Examples of Conditional in English

Conditional

In the English language, as in the Spanish, the tool of the conditionals It is essential to talk about situations that occur only if another event also takes place.

In both languages, in addition, it is a verb tense that goes a bit out of the classic simplicity that divides them into present, past and future, since the conditional tense always marks a possibility B based on a circumstance A, which could have already occurred (perfect conditiontal) or not (simple conditional) at the moment of enunciation. In the Spanish language, the conditional is part of the indicative mood.

Types of conditional sentences

As can be seen, the complexity of the structure increases the further the possibility of something happening becomes. It must also be said that there are some words that can replace the ‘if’ keeping the idea of ​​a conditional situation: these are, for example, provided, unless and as long as (equivalent to "as long as", "unless", "whenever", respectively).

Examples of conditional sentences

1. If you go to northern hemisphere, there is autumn when here is spring
2. If you freeze water, it turns into ice
3. If I meet him, I will tell the truth
4. If your husband hadn´t lie, you would not be in trouble now.
5. If I had worked harder, I would have won the Nobel prize
6. If we go faster, we will get the train
7. If you buy the new IPhone with this credit card, you will get a considerable discount
8. If Paul wins the prize, he will be very excited
9. If I were you, I would go to everywhere they invite me
10. If he comes to town, we will have dinner at that restaurant as usual.
11. Unless somebody thinks like you, you will not be considered a “friend” there.
12. If you had a car, you would arrive on time
13. Nobody will defend you if you do that madness
14. If you study hard, you will pass your exams
15. If the people had chosen that, he would have been president
16. If his wife drives the car, be sure that they will get lost.
17. If I were to Colombia, I would visit Cartagena
18. If my granma asked me for him, I would tell her the truth.
19. I will travel to USA unless they don't give me the VISA
20. If they sold that old-fashioned house, they would reduce their expenses considerably

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