Conditionals: Summary
Here is a chart to help you to visualize the basic English conditionals. Do not take the 50% and 10% figures too literally. They are just to help you.
| probability | conditional | example | time | |||
| 100% |
| zero conditional | If you heat ice, it melts. | any time | ||
| 50% |
| first conditional | If it rains, I will stay at home. | future | ||
| 10% |
| second conditional | If I won the lottery, I would buy a car. | future | ||
| 0% | third conditional | If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car. | past | |||
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