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<li>The first conditional  = <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø, can, will, may, shall</span> <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
 
<li>The first conditional  = <span style="color:darkblue;">Ø, can, will, may, shall</span> <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
 
<li>The second conditional = <span style="color:green;">d</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">could, would, should, might</span>  <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
 
<li>The second conditional = <span style="color:green;">d</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">could, would, should, might</span>  <span style="color:darkred;">V</span></li>
<li>The third conditional = primarily <span style="color:darkblue;">coulda', woulda', shoulda'</span> (and <span style="color:darkblue;">mighta'<span>)  <span style="color:darkred;">V</span>ed</li>
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<li>The third conditional = primarily <span style="color:green;">də</span>, <span style="color:darkblue;">coulda', woulda', shoulda'</span> (and <span style="color:darkblue;">mighta'<span>)  <span style="color:darkred;">V</span>ed</li>
 
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=The first conditional=
 
=The first conditional=
 
=The second conditional=
 
=The second conditional=
 
=The third conditional=
 
=The third conditional=

Revision as of 14:49, 17 April 2013

In general, the standard EFL grammars have divided the conditional mode in English into 3 types on the basis of both syntax and semantics:

(It was not simply done to encourage students to learn the ordinals from 1st-3rd :)

Quickly, in the part of the sentence that does not include the condition (which is often introduced by if), the following modals are frequently found

  • The first conditional = Ø, can, will, may, shall V
  • The second conditional = d, could, would, should, might V
  • The third conditional = primarily , coulda', woulda', shoulda' (and mighta') Ved</li> </ul>

    The first conditional

    The second conditional

    =The third conditional=