ZERO: Sự thật hiển nhiên; hai vế đều dùng thì hiện tại đơn; If you heat water, it boils. LOẠI 1: Có thể xảy ra trong tương lai IF you visit me today, I will bring you to the zoo. SHOULD you visit me today,… LOẠI 2: Ko có thật ở hiện tại IF I HAD wings, I WOULD fly all over the world. WERE I to have wings,.. DID I have wings,… IF I WERE you, I WOULD not marry that girl. IF she WERE my little sister, I WOULD slap her. LOẠI 3: Ko có thật ở QUÁ KHỨ. IF you HAD STUDIED hard, YOU WOULD HAVE PASSED the exam. HAD you studied,… THỰC TẾ: You didn’t study hard. You failed the exam. LOẠI MIXED: 3 + 2 IF you had accepted that job offer, you wouldn’t be jobless now. KO CÓ VIỆC LÀM Ở HIỆN TẠI LOẠI 2 + 3: IF you accepted that job offer, you wouldn’t have been jobless. KO CÓ VIỆC TRONG QUÁ KHỨ