Conditional Sentences
(Designed using “Advanced English Practice”, by B.D. Graver, Oxford University Press, 1988)
Preliminary comment: Conditional sentences are not the conditional tense (would + to-less infinitive). Conditional sentences are made up of two clauses, one with a conjunction, often if. E.g.: If you like it, you can keep it. These two clauses can be reversed: You can keep it if you like it. Notice the use of the comma. The Conditional tense is formed with “would” + bare infinitive.
Remember: hubiera o hubiese = had; habría = would have.

Type O: cause and effect If + present present
These sentences are statements of universal truth or general validity. If corresponds closely in meaning to when(ever).
What happens when you don’t water plants?; If you don’t water plants, they die
Generally speaking, when it is raining, people get blue

Statements like this commonly appear in factual discussions or explanatory (scientific and technical)......

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