Conditional Sentences Conditional clause (if- clause) main clause , . comma Main clause or conditional clause (if- clause) . no comma TYPES conditional clause (if- clause) Type I: Type II: main clause. If the weather is nice tomorrow, I’ll go to the lake. possible situation possible outcome present tense will-future | imperative | modal verb If the weather were nice today, I would go to the lake. unlikely situation past tense hypothetical outcome would | should | could NO “would” in the if-clause! Type III: If the weather had been nice yesterday, I would have gone to the lake. impossible situation past perfect tense did not happen would + have + past participle (3rd column)
