Past Routines

Conditionals with if

• Real conditional

We use this conditional when we want to talk about future possibility. It is something that could happen.

 

             If + present tense + will + base tense

 

 examples:

                 If I finish my homework, I will go with you.

                 If she goes, I will see her.

 

• Present Unreal conditional

We use it, when we want to talk about  present or future unreal or imagined situations or to give advice.

 

          If + past tense + would + base tense

 

 examples:

                 If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.

                 If  I were you, I would stop taking so many risks.

                

 

• Past Unreal conditional

We use this conditional when we want to talk about regrets, unreal or imagined situations in the past.

           

          If + past perfect + would have + past participle

 

examples:

                If  I hadnot had children in my 20s, I would have traveled more.

                If he had heard the weather forecast, He wouldn't have gone hiking in the montains.