The Zero Conditional (Type 0) "Phosphorus burns if you expose it to air."
First Conditional (Type I) "If I have the money, I will buy this car."
Second Conditional (Type II) "If I were you, I would not talk to him."
Third Conditional (Type III) "If had studied harder, I would have aced the test."
Wish Sentences "I wish I hadn't said that to him."
Grammar Notes
The zero conditional is a structure used for talking about general truths, or scientific facts -- things which always happen under certain conditions.
The first conditional (also called conditional type 1) is a structure used for talking about possibilities in the present or in the future. Type 1: if + present + future.
The second conditional (also called conditional type 2) is a structure used for talking about unreal situations in the present or in the future. Type 2: if + past + conditional.
The third conditional (also called conditional type 3) is a structure used for talking about unreal situations in the past. In other words, it is used to talk about things which DID NOT HAPPEN in the past. Type 3: if + past perfect + perfect conditional.
The verb wish expresses a desire for a situation that does not exist right now in the present. A wish is a desire to change a real situation into an unreal one. The unreal situation is expressed in the simple past.
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