- Si usa per parlare di:
- un’alternativa improbabile, a una condizione reale:
- If i had enough money, I’d buy a new car
 
- una situazione impossibile
- If everyone had clean water to drink, there would be a lot fewer diseases
 
 
- FORM
- Condition + result
- [If + past simple, would + base form]
- If the thief robbed the bank, he’d go to prison
- If I saw a shoplifter, I would say something
- If your friend stole a car, what would you do?
 
 
- L’ordine delle frasi può cambiare.
- What would you do if your friend stole a car?
 
- Per indicare una situazione possibile usiamo “could”
- [If + past simple, could + base form]
- If we called the police, they could help us
 
 
 
- TO LIKE [Conditional Present]
- [ ]
- I would like to pay a fine
- You would like to report a crime
- he would like to go to prison
- she would like to join a gang
- it would like to steal
- we would like to do community service
- you would like to break the law
- they would like to commit a crime
 
- TO BE [Conditional Present]