El condicional en ingls El condicional es uno de los tiempos ms difcil en ingls, incluso para los estudiantes avanzados.

Aqu ofrecemos una sencillas reglas para las tres primeras condicionales:

condicional cero, condicional primero y condicional segundo.

Al final hay un ejercicio para practicar las distintas formas del condicional en ingls. Encontrarn las respuestas correctas al ejercicio gratis aqu. 1. Zero Conditional: Para describir rutinas o hechos generales Example If I leave the house at 8am, I catch the bus at 8.15am (this always happens = zero condition) If + Present simple or continuous + subject + present simple 2. First Conditional: Para describir situaciones probables y resultados posibles Examples If I see Peter, Ill give him your message. If its raining when I leave the office tonight, Ill get a taxi home. If + present simple or present continuous + subject + will + infinitive 3. Second Conditional: Para describir situaciones imaginarias o muy poco probables y el resultado. Examples If I won the lottery, I would (or Id) leave my job and travel around the world. (unlikely) If I were you, Id apply for a new job. (imaginary) If + past simple + subject + would + infinitive Tips:

Use the infinitive without to after will and would

We often use the contracted form of will - Ill, you'll, he'll, she'll, t'll, we'll and they'll and the contracted form of would - I'd, you'd, he'd, she'd, it'd, we'd and they'd Separate the clauses with a comma In the second conditional use were instead of was for ALL subjects If I were you...

Ejercicio (se encuentran las soluciones aqu) See if you can fill in the gaps using the correct form of the conditional. Answers here. 1 - If it .......... (be) sunny tomorrow, we ..........(go) to the beach. 2 - If the 8 oclock bus .......... (arrive) late, I .......... (get to) work on time. 3 - If I ..........(be) you, I ........... (learn) how to cook. 4 - If I ............ (win) the lottery, I .......... (leave) my job. 5 - If I ............. (go) to that restaurant, I ............ (tell) you what its like. 6 - If I ............ (find) an envelope with a lot of money in it in the street , I ............ (take) it to the nearest police station. 7 - If you ........... (boil) water, it ............... (evaporate) 8 -If you .......... (help) me with my homework, I ........... (help) you clean the kitchen. 9 - If I ............ (arrive) late, .............. you .............. my dinner in the oven please? 10 - If England ............. the match tonight, they .............. (be) in the semi-finals!

Verbos auxiliares modales son verbos que 'ayudan' a otros verbos. Es decir se usan con otros verbos para expresar diferentes funciones como obligacin, habilidad, consejos, opinion, prohibicin...y mas. Los siguientes son verbos auxiliares modales: will, can, could, should, might, must, shall, would Tienen en comun las siguientes caracteristicas: 1. Su forma no cambia ejemplo I can, he can, she can ... 2.Se usan con el infinitivo sin 'to' ejemplo I can dance, he can dance, she can dance ... 3. No se usan con do does para formar preguntas. ejemplo Can you dance? Can he dance? ...

4. No se usan con dont doesnt para formar negativos. ejemplo I cant dance, he cant dance ... Las formas negativas son: will = will not - wont can = cannot - can't could = could not = couldn't should = should not - shouldnt might = might not must = must not - mustn't shall = shall not - shant would = would not - wouldnt Recuerde - se usan las formas no contraidas si estas escribiendo algo formal y casi siempre se usan las formas contraidas cuando estas hablando. 5. Los verbos auxiliares modales se referiren al presente al futuro excepto could lo cual es el pasado de can. Completar el siguiente ejercicio con verbos modales. EJEMPLO I can dance (Yo puedo bailar) Negativo I cant dance Pregunta Can you dance? 1. He should go (El deberia irse) Negativo........................................................................ Pregunta....................................................................... 2. We will help. (Nosotros ayudaremos) Negativo....................................................................... Pregunta...................................................................... 3. They might work. (Quizas trabajen) Negativo........................................................................ Pregunta....................................................................... 4. I could do that. (Yo podria hacerlo) Negativo........................................................................ Pregunta....................................................................... 5. I would offer to help. (Yo ofreceria ayuda) Negativo........................................................................ Pregunta........................................................................

1. He shouldnt go / Should he go? 2. We wont help / Will you help? 3. They might not work / Might they work? 4. I couldnt do that / Could you do that? 5. I wouldnt offer to help / Would you offer to help?