Grammar: If-Clauses/ Conditionals
Grammar: If-Clauses/ Conditionals If – Clauses/ Conditional Sentences Conditional sentences are used to speculate about what could happen, what might have happened, and what we wish would happen. The most common word use is: word if . These conditional sentences are made up of an if clause and a main clause. “Unless” which is equivalent to “if”, is used in most of the negative conditional sentences in stead of “If”. There are five main ways of constructing conditional sentences in English. 1. Type: 0 Zero Conditional If Clause+ , + Main Clause If +Condition+, +Result Present Simple +Present Simple If +Sub+ v1/v5+obj +, + Sub + v1/v5+obj If this thing happens, that thing happens - Make sentences about: Real world General truths Habits Typical behaviours E...