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If clauses

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• result of something that might happen (in the present or future)

• what might have happened but didn't (in the past) 

• written / spoken using different verb tenses

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possible condition +  possible result

  (present simple)                         (will + base form)

If the sun comes out, I will jog in the park.

If it rains hard, I will not go to school.

FIRST CONDITIONAL

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real condition  +    inevitable result

  (present simple)                      (present simple)

If you heat ice, it melts.

If you heat water, it boils.

ZERO CONDITIONAL

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expired past condition  + possible past result

     (past perfect)                        (would have + past participle)

If I had studied harder, I would have passed the exam.

If I had only followed my diet plan, I would have lost weight in three months.

THIRD CONDITIONAL

hypothetical condition + possible result

     (past simple)                           (would + base form)

If I won the lottery, I would buy sports cars.

SECOND CONDITIONAL

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