TASK6 NO.6

CONDITIONAL CLAUSES

There are six main types of conditional sentence:

v For example, the equilibrium between liquid and vapor is upset if the temperature is increased.
(General rule, or law of nature: it always happens.)

v If you start thinking about this game, it will drive you crazy.
(Open future condition: it may or may not happen.)

v But if you really wanted to be on Malibu Beach, you'd be there.
(Unlikely future condition: it probably won't happen.)

v If I were you, I would go to the conference center itself and ask to see someone in security.
(Impossible future condition: it could never happen.)

v "I would have resigned if they had made the decision themselves," she said.
(Impossible past condition: it didn't happen.)

v If he had been working for three days and three nights then it was in the suit he was wearing now.
(Unknown past condition: we don't know the facts.)