Theory: Conditionals 1, 2, 3

📘 Theory: Conditionals 1, 2, 3

Type	Meaning	If-clause	Main clause	Example
🌱 First Conditional	A real possible situation in the future.	Present Simple	will + infinitive	If she goes out tonight, she will feel better.
🌙 Second Conditional	An unreal or unlikely situation now or in the future.	Past Simple	would + infinitive	If she felt less alone, she would leave the house more often.
🕯️ Third Conditional	An unreal situation in the past.	Past Perfect	would have + Past Participle	If her friend had called earlier, she would have felt safer.

✍️ Exercise: Put the verbs in the if-clause into the correct form

🌧️ If she (feel) overwhelmed again, she will call her friends.
🏠 If he (leave) the house more often, he would feel less isolated.
📱 If she (not scroll) through life online for hours, she would have slept better.
🫂 If her girls (come) over tonight, they will give her a proper pep talk.
💃 If I (need) a dance floor right now, I would text everyone immediately.
🎧 If she (turn) the music louder, she will stop overthinking for a while.
🪨 If he (not carry) so many burdens last year, he would not have felt so drained.
🌈 If the pink and blue lights (remind) her of hope, she will stay a little longer.
💄 If her mascara (not be) waterproof, everyone would have noticed her tears.
🎭 If he (fake) his smile less often, people would understand him better.
🌱 If she (be) patient with herself, she will notice the first glimmer of change.
❄️ If this cold season (last) forever, she would lose faith in herself.
🔥 If pain (teach) the heart to burn, this period will not be meaningless.
🕸️ If those designer shoes (not gather) cobwebs for months, she would have worn them to the party.
🧩 If I (know) how much it had hurt you, I would have given you a hug sooner.
🌤️ If the sun (come) back into her life, she will start living again.
👗 If she (pick) the red dress, she would feel more confident tonight.
🛡️ If she (wait) for an armoured knight, she would never save herself.
💬 If Carly (not have) a sixth sense, she would not have called at the right moment.
🌃 If we (go) out this Friday night, we will not settle for sadness.
🕯️ If she (believe) in the seeds beneath the snow, she will hold on a little longer.
👠 If her heels (not hurt) so much, she would keep dancing until morning.
☁️ If she (not dance) under the weight of her clouds, she would have stayed trapped in sadness.
❤️‍🔥 If the cold (teach) her heart how to burn, she will become stronger.
🧠 If you (feel) like a product of everything done to you, what would you do?
📞 If she (send) the call out earlier, her friends would have arrived before midnight.
✨ If she (see) the glimmer of the girl she once was, she will believe in herself again.