2. • What if water gets to 32 degrees?
• What if he asks you to marry him?
• What if she owned a car?
• What if it had rained?
3. “if” clause + main clause = conditional
•If water gets below 32 degrees, it freezes.
•If he asks me to marry him, I’ll say no.
•If she owned a car, she would drive to work.
•If it had rained, we would have cancelled the picnic.
4. 0: the “present” or “factual” conditional
•If it gets below 32 degrees, water freezes.
5. 0: the “present” or “factual” conditional
•If it gets below 32 degrees, water freezes.
•Water freezes if it gets below 32 degrees.
6. 0: the “present” or “factual” conditional
•If it gets below 32 degrees, water freezes.
•Water freezes if it gets below 32 degrees.
“if” clause verb main clause verb
PRESENT PRESENT
7. 1: the “future” conditional
•If she asks me to marry her, I’ll say no.
8. 1: the “future” conditional
•If she asks me to marry her, I’ll say no.
•I will say no if she asks me to marry her.
9. 1: the “future” conditional
•If she asks me to marry her, I’ll say no.
•I will say no if she asks me to marry her.
“if” clause verb main clause verb
PRESENT FUTURE
10. 2: the “hypothetical” conditional
•If I spoke French, I would spend summers in Paris.
11. 2: the “hypothetical” conditional
•If I spoke French, I would spend summers in Paris.
•I would spend summers in Paris if I spoke French.
12. 2: the “hypothetical” conditional
•If I spoke French, I would spend summers in Paris.
•I would spend summers in Paris if I spoke French.
“if” clause verb main clause verbs
PAST WOULD + BASE FORM
13. 3: the “past” or “impossible” conditional
•If we had seen the deer, we would have stopped
the car.
14. 3: the “past” or “impossible” conditional
•If we had seen the deer, we would have stopped
the car.
•We would have stopped the car if we had seen
the deer.
15. 3: the “past” or “impossible” conditional
•If we had seen the deer, we would have stopped
the car.
•We would have stopped the car if we had seen
the deer.
“if” clause verb main clause verbs
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
16. 0: the “present” or “factual” conditional
•If water ___ below 32 degrees, it ___.
•Water ___ if it ___ below 32 degrees.
“if” clause verb main clause verb
PRESENT PRESENT
17. 0: the “present” or “factual” conditional
•If water gets below 32 degrees, it freezes.
•Water freezes if it gets below 32 degrees.
“if” clause verb main clause verb
PRESENT PRESENT
18. 1: the “future” conditional
•If she ___ me to marry her, I ___ ___no.
•I ___ ___ no if she ___ me to marry her.
“if” clause verb main clause verb
PRESENT FUTURE
19. 1: the “future” conditional
•If she asks me to marry her, I will say no.
•I will say no if she asks me to marry her.
“if” clause verb main clause verb
PRESENT FUTURE
20. 2: the “hypothetical” conditional
•If I ___ French, I ____ ____summers in Paris.
•I ____ ____ summers in Paris if I ___ French.
“if” clause verb main clause verbs
PAST WOULD + BASE FORM
21. 2: the “hypothetical” conditional
•If I spoke French, I would spend summers in Paris.
•I would spend summers in Paris if I spoke French.
“if” clause verb main clause verbs
PAST WOULD + BASE FORM
22. 3: the “past” or “impossible” conditional
•If we ___ ___the deer, we ___ ___ ___ the car.
•We ___ ___ ___ the car if we ___ ___ the deer.
“if” clause verb main clause verbs
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
23. 3: the “past” or “impossible” conditional
•If we had seen the deer, we would have stopped
the car.
•We would have stopped the car if we had seen
the deer.
“if” clause verb main clause verbs
HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE WOULD HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE
24. • What if water gets to 32 degrees?
• What if he asks me to marry him?
• What if she owned a car?
• What if it had rained?
