Conditional

Things are always true

“If you heat water, it boils”

“If I´m late, my mum gets angry” (we use present simple)

First Conditional

Events in the future that are likely to happen

“If it rains, I will not play tennis”

“They won´t go to the party if they have to study”

“If I have some money, I´ll buy that book” (we use present simple + future)

Second Conditional

Unreal or impossible things

“If I had a house in the hills, I would host a party every night”

“If I won a million dollars, I would buy you a new house”

“If they went to Europe, they would travel all around” (past simple+ would +infinitive)

Third Conditional

Actions in the past that didn´t  happen…and we use it to imagine a different past

“She would have passed her exam, if she had studied more”

“If I had done my assignment,I would have passed my exam”

(past perfect+would have+past participle)