Conditionals (Zero, First, Second, Third)

Conditionals are sentences that describe real or unreal situations and their results.

They usually have two parts:

If-clause (condition)

Main clause (result)

0. Zero Conditional

Used for facts and general truths.

Structure:
If + present simple, present simple

Examples:
If you heat water, it boils.
If people eat too much, they gain weight.
If it rains, the ground gets wet.

1. First Conditional

Used for real and possible future situations.

Structure:
If + present simple, will + base verb

Examples:
If it rains, I will stay home.
If you study, you will pass.
If he comes, I will talk to him.

2. Second Conditional

Used for unreal or imaginary present/future situations.

Structure:
If + past simple, would + base verb

Examples:
If I had money, I would travel.
If she studied harder, she would pass.
If I were you, I would wait.

3. Third Conditional

Used for unreal past situations (regret).

Structure:
If + past perfect, would have + past participle

Examples:
If I had studied, I would have passed.
If she had left earlier, she would have caught the bus.
If they had invited me, I would have gone.

Quick Memory:

0 = always true

1 = real future

2 = imaginary present/future

3 = imaginary past

Common Mistakes:

❌ If it will rain, I will stay home
✔ If it rains, I will stay home

❌ If I would have money, I would travel
✔ If I had money, I would travel

❌ If I studied, I would have passed
✔ If I had studied, I would have passed

❌ If you heat water, it will boil (for general truths)
✔ If you heat water, it boils

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Friendship & Relationship Idioms

Get along with someone – have a good relationship
Example: I get along with my classmates very well.

Thick as thieves – very close friends
Example: Those two are thick as thieves.

See eye to eye – agree with someone
Example: We don’t always see eye to eye.

Break the ice – start a conversation in a friendly way
Example: He told a joke to break the ice.

Hit it off – quickly become good friends
Example: We hit it off from the first meeting.

Bury the hatchet – stop fighting and become friends again
Example: They finally buried the hatchet.

Through thick and thin – in all situations, good and bad
Example: True friends stay together through thick and thin.

Two-faced – not honest; acts differently in front of people
Example: I don’t trust him, he is two-faced.

Stand by someone – support someone
Example: She stood by her friend during hard times.

Like two peas in a pod – very similar or close friends
Example: They are like two peas in a pod.