{"id":76451,"date":"2026-11-03T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/?p=76451"},"modified":"2026-11-05T00:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T23:47:03","slug":"english-conditionals-famous-conditionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/english-conditionals-famous-conditionals\/","title":{"rendered":"English Conditionals: The Famous Conditionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the topics in English that causes many problems for us is <em>conditionals<\/em>, also called English conditional sentences.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>What are English conditionals?<\/h2>\n<p>To be honest, the theory here is not especially difficult. The problem is mainly that English uses a different way of speaking from our native language, so we make <a href=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/en\/anglicisms-language-calques-from-english\/\" data-speakingo-link=\"192\">literal translations<\/a>&#8230; even when we may know in theory how it should be said.<\/p>\n<p>That is why I want to say in advance that the best way to learn these structures is simply to repeat, repeat, and repeat the correct patterns on the <span data-speakingo-link=\"9966\">Speakingo online English course<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->, where the lesson plan contains many typical uses in which we usually make mistakes.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><button type=\"button\" id=\"openLoginModal\"  class=\"btn signup-btn \" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-redirect_to=\"\" onclick=\"doAuth(this);\">Start learning<\/button><\/h4>\n<h3>However, a little grammar theory will not hurt either!<\/h3>\n<h3>So what is this all about?<\/h3>\n<p>To begin with, you can watch a short, 6-minute video in which I briefly explain English conditionals:<\/p>\n<p>So once again:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Conditionals<\/em>, also called English conditional sentences, are sentences in which, <em>surprise, surprise<\/em> (surprise!), there is a <strong>condition<\/strong> (for example, &#8220;if&#8221;, &#8220;provided that&#8221;, &#8220;as long as&#8221;, etc.).<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">In general, conditional sentences express our <strong>guessing and speculation.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<h2>Conditionals introduce words such as the following condition markers:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>when<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>as soon as, as late as<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>before, after<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>until, till<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So whenever we hear one of these words <em>(of course there are more, but that is for another post)<\/em>, a red warning light should go on in our head: <em>Aha! A conditional is coming!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The only question now is: which of the three, or really four, conditional forms is it?<\/p>\n<p>In principle, there are three English conditionals (the first conditional, the second conditional, and the third conditional), plus the zero conditional and&#8230; mixed conditionals.<\/p>\n<h2>How many conditionals are there in English?<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">In short:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">the zero conditional expresses timeless truths,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">the first conditional is for future guessing,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">the second conditional is for present guessing,<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: center\">and the third conditional is for past guessing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">The only problem is that we use grammar patterns that are not intuitive for us.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p>So let us go through them one by one:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/przyklady-spojnikow-if-when-before-until-as-soon-as-zdania-trybach-warunkowych-conditionals.jpg\" alt=\"30 examples of conjunctions (if, when, before, until, as soon as) in conditional sentences\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/przyklady-spojnikow-if-when-before-until-as-soon-as-zdania-trybach-warunkowych-conditionals.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/przyklady-spojnikow-if-when-before-until-as-soon-as-zdania-trybach-warunkowych-conditionals-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;It is not over until I say it is over&#8221;<\/em> See also:<span data-speakingo-link=\"15472\"><em> 30 examples of conjunctions (if, when, before, until, as soon as) in conditional sentences.<\/em><small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The zero conditional (<em>zero conditional<\/em>)<\/h2>\n<p>You could say that the zero conditional is not really even a <em>conditional<\/em>, which is why it gets such a low rating (zero). Still, it counts, because these are sentences that contain words like <em>if, when, until<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>zero conditional<\/em>, we use the present tense in sentences that describe timeless laws of nature, obvious truths, and unchanging wisdom. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If people are happy themselves, they are nice to other people.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If people are happy themselves, they are nice to other people.<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>When the sun rises, the world becomes brighter.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the sun rises, the world becomes brighter.<\/p>\n<p>So here we have a condition, but both parts of the sentence are in the <span data-speakingo-link=\"260\">present simple<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->, which describes situations that happen regularly, or even always. In English, this is straightforward, so this type does not usually cause us problems.<\/p>\n<p>The fun starts with the next conditionals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/zero-conditional-0-okres-warunkowy-zerowy-cant.jpg\" alt=\"zero conditional 0 zero conditional grammatical tense English\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/zero-conditional-0-okres-warunkowy-zerowy-cant.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/zero-conditional-0-okres-warunkowy-zerowy-cant-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;If they cannot find you, they cannot wash you&#8221;<\/em> See also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"15390\"><em>Zero conditional &#8211; zero conditional sentence.<\/em><small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The first conditional (<em>first conditional, if-clause type 1<\/em>)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>In the first conditional, we speculate about the future.<\/strong> If something happens (or does not happen), I will do something (or not do something), for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>When I see her, I will kiss her.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I see her, I will kiss her.<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If I don&#8217;t get the money, I will sue you!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I don&#8217;t get the money, I will sue you!<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Until he apologizes, she won&#8217;t speak to him.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Until he apologizes, she won&#8217;t speak to him.<\/p>\n<p>Important point: <strong>in Polish, both parts of the sentence are formed in the <span data-speakingo-link=\"276\">future tense<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> \u2014 in English only one part is!<\/strong> You could say that the condition, for example the word <strong><em>if<\/em>, removes our need for <em>will<\/em><\/strong> (we do not say <del><em>If I <strong>will<\/strong> not get the money<\/em><\/del> but <em>If I <strong>don&#8217;t get<\/strong> the money<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>We often want to add <em>will<\/em> here, but we should not. In the part with the condition, we use the <span data-speakingo-link=\"10570\">present simple tense<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->, and in the other part we use the future as normal \u2014 because we are guessing about the future.<\/p>\n<p>The parts of the sentence can be switched, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I will kiss her if I see her.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then we do not even need a comma (which not many people know). But English punctuation is a completely different topic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/first-conditional-pierwszy-tryb-okres-warunkowy-1-gandalf.jpg\" alt=\"first conditional\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/first-conditional-pierwszy-tryb-okres-warunkowy-1-gandalf.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/first-conditional-pierwszy-tryb-okres-warunkowy-1-gandalf-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>&#8220;If you do not learn the first conditional, you will fail the test!&#8221;<\/em> See also:<span data-speakingo-link=\"15456\"><em> First conditional &#8211; plans, threats and promises!<\/em><small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The second conditional (<em>second conditional, if-clause type 2<\/em>)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>This is definitely the most common of the conditionals, and I would risk saying that this is where we most often make mistakes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As with the first conditional, the problem is that Polish uses different grammar structures to express the same ideas.<\/p>\n<p>That is why it is worth remembering that <strong>when we speculate about the present, we use <em>would<\/em> only once<\/strong>, and in the other part of the sentence we use a past tense. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If he was rich, he would buy a helicopter.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If he were rich, he would buy a helicopter.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>In Polish, the hypothetical &#8211;<em>by<\/em> appears in both parts of the sentence, but in English <em>would<\/em> appears only once.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The same is true if we reverse the sentence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I would buy a helicopter if I was rich.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Again, we do not need a comma.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5103\" title=\"Meme in the second conditional: If tardigrades wore shorts, would they wear them like this, like this, like this, or like this ;)\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/drugi-tryb-warunkowy-niesporczaki.jpg.webp\" alt=\"English conditionals, conditionals, tardigrades\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Meme in the second conditional: If tardigrades wore shorts, would they wear them like this, like this, like this, or like this \ud83d\ude09<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>We can also \u201cspeculate negatively\u201d:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I wouldn&#8217;t be here if I didn&#8217;t need the money.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I would not be here if I did not need the money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> it is nicer to use <em>were<\/em> instead of <em>was<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If I were you, I wouldn&#8217;t do it.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I were you, I would not do it. &#8211; Instead of: <em>If I was you&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Unless she were abroad, she would never talk English.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>She would never speak English unless she were abroad. &#8211; Instead of <em>Unless she was abroad&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7305 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\" alt=\"21, twenty one pilots, stressed out, English songs, translation\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>See also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"7301\">Practise conditionals with the song &#8220;Stressed Out&#8221; by Twenty One Pilots.<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The third conditional (<em>third conditional, if-clause type 3<\/em>)<\/h2>\n<p>The third conditional is guessing about the past. We blame ourselves for mistakes, or in history class we speculate about what would have happened if&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If I had learned more, I would have passed my matura exam.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I had studied more, I would have passed my final exam.<\/p>\n<p>Both events are in the past. Here we use <em>If<\/em> + <span data-speakingo-link=\"9685\"><em>past perfect<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> (<em>had<\/em> + the third form of the verb), and <em>would have<\/em> + the third form of the verb in the other part.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the parts can also be switched, which lets us leave out the comma:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I would have passed my driving licence test if I hadn&#8217;t come drunk.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I would have passed my driving test if I had not arrived drunk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If he had had the money, he wouldn&#8217;t have taken this bloody bank loan.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If he had had the money, he would not have taken this unfortunate, literally bloody, loan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5572\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/If-Cats-Could-Talk-They-Wouldnt.jpg.webp\" alt=\"English modal verb can could cannot\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>If cats could talk&#8230; they would not talk. Which conditional is it?<\/em> See also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"13499\"><em>Cat quotes for learning English.<\/em><small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Mixed English conditionals (<em>mixed conditionals<\/em>)<\/h2>\n<p>More advanced students will certainly notice that the simple rules above can take many different forms in practice, depending on context. To express what we mean more precisely, we can also use many mixed combinations of conditional forms and structures, for example:<\/p>\n<h4>Basic first conditional:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If the girl knows English, I will marry her.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If that girl <strong>knows<\/strong> English, I will marry her.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>&#8211; can take the form of an order:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If the girl knows English, marry her!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If that girl knows English, marry her!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>&#8211; or a modal verb can appear here (<em>can, could, may<\/em>, etc.)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If the girl knows English, you can marry her.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If that girl knows English, you can marry her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/conditionals-with-modals-okresy-warunkowe-z-czasownikami-modalnymi.jpg\" alt=\"conditionals with modals\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/conditionals-with-modals-okresy-warunkowe-z-czasownikami-modalnymi.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/conditionals-with-modals-okresy-warunkowe-z-czasownikami-modalnymi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>See also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"15689\">If you read this article about conditionals with modal verbs, you may finally learn them!<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>How English conditionals can be mixed is clearly shown in the table below:<\/h3>\n<h3>First conditional (<em>first conditional<\/em>)<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<colgroup>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>The condition refers to guessing about:<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\">The condition part (<em>if\/unless\/when<\/em> etc.)<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\">The second (main) part of the sentence<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">an action in the future (result)<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">Present simple (<span data-speakingo-link=\"10570\"><em>simple present<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->)<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\"><em>If she offers you the job, &#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>Simple future<\/td>\n<td><em>&#8230;I will take it.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Command<\/td>\n<td><em>&#8230;take it!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Modal verb<\/td>\n<td><em>&#8230;you can take it.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">an action in the near future (something happening)<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">present continuous (<span data-speakingo-link=\"9844\"><em>present continuous<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->)<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\"><em>If she is complaining, &#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>Simple future<\/td>\n<td><em>&#8230;I will run away.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Command<\/td>\n<td><em>&#8230;run away!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Modal verb<\/td>\n<td><em>&#8230;you can always run away.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">an action already completed<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\"><span data-speakingo-link=\"5154\"><em>Present Perfect<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\"><em>If he has brought you the flowers, &#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>Simple future<\/td>\n<td><em>&#8230;she will kiss him.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Command<\/td>\n<td><em>&#8230;kiss him!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Modal verb<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>you can kiss him.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">an unlikely action<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\"> <span data-speakingo-link=\"16080\"><em>should<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> + <span data-speakingo-link=\"13306\">infinitive<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\"><em>If she should fail the exam, &#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<td>Simple future<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>she will simply take it again.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Command<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>go for a beer with her!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Modal verb<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>we can cheer her up<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>states a fact \/ zero conditional<\/td>\n<td>Present simple (<span data-speakingo-link=\"260\"><em>simple present<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->)<\/td>\n<td><em>If people are happy<\/em>, &#8230;<\/td>\n<td>Present tense<\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>they are naturally friendly.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Second conditional (<em>second conditional<\/em>)<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 261px\" width=\"966\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>The condition refers to:<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\">The sentence part with the condition<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\">The second (main) part of the sentence<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>guessing about the present<\/p>\n<p>(or thinking ahead into the future)<\/td>\n<td><span data-speakingo-link=\"230\"><em>Simple Past<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/td>\n<td><em>If I was rich,<\/em> &#8230;<\/td>\n<td>Second conditional<\/p>\n<p><em>(second conditional)<\/em><\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>I would travel to Bhutan<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>guessing about a result in the past<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; although in this case it would usually be more correct to use the third conditional, the idea is that the knowledge<\/p>\n<p>(<em>know her<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>is something permanent, not something that ended in the past<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I probably still do not know her<\/td>\n<td><span data-speakingo-link=\"6344\"><em>Simple Past<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/td>\n<td><em>If I knew her,<\/em> &#8230;<\/td>\n<td>Third conditional<\/p>\n<p><em>(third conditional)<\/em><\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>I would have said &#8220;hi&#8221;.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/tryby-warunkowe-blackmail.jpg.webp\" alt=\"conditionals\" width=\"640\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/tryby-warunkowe-blackmail.jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/tryby-warunkowe-blackmail-284x300.jpg.webp 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Conditionals are useful in blackmail: &#8220;Nice jacket&#8221; &#8220;Thanks&#8221; &#8220;It would be a shame if something happened to it&#8221; (second conditional) &#8220;Leave the fries&#8221; (chips in British English are fries, in American English chips)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Third conditional (<em>third conditional<\/em>)<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 215px\" width=\"966\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col>\n<col><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>The condition refers to:<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\">The sentence part with the condition<\/th>\n<th colspan=\"2\">The second (main) part of the sentence<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>something from long ago up to now<\/td>\n<td><span data-speakingo-link=\"9685\"><em>Past Perfect<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/td>\n<td><em>If I had known it,<\/em> &#8230;<\/td>\n<td>First conditional <em>(first conditional)<\/em><\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>I wouldn&#8217;t be here now.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>something from the past<\/td>\n<td><span data-speakingo-link=\"252\"><em>Past Perfect<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/td>\n<td><em>If he hadn&#8217;t learned English,<\/em> &#8230;<\/td>\n<td>Second conditional <em>(second conditional)<\/em><\/td>\n<td>&#8230;<em>he would not have become an English teacher.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><em>Real and unreal conditionals<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Finally, it is worth mentioning that there is another way to describe conditional sentences.<\/p>\n<p>Some sentences with <em>if, when<\/em>, etc. describe something unreal or imaginary.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If I knew English better, I would get a better job. (unreal conditional)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So we are guessing that if I knew English better, I would get a better job. But I do not know it well, and that is frustrating. Life can feel stuck. We can only dream about it.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the sentence below the situation is different:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>If I start learning English, I will get a better job! (real conditional)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is not just guessing. If I sign up for an English course, getting a better job is a very real option! That is a real possibility!<\/p>\n<p>But I write more about <span data-speakingo-link=\"15618\"><em>real and unreal conditionals<\/em><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--> in a separate text:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/real-and-unreal-conditionals-angielski-warunkowe.jpg\" alt=\"real and unreal conditionals, English, conditional sentences\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/real-and-unreal-conditionals-angielski-warunkowe.jpg 640w, https:\/\/speakingo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/real-and-unreal-conditionals-angielski-warunkowe-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>See also: <span data-speakingo-link=\"15618\">Real and unreal conditionals &#8211; how real are English conditionals?<small data-speakingo-coming=\"1\"> (coming soon)<\/small><\/span><!--speakingo-link-end--><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Exercises on English conditionals (<em>conditionals<\/em>)<\/h2>\n<p>As you can see, English conditionals are not so hard to understand. The grammar itself is not difficult. What is difficult is building the habit of using it correctly!<\/p>\n<p>That is why I invite you to lessons on the <span data-speakingo-link=\"9966\">Speakingo online English course<\/span><!--speakingo-link-end-->, where you can practise all these conditionals by talking to a computer, in a pleasant way, anytime and anywhere, until they become natural. Register to try it for free and see whether this English learning method suits you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>The table with mixed conditionals was inspired by the English-language site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ego4u.com\/en\/cram-up\/grammar\/conditional-sentences\/exceptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English Grammar Online<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Did this text help you understand English conditionals? 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