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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Zero, first and second conditionals

Hi. I was hoping to get an answer concerning the zero, first and second conditionals.

So we had a test today and there were also the following examples;

If the cat (hide)_______ in the tree, the dog _______ (not find) it.

Is at this particular example possible to use only first conditional or zero conditional just as well?

And another one:

It's so noisiy in this room. Even if the students (listen)_________ carefully, they _________ (not hear) the woodpecker.

Which one, the first or the second conditional with this one?

Thank you for answering in advance.
  

Top answer

These are all possible: If the cat hides in the tree, the dog cannot find it. If the cat hid in the tree, the dog could not find it. If the cat had hidden in the tree, the dog could not have found it.

— Mister Micawber

  • These are all possible: If the cat hides in the tree, the dog cannot find it.
  • If the cat hid in the tree, the dog could not find it.
  • If the cat had hidden in the tree, the dog could not have found it.
  • It's so noisy in this room.
  • Even if the students listen carefully, they cannot hear the woodpecker.
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These are all possible:

If the cat hides in the tree, the dog cannot find it.

If the cat hid in the tree, the dog could not find it.

If the cat had hidden in the tree, the dog could not have found it.

It's so noisy in this room. Even if the students listen carefully, they cannot hear the woodpecker.

It's so noisy in this room. Even
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