Smth which is always true (rule, logical consequence)

	TYPE	CONDITION (If-clause)	RESULT, CONSEQUENCE	Examples	USAGE
IF-CLAUSE	MAIN CLAUSE
REAL		PRESENT SIMPLE	PRESENT SIMPLE	If I wake up before 12,	I feel bad all day.	About present. Smth which is always true (rule, logical consequence)
	PRESENT SIMPLE	WILL + INFINITIVE	If it rains tomorrow,	We won’t go to the beach.	About the future – smth which is possibly/likely to happen in the future
UNREAL		PAST SIMPLE	WOULD + INFINITIVE	If I found her address,	I would send her an invitation	About the present- Our dreams about the present – unlikely to happen
	PAST PERFECT	WOULD + HAVE+ PAST PARTICIPLE	If I had been more careful,	I wouldn’t have made such a big mistake	About the past (what could have happened, but didn’t)

CONDITIONALS:

MIXED CONDITIONALS:

	№	CONDITION (IF-clause)	RESULT, CONSEQUENCE	Examples
IF-CLAUSE	MAIN CLAUSE
UNREAL (PRESENT,PAST)		PAST PERFFECT (3)	WOULD + INFINITIVE (2)	If you had had a bigger breakfast (IN THE PAST!)	You wouldn’t be hungry (NOW)
	PAST SIMPLE (2)	WOULD + HAVE+ PAST PARTICIPLE (3)	If I were richer, (GENERAL FACTS ABOUT THE PRESENT, GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT STATE/STATUS/FEELINGS IN PRESENT)	I would have lent you the money you needed. (IN THE PAST!)
UNREAL (PAST, FUTURE)		PAST CONTINUOUS	WOULD + HAVE+ PAST PARTICIPLE	If I weren’t going out tonight, (FUTURE PLANS WHICH I HAD IN THE PAST)	I would have accepted Jo’s invitation (IN THE PAST)
	PAST PERFECT	WOULD+ INFINITIVE	If she hadn’t broken her arm, (IN THE PAST)	She would play in the match tomorrow (ABOUT THE FUTURE)

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