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"Conditional sentences express known truths or hypothetical past and future situations."
In English Language, Conditional sentences are a type of complex sentence. They’re made up of two parts: a condition (introduced by if) and a result.
A Conditional Sentence has two parts:
• If clause and
• Main Clause.
Examples of Conditional tense:
Example:
The Conditional sentences are of three kinds:
We can use – If, Can, Could, May, Might, Unless, Whenever, Whenever, Whatever, Whichever (in place of ‘if not’) to form Conditional Tenses.
The following are uses of Conditional Sentences:
Where the tense in both parts of the sentence is the simple present:
Note: In these sentences, the time is now or always and the situation is real and possible. They are often used to refer to general truths.
Where the tense in the 'if clause is the simple present, and the tense in the main clause is the simple future:
Note: In these sentences, the time is the present or future and the situation is real. They refer to a possible condition and its probable result. (It is an open Condition which may or may not be fulfilled)
Where the tense in the 'if' clause is the simple past, and the tense in the main clause is the present conditional:
Note: In these sentences, the time is now or any time, and the situation is unreal or imaginary. They are not based on fact, and they refer to an unlikely or hypothetical condition and its probable result.
Where the tense in the 'if' clause is the past perfect, and the tense in the main clause is the perfect conditional:
Note: In these sentences, the time is past, and the situation is contrary to reality. The facts they are based on are the opposite of what is expressed, and they refer to an unreal past condition and its probable past result.
Where the tense in the 'if' clause is the past perfect, and the tense in the main clause is the present conditional:
Note: In these sentences, the time is past in the 'if' clause, and present in the main clause. They refer to an unreal past condition and its probable result in the present.
In English Language, There are different types of conditions. Some are real, possible or likely, others are unreal, unlikely, and others are impossible.
