Question

How many kinds of conditional sentences?​

Answer 1

Answer:

four types of sentences

Answer 2

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There are four(4) kinds of conditional sentences:

❂ Zero kind of conditionals:

If + (Present simple)

Examples:

• If people eat too much, they get fat.
• If you touch a fire, you get burned.
• Snakes bite if they are scared.

Zero conditionals sentences express general truths-situations in which one thing always causes another.

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❂ First kind of conditionals:

(If + present tense) + (future)

Examples:

• If he calls, I will come.
• If it rains, I will stay at home.
• If he gets the job, he will give us a treat.

First kind of conditionals are open or possible conditionals.They refer to present situations. The conditionals. The conditions in them can be fulfilled.

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❂ Second kind of conditionals:

(If + past tense) + (would/might/could)

Examples:

• If they helped me, I could pass.
• If it rained, I would stay at home.
• If he worked hard, he might pass.
• If she requested me, I would help her.

Second kind of conditionals are improbable conditionals. They present imaginary or impossible situations.

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❂ Third kind of conditionals:

(If + past perfect) + (would + have + past participle)

Examples:

• If it had rained, I would have stayed at home.
• If you had studied regularly, you would not have failed.
• If Manoj had heard the weather forcast, he would not have gone out.

Third kind of conditionals are impossible conditionals. They present past situations. The conditions laid down in them cannot be fulfilled because the time is already over.

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