A2If + present: facts and instructions
NewUse if + present simple with a present simple or an imperative in the main clause for things that are always true and for instructions.
If+ subject+ present simple+ present simple / imperative
- If you heat ice, it melts.
- If you feel cold, put on a jacket.
- If you will heat ice, it melts.
- If you heat ice, it melts.
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If I tired, I drink coffee.
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If you water to 100°C, it boils.
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If my brother up late, he feels terrible.
stays With he use the present simple: stays.
First conditional: likely future
NewUse if + present simple, will + base verb for a real possibility in the future. After if use the present, not will.
If+ subject+ present simple+ will + base verb
- If it rains, we will stay at home.
- I won't go out if I feel ill.
- If it will rain tomorrow, we will stay at home.
- If it rains tomorrow, we will stay at home.
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If you hard, you will pass the test.
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If we hurry, we the train.
will catch The result in the future: will + base verb.
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If he tomorrow, I'll tell him.
comes After if use the present simple; he takes -s.
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If he calls me, I will tells him.
Unless means if … not. Use it with an affirmative verb: the not is already inside unless.
Unless+ subject+ present simple+ will + base verb
- Unless you hurry, you will miss the bus.
- We'll have a picnic unless it rains.
- Unless you don't hurry, you will miss the bus.
- Unless you hurry, you will miss the bus.
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you hurry, you will miss the bus.
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Unless he call me, I will stay home.
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Unless the weather better, we'll stay in.
gets After unless use an affirmative present simple.
Second conditional: imagined situations
NewUse if + past simple, would + base verb for an unreal or unlikely situation now or in the future. The past tense here does not mean past time.
If+ subject+ past simple+ would + base verb
- If I had more time, I would learn Spanish.
- She would travel more if she had a car.
- If I would have more time, I would learn Spanish.
- If I had more time, I would learn Spanish.
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If I a car, I would drive to work.
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If I won the lottery, I a big house.
would buy The result: would + base verb.
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If she has more money, she would buy a car.
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If I were you: giving advice
NewUse If I were you, I would … to give advice. Use were, not am or was, in this phrase.
If I were you,+ I+ would + base verb
- If I were you, I would see a doctor.
- I would take the job if I were you.
- If I would be you, I would see a doctor.
- If I were you, I would see a doctor.
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I the red one if I were you.
would choose The advice: would + base verb.
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I wouldn't wait if I you.
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If I were you, I that job.