Conditionals

 Conditionals

"Condition" means "situation or circumstance". If a particular condition is true, then a particular result happens.

What Are Conditional Sentences?

* Conditional sentences play an important role in grammar. They describe a condition and the result that follows.

* Conditional sentences are also known as Conditional clauses or If clauses.

* Conditional sentences have two clauses:  a condition (if...) and a result.

* Conditionals are sentences with two clauses – an ‘if clause and a main clause – that are closely related.

* Conditional sentences are used to express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition (in the clause with if) is fulfilled.

* The clause without the if is the main clause of the sentence, while the if clause is subordinate.

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Definition:-

Conditional sentences are made up of two halves -

One half (the half with the word if in) is a condition,

and the other half (the main clause) states the action to occur if the condition is fulfilled.

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 eg.:-

Conditional Clause and Main Clause

If I have enough money, Conditional clause	I will buy a car. Main clause
I will buy a car, Main clause	if I have enough money. Conditional clause

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 Note:-

* The order of the two clauses is generally not that important to the meaning of the sentence; so we can switch the if clause to the end of the sentence if we want to.

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