Conditionals Zero First Second

Respuesta correcta: A) If + present simple, present simple

• A) If + present simple, present simpleThe zero conditional uses the present simple in both clauses because the result is always true.
• B) If + present simple, will + infinitiveIf plus present simple with will is the first conditional, which describes a real future possibility.
• C) If + past simple, would + infinitiveIf plus past simple with would is the second conditional, which describes an unreal situation.
• D) If + past perfect, would have + participleIf plus past perfect with would have is the third conditional, which refers to an unreal past.

Respuesta correcta: B) If + present simple, will + infinitive

• A) If + present simple, present simplePresent simple in both clauses forms the zero conditional, which is used for general truths instead.
• B) If + present simple, will + infinitiveThe first conditional takes the present simple after if and will plus the infinitive in the result clause.
• C) If + past simple, would + infinitivePast simple with would forms the second conditional, which talks about imaginary situations.
• D) If + present simple, would + infinitiveWould cannot follow a present simple if clause, because that mixture does not belong to any pattern.

Respuesta correcta: C) If + past simple, would + infinitive

• A) If + present simple, will + infinitivePresent simple with will is the first conditional, which describes real future chances.
• B) If + past simple, will + infinitivePast simple with will mixes two different patterns, and the imagined result needs would.
• C) If + past simple, would + infinitiveThe second conditional uses the past simple after if and would plus the infinitive for the imagined result.
• D) If + present perfect, would + infinitiveThe present perfect is not part of this pattern, because the if clause needs the past simple.

Respuesta correcta: D) Because the zero conditional states facts that are always true

• A) Because the zero conditional describes one single event tomorrowA single future event would need the first conditional, which puts will in the result clause.
• B) Because the zero conditional imagines a situation that is impossibleAn impossible situation belongs to the second conditional, which uses the past simple and would.
• C) Because the zero conditional reports an event that finished yesterdayA finished event would need past tenses, as the third conditional does for unreal pasts.
• D) Because the zero conditional states facts that are always trueThe zero conditional expresses general truths, so the present simple appears in both clauses.

Respuesta correcta: A) A real possibility in the future and its likely result

• A) A real possibility in the future and its likely resultPresent simple with will is the first conditional, used for future situations the speaker sees as possible.
• B) A general truth that never changesA general truth needs the zero conditional, with the present simple in both clauses and no will.
• C) An imaginary situation that will never happenAn imaginary situation is expressed by the second conditional, which uses would instead of will.
• D) A regret about something that did not happenA regret about the past would use the third conditional, which needs had plus a participle.

Respuesta correcta: B) The situation is imaginary, because Diego does not have a yacht

• A) The situation is a fixed fact about the sea near IbizaA fixed fact would be a zero conditional sentence, with the present simple in both parts.
• B) The situation is imaginary, because Diego does not have a yachtPast simple with would is the second conditional, which signals that the situation is unreal or imagined.
• C) The situation is a firm plan for next summerA firm plan for the future fits the first conditional, which uses will for the result.
• D) The situation is a promise about an exam next weekA promise about the future also takes the first conditional, because the speaker sees it as possible.

Respuesta correcta: C) boils

• A) will boilWill boil belongs to the first conditional, but a scientific fact does not describe one future event.
• B) would boilWould boil would turn the sentence into a second conditional and suggest the boiling is imaginary.
• C) boilsThe zero conditional needs the present simple in the result clause, so boils is correct.
• D) boiledBoiled is past simple, but the zero conditional describes what is always true, so the past is wrong.

Respuesta correcta: D) will cancel

• A) cancelCancel alone would make this a zero conditional, but one specific Saturday is not a general truth.
• B) would cancelWould cancel creates the second conditional, which would present the rain as imaginary.
• C) will cancelledWill must be followed by the bare infinitive, so will cancelled is not a possible form.
• D) will cancelThe first conditional puts will plus the bare infinitive in the result clause, so will cancel fits.

Respuesta correcta: A) were

• A) wereThe second conditional needs the past simple after if, and were is the classic form for this meaning.
• B) amAm is present simple, which belongs to the zero or first conditional, not to an imaginary one.
• C) will beWill be is a future form, and the if clause of a second conditional never takes will.
• D) would beWould be cannot appear in the if clause, because would belongs only in the result clause.

Respuesta correcta: B) First conditional

• A) Zero conditionalThe zero conditional would need the present simple in both clauses, without will.
• B) First conditionalPresent simple after if with will in the result is the exact shape of the first conditional.
• C) Second conditionalThe second conditional would need the past simple after if and would in the result.
• D) Third conditionalThe third conditional would need the past perfect and would have, referring to the past.

Respuesta correcta: C) If you mix blue and yellow, you get green

• A) If you mix blue and yellow, you will get greenWill in the result clause makes this a first conditional, treating the mixing as one future event.
• B) If you mixed blue and yellow, you would get greenMixed with would is the second conditional, which would imagine the mixing as unreal.
• C) If you mix blue and yellow, you get greenPresent simple in both clauses marks the zero conditional, which fits a permanent colour fact.
• D) If you had mixed blue and yellow, you would have got greenHad mixed with would have is the third conditional, which imagines a different past.

Respuesta correcta: D) If I lived by the sea, I would swim every morning

• A) If I live by the sea, I will swim every morningLive with will swim is the first conditional, which treats the move to the coast as possible.
• B) If I live by the sea, I swim every morningLive with swim is the zero conditional, which would describe a habit that is always true.
• C) If I had lived by the sea, I would have swum every morningHad lived with would have swum is the third conditional, which imagines a different past.
• D) If I lived by the sea, I would swim every morningLived with would swim is the past simple plus would pattern that defines the second conditional.

Respuesta correcta: A) If you arrive after midnight, Mum will be angry

• A) If you arrive after midnight, Mum will be angryA real warning about tonight takes the first conditional, because the danger is genuinely possible.
• B) If you arrive after midnight, Mum is angryMum is angry in a zero conditional describes a permanent fact, not a warning about one night.
• C) If you arrived after midnight, Mum would be angryWould be in the second conditional suggests the anger is imaginary, which weakens a real warning.
• D) If you had arrived after midnight, Mum would have been angryWould have been in the third conditional looks back at a past party that cannot change.

Respuesta correcta: B) If I were you, I would apologise today

• A) If I am you, I apologise todayThe pattern if I am you does not exist in English; the fixed form is if I were you.
• B) If I were you, I would apologise todayIf I were you with would is the fixed second conditional pattern used to soften advice.
• C) If I am you, I will apologise todayAm you with will mixes a present form with a future result, so no speaker says it.
• D) If I were you, I apologise todayWere without would breaks the pattern, and the soft advice structure needs would plus the infinitive.

Respuesta correcta: C) If she had more time, she would learn the guitar

• A) If she had more time, she will learn the guitarWill cannot follow a past simple if clause, because the imagined result needs would.
• B) If she has more time, she would learn the guitarHas with would joins the clauses of two different conditionals, so the sentence fails.
• C) If she had more time, she would learn the guitarHad with would learn matches the second conditional, which fits an imaginary lack of time.
• D) If she would have more time, she learns the guitarWould does not belong in the if clause, and learns in the result describes a habit, not a dream.

Respuesta correcta: D) If I won the lottery, I would travel the world

• A) If I will win the lottery, I would travel the worldWill never appears in the if clause of a second conditional, which takes the past simple.
• B) If I won the lottery, I will travel the worldWon with will mixes a second conditional condition with a first conditional result.
• C) If I would win the lottery, I travel the worldWould cannot start the if clause, and travel in the result reads as a habit, not a dream.
• D) If I won the lottery, I would travel the worldWon with would travel is a correct second conditional, imagining an unlikely future win.

Respuesta correcta: A) The first imagines booking as unlikely and the second sees it as possible

• A) The first imagines booking as unlikely and the second sees it as possibleBooked with would is the second conditional, which presents the booking as unlikely or imaginary.
• B) The first is about the past and the second is about the futureNeither sentence contains a past perfect form, so neither one refers to the past.
• C) The first is a general truth and the second is a regretA general truth would take the zero conditional and a regret would take the third.
• D) Both sentences mean exactly the same thingThe two conditionals signal different likelihood, so the meanings do not match.

Respuesta correcta: B) If the weather is fine on Sunday, we will go to the coast

• A) If the weather were fine on Sunday, we would go to the coastWere with would go imagines the weather as unreal, which does not fit a genuine plan.
• B) If the weather is fine on Sunday, we will go to the coastIs with will go is the first conditional, which fits a real plan that depends on the forecast.
• C) If the weather is fine on Sunday, we go to the coastGo without will reads as a zero conditional habit, which cannot describe one specific Sunday.
• D) If the weather had been fine on Sunday, we would have gone to the coastHad been with would have gone refers to a past Sunday, so the plan could no longer change.

Respuesta correcta: C) Because were and would show that the speaker is only imagining

• A) Because were and would show that the speaker describes a routineA routine would need the zero conditional, with the present simple in both clauses.
• B) Because were and would show that the speaker remembers a flightA memory of a real flight would use past forms throughout, without would.
• C) Because were and would show that the speaker is only imaginingThe past simple with would creates the unreal distance that defines the second conditional.
• D) Because were and would show that the speaker predicts a certain futureA certain prediction about the future takes the first conditional with will, not would.

Respuesta correcta: D) If I spoke Japanese, I would work as a translator

• A) If I speak Japanese, I will work as a translatorSpeak with will work treats learning Japanese as a real option, so it is a first conditional plan.
• B) If I speak Japanese, I work as a translatorSpeak with work states a general rule and fits the zero conditional, not an imaginary case.
• C) If I spoke Japanese, I will work as a translatorSpoke with will mixes a second conditional condition with a first conditional result.
• D) If I spoke Japanese, I would work as a translatorSpoke with would work presents Japanese as a skill the speaker lacks, an imagined situation.