What are the examples of future conditional?
Examples: If I go to my friend’s house for dinner tonight, I will take a bottle of wine or some flowers. I am still not sure if I will go to his house or not. When I have a day off from work, I am going to go to the beach.
Which type of conditional is used for talking about unreal situations in the present or in the future?
Conditional
| Conditional sentence type | Usage | Main clause verb tense |
|---|---|---|
| Type 3 | An unreal past condition and its probable result in the past | Perfect conditional |
| Mixed type | An unreal past condition and its probable result in the present | Present contditional |
What is future unreal conditional?
The Future Unreal Conditional is used to talk about imaginary situations in the future. It is not as commonly used as the Future Real Conditional because native speakers often leave open the possibility that anything ‘might’ happen.
What are the 4 types of conditions?
There are four main kinds of conditionals:
- The Zero Conditional: (if + present simple, present simple)
- The First Conditional: (if + present simple, will + infinitive)
- The Second Conditional: (if + past simple, would + infinitive)
- The Third Conditional. (if + past perfect, would + have + past participle)
What is a conditional example?
Conditional sentences are sentences that express one thing contingent on something else, e.g. “If it rains, the picnic will be cancelled”. They are so called because the impact of the main clause of the sentence is conditional on the dependent clause.
When do you use future Unreal conditionals in a sentence?
Future unreal conditionals make hypothetical statements then show what would happen in such situations. Sentences use “if” to make a hypothetical statement then expresses a hypothetical end result. “If” can be used to start off a sentence or be used to join two clauses.
What does Hypothetical Mean in present Unreal conditionals?
Hypothetical means not real or being in an imagined situation. Present unreal conditionals indicate if this happened, that would occur. But in reality, the event or action did not occur. Present unreal conditionals make hypothetical statements then show what would happen in such situations.
When do you use conditionals in a sentence?
These conditionals refer to hypothetical conditions which have no probability to happen in the past, present or future but express what could/ might have happened. If I were in New York, I would meet you.
When do you use the continuous form in a conditional?
This is just like when we use the present continuous or “going to + verb” to talk about the future. The condition uses the continuous forms (were + present participle / were going to + verb). The result also uses the continuous form (would be + present participle).