First Conditional (unit 38)

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First Conditional (unit 38)

• Its winter time and very cold. You say
• If it snows tomorrow, I wont go to work.
• There is a real possibility that it will snow.
• So here we use the FIRST CONDITIONAL
• If the present simple, will/wont in result
  clause.

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Second Conditional (unit 39)

• You dont have much money and would like to have
  more. You say to your friend
• If I won the lottery, Id definitely give up
  working and just enjoy my life.
• You are imagining a situation that will probably
  not happen, so we use the SECOND CONDITIONAL
• If past simple, would/wouldnt in result
  clause.

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Third Conditional (unit 40)

• Last month Gary was in hospital for a few days.
  Rachel didnt know this, so she didnt go to
  visit him. They met a few days ago and Rachel
  said
• If I had known you were in hospital, I would
  have gone to see you.
• This type of conditional refers to a situation
  which has already happened in the past but which
  cannot be changed.
• Use If had past participle, would have
  past participle in the result clause.

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WISH 1(units 39 and 41)

• Use WISH to say that we regret something in the
  present. In this context we use wish with the
  past
• I wish I knew what to do about the problem. (but
  I dont know and I regret this).

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WISH 2 (units 40 and 41)

• To say we regret something that happened in the
  past
• I wish I had known about the party. I would
  have gone if I had known. (but I didnt).
• Use Wish had past participle

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WISH 3 (unit 41)

• To complain about a situation or a person that
  are irritating
• I wish you wouldnt keep interrupting me.
• I wish you would do something instead of just
  sitting around and doing nothing.
• Wish subject would/woudnt and bare
  infinitive.