Conditional

conditional

A =  IF +  (condition)  (THEN) (result)

B =   (result)  +  IF   (condition)

e.g.

A=   if you study (then) you will get a good grade B=    you will get a good grade if you study

0	if you win the lottery you become rich

1	if i win the lottery i will buy a car

2	if i won the lottery i would buy a car

3	if i had won the lottery i would have bought a car

0	present tense      	present tense

1	present tense	will 	+ infinitive

2	past simple	would 	+ infinitive

3	past perfect	would have + participle (avrei..) could have + participle (potere, avrei potuto..)

would probably/definately=certainly have gone to... would have probably/definately/certainly gone to

eg. I would probably have stayed longer If I had known that it was so early

I could probably have bought that car if you had lent me the money.

I would probably have visited my friend when I was at university in Venice if I had known that he was living near me.

CONDITION                RESULT

0      	if you heat water     	it boils if you heat ice	it melts when I'm happy	I smile

First Conditional, IF  +  Condition          WILL   +  Infinitive

1      if it rains       I will take an umbrella

if it doesn't rain  I won't take an umbrella

when I arrive   I'll phone you

we'll cross that bridge when we come to it

2      if (past simple)

if you were poor, you wouldn't live in a five-star hotel if you weren't rich, you wouldn't live in a five-star hotel

'I wouldn't do that if I were you' - non farei cosi se io fosse te

3	If we had invested more money in the business we would have expanded more.

If you had told me that before, I wouldn't have bothered to come. If you had listened more carefully, you wouldn't have made that mistake If I had seen Pamela, I would have spoken with her If Inter hadn't lost that game, they would have won You wouldn't have lost all that money if you had saved it in the bank. She would have had a great time if she had gone out with her friends