Zero Conditional
- probability: 100% (exactly will happen)
- time: any time
- modals: when, if
- If + [condition: present simple] + [result: present simple]
- [result: present simple] + if + [condition: present simple]
- example:Â If you heat ice, it melts
First Conditional
- probability: 50% (there is a real possibility that this condition will happen)
- time: future
- modals: will, shall, can, or may
- If + [condition: present simple] + [result: WILL + base verb]
- [result: WILL + base verb] + if + [condition: present simple]
- example:Â If it rains, I will stay at home
Second Conditional
- probability: 10% (there is an unreal possibility that the condition will happen)
- time: future
- modals: would, should, could or might
- If + [condition: past simple] + [result: WOULD + base verb]
- [result: WOULD + base verb] + if + [condition: past simple]
- example: If I won the lottery, I would buy a car
Third Conditional
- probability: 0% (no possibility because it’s already happened in the past)
- time: past
- modals: would have, should have, could have, might have
- If + [condition: past perfect] + [result: WOULD HAVE + past participle]
- [result: WOULD HAVE + past participle] + if + [condition: past simple]
- example:Â If I had won the lottery, I would have bought a car
reference : english conditionals