Which of these are first, second, & third Conditional sentences?
If I won the lottery, I would buy a Ferrari.
I will go to the shop if it stops raining.
If I go to London, I can have tea with the Queen.
I would have studied law if I’d had the money.
I would ask him if I were with him now.
If I hadn’t won the lottery, I wouldn’t have bought my own island in the Caribbean.
And could you explain why they are
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Here is a very clear and detailed crib sheet that should help you. It gives the rule, the example and the explanation.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/conditional2.htm
if this is how you are learning English, you have my sympathy
If I had enough money, I would send you to live with an English-speaking family. (Second conditional)>
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There is “zero” which is ALWAYS true.
1st is not true yet, but can happen LATER (if I see your sister, I’ll give her the money).
2nd is not true NOW, but theoretically it could be true. (If I were a rich man…)
3rd was not true IN THE PAST, which is why something else didn’t happen (I would have come if I’d known)
There are also mixed conditionals. For example, I would be rich now, if I’d worked harder in the past, or I would have known what that guy was saying (in the past) if I were Spanish (because I’d always be Spanish in this case).
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