Types of conditional sentences

TYPES OF CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

• REAL CONDITION( ԻՐԱԿԱՆ, ԻՐԱԳՈՐԾԵԼԻ ՊԱՅՄԱՆ)
• UNREAL CONDITION (ԱՆԻՐԱԿԱՆ ՊԱՅՄԱՆ )

REAL CONDITION( zero condition)

The present real conditional (also called conditional 0 ) is used to talk about what you normally do in real-life situations. Both "if" and "when" are used in the present real conditional. 

• GENERAL TRUTHS
• GENERAL TRUTHS

( BOTH CLAUSES ARE THE SIMPLE PRESENT )

E.g. WHEN PEOPLE SMOKE CIGARETTS, THEIR HEALTH SUFFERS.

REAL CONDITION(first condition)

• SITUATION IN WHICH THE OUTCOME IS LIKE TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE( BUT NOT GUARANTED)

IF-CLAUSE+SIMPLE PRESENT, MAIN CLAUSE-FUTURE

E.G If you rest , you will feel better.

UNREAL CONDITION( Second Condition)

Often called the "unreal" conditional because it is used for unreal impossible situations.

If-CLAUSE + Simple Past, MAIN CLAUSE + would + base verb

E.g. IF I WERE A WRITER , I WOULD WRITE FROM TIME TO TIME.

In conditional type 2, we usually use  were " instead of " was " in the if clause " even if the pronoun is  I ,  he ,  she  or  it .

Third Conditional

PRESENT SITUATION WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF SOMETHING DIFFERENT HAD HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

If-CLAUSE + Past Perfect, MAIN-CLAUSE- +would + have + Past Participle

E.g. If he had been careful, he wouldn't have had that terrible accident

WISH

• WE USE WISH IN UNREAL CONDITIONS TO EXPRESS REGRET OR WISH TO SAY WE WOULD LIKE THINGS TO BE DIFFERENT.

I WISH I KNEW FRENCH.

I WISH I WERE YOU.