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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.

probabilityconditionalexampletime
100%
zero conditionalIf you heat ice, it melts.any time
50%
first conditionalIf it rains, I will stay at home.future
10%
second conditionalIf I won the lottery, I would buy a car.future
0%third conditionalIf I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car.past

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