in today's video we'll be looking at all
of the conditionals that's zero one two
three and that mixed one that no one
really understands let's begin so let's
start with the zero conditional this is
a conditional we use for usually facts
we want to say this thing is always true
for example the facts about me it's
always true if I eat donuts
I am happy this is an example of the
zero conditional again it's always true
let's look at the form if I eat donuts
the condition if with a present verb the
result of that condition is I am happy
again that verb is in present so very
easy to remember if present results
present and again we use this
conditional to talk about things which
are always true very common when you
talk about scientific fats if you heat
ice it melts it's always true so let's
look at the first conditional now the
first conditional talks about real
situations things which are likely to
happen things which probably will happen
for example so in this example it's
something real he can see a doughnut and
he's saying if I eat that doughnut so it
is something real I will be happy now
he's using a future because he's not
talking about something that always
happens he's talking about this
situation it's a real situation it's
right there he can eat the doughnuts
probably will happen so if I eat that
doughnut I will be happy let's look at
the form the conditional sentence again
it's a present verb if with a present
verb and the result of that real
conditional I will be happy you notice
the verb is in a future form I know what
you're thinking can I only use will how
about going to that's a future form
you're right it is and you can just know
it's a future form I
we'll be I'm going to be happy that is
the first conditional again for real
situations which probably will happen on
to the second conditional now my
favorite conditional because we use it
to talk about not real situations when
you want to use your imagination imagine
possibilities this is the conditional to
use for example when we imagine things
that are not real not possible
hypothetical situations then we use the
second conditional and the form is this
if I were Superman I would be happy I
were what the hell
shouldn't it be if I was because this
situation is not real it's imaginary
it's completely not factual we would use
what's called the subjunctive mood
subjunctive the subjunctive mood of the
verb be in the past is were for every
pronoun I you he she it doesn't matter
it's always were so the condition has a
past verb but that doesn't mean this
situation means past this just means
this is an imaginary situation and it's
not real so if you see if with a past
verb it just means it's not real the
situation well not always stay there the
result of that condition is I would be
happy that modal verb would that forms
the dead dinner second conditional but
remember this is not only for not real
situations we use it to talk about
future possibilities for example he is
thinking about the possibility of eating
chicken hmm it's possible to eat chicken
well there's no chicken in my hand but
it is possible I could go to the shop
and I could buy some chicken it's a
possibility so again he can use that
second conditional if I ate chicken I
would be happy so again this is not
impossible it's just a possibility so
that's another way we use second
conditional and finally the third
conditional remember the guy was
thinking of
out eating chicken he said if I ate
chicken I would be happy well let's
imagine that he ate that chicken but it
was a bad chicken what happens after
that
Oh toilet problems so what can he say in
this situation he wants to imagine a
past where he did not eat that chicken
because the chicken made poo happen he's
imagining a different past if I had not
or the contraction hadn't eaten chicken
that's the condition to talk about a
different past we need to make that past
perfect if I had or had not and the verb
3 or past participle in this case if I
had not or hadn't eaten chicken the
result of that the imaginary result of
that you remember that word which means
something imaginary would write this is
where it gets interesting
so the third conditional is this we've
got our if with a past perfect that
describes a different past situation
that we imagined because it's not real
and in the past and the results of that
not real imaginary past situation is
this I would not what contraction
wouldn't have got diarrhea this
describes an imaginary result of an
imaginary condition in the past so
imaginary past condition imaginary past
results of that condition look at the
grammar what can we see
that's our imaginary word would or in
the negative would not remember the
contraction wouldn't have and a verb 3
past participle hmm if that's a he or an
it or she do you think that will be has
no why because that's a modal verb
therefore that doesn't change its that
original verb one form so the whole
thing if I had not eaten that chicken I
would not
have got diarrhea ah and if you don't
have diarrhea how do you feel pretty
happy right I know I am every day that I
don't have diarrhea I'm pretty happy so
this is where we can mix the
conditionals this sentence talks about
how that would affect the past we can
use that second conditional grammar to
talk about how this affects the present
again an imaginary present because we're
imagining that that didn't happen right
so I would be happy get diarrhea that
means you start the diarrhea
I'm using the word diarrhea way too much
for an English lesson I'm sorry
that explains the past in the present we
can say I don't have diarrhea now okay
how could I say that is an imaginary
thing let's use the contraction I
wouldn't I wouldn't have diarrhea the
whole thing to talk about how this
affects the past if I hadn't eaten that
chicken I would not have got diarrhea in
the past remember get means start the
diarrhea to talk about how it affects
the present I wouldn't have now diarrhea
I'm so sorry the amount of times I use
diarrhea in this lesson Jesus Christ so
that makes that third conditional and
these are examples of a mixed
conditional using a past imaginary
situation and how it affects the present
mmm yeah so that was a very quick
explanation of all of the conditionals
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in much more detail and they're way more
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