Conditional Sentences
Thereare three types of conditional sentencesin English.
1) 1) ‘if ’ clause isin simple present tense then use will/shall in the main clause.
e.g: If it rains, the playwill be cancelled.
2) ‘if’ clauseis in simple past tense then the main clause uses would/should +
infinitive verb.
e.g: Ifyou listened to me, your doubts would be cleared.
3) ‘if’clause has- had +past participle form then should/would+have+been + v in the
main clause.
e.g: If therehad been a court case, you would have been sentenced.
Unless:
‘unless’is also used for conditional sentences. ‘ if’ is used in a positive condition,
while ‘unless’ in a negative condition.
Otherwise:
‘otherwise’means – if this does not happen.