CONDITIONALS

ZERO: Este condicional refiere a una situacin que es siempre verdadera (verdades universales): If you
freeze water, it turns into ice.
If clause Main clause
If + Present tense Present tense
If you freeze water it turns into ice.
If I work too much, I get tired.
Si trabajo demasiado, me canso.
If I have time, I usually go to the movies.
Si tengo tiempo, generalmente voy al cine.
If she eats hamburgers, she gets an allergy.
Si ella come hamburguesas, le da alergia.
If they come here, they always bring a present.
Si ellos vienen aqu, siempre traen un regalo.
If she doesn't know the answer, she keeps silent.
Si ella no sabe la respuesta, se mantiene en silencio.
If we don't go out on Saturdays, we rent a video and stay home.
Si no salimos los sbados, alquilamos un video y nos quedamos en casa.

FIRST: Se forma con if + simple present + simple future. Se emplea cuando una situacin es real o
posible: If it rains today, I'll stay at home. Aqu tienes algunos ejemplos traducidos.
If clause Main clause
If + Present tense will / can / may / must +
verb
If it rains today, I'll stay at home
If it rains today, I'll stay at home.
Si llueve hoy, me quedar en casa.
If he is busy now, I will come back tomorrow.
Si est ocupado ahora, regresar maana.
If they don't invite you, you must not go.
Si ellos no te invitan, no debes ir.
If we don't hurry, we'll miss our bus.
Si no nos apuramos, perderemos nuestro autobus.
If you pay now, you'll get a discount.
Si pagas ahora, obtendrs un descuento.
SECOND: Refiere a una situacin hipottica y se forma segn la estructura if + simple past + simple
condicional. Aqu tienes algunos ejemplos traducidos.
If clause Main clause
If + Past Simple would / could / might + verb
If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.

If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.
Si ganara la lotera, viajara por todo el mundo.
If I were in Brazil, I would go to Rio de Janeiro.
Si yo estuviese en Brasil, ira a Ro de Janeiro.
If I were you, I would buy that car.
Si yo fuese t, comprara ese auto.
If he were in my place, he wouldn't do this.
Si l estuviese en mi lugar, no hara esto.
If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.
Si yo tuviese ms dinero, me comprara un lindo apartamento.
If she had more time, she would travel more often.
Si ella tuviera ms tiempo, viajara ms a menudo.
If it were not raining, we could go out.
Si no estuviese lloviendo, podramos salir.
If we didn't have to work today, we could have a picnic.
Si no tuvisemos que trabajar hoy, podramos tener un picnic.
If I saw her, I would ask her out.
Si la viera, la invitara a salir.
If you went to Brazil, you wouldn't want to come back.
Si fueras a Brazil, no querras regresar.
If they spoke Spanish, we would understand them.
Si ellos hablasen espaol, los entenderamos.

THIRD: third Conditional, tambin -Type III- Refiere a una situacin hipottica del pasado y se forma
segn la estructura : if + past perfect + conditional perfect. Aqu tienes algunos ejemplos traducidos.
If clause Main clause
If + Past Perfect tense would/could/might + have + past participle
If I had won the lottery, I would have traveled around the world.

If I had seen him, I would have told him about you.
Si lo hubiese visto, le habra contado acerca de ti.
If I had known the answer, I would have raised my hand.
Si hubiese sabido la respuesta, habra levantado mi mano.
If they had invited us, we would have accepted at once.
Si ellos nos hubiesen invitado, habra