jueves, 6 de junio de 2013

Real conditional

REAL CONDITIONAL 

If she calls me back, take a message.

If you tell her the news, she will be very upset.


If I had the time, I will play soccer.

- Real conditionals express an action that often occurs or which will occur if certain condition are met.
- In a real conditional, If (If clause) is true,  then (result clause) is true.

                                     IF-CLAUSE                     RESULT-CLAUSE                        
COMMAND               simple present       +        command form

If you go to supermarket, please pick up some tomatoes.
If you drive by her house, drop off her umbrella.

ZERO CONDITIONAL

                                      IF- CLAUSE                     RESULT-CLAUSE
HABITUAL                  simple present        +        simple present 

If class begins at 9:00, it ends at 11:00.
If it´s rainning in the morning, Luke generally takes the bus.


FIRST CONDITIONAL
                         
                                    IF-CLAUSE                               RESULT-CLAUSE
FUTURE                   simple present        +           will,can,may/might, must+verb

If we have any problem, we will notify him immediately.
If there are too many people at the theater, I won´t stay.