Read the table. Are there similar structures in Russian? Type 0: If/When + Present Simple; Present Simple, Imperative — general truth. If you heat ice, it melts. Type 1: If + Present Simple; can/will/may + bare infinitive — probable situation in the future/present. If they play well, they’ll win the match. Type 2: If + Past Simple; could/would/may + bare infinitive — imaginary situation in the present/future. If I were you, I’d take up tennis. Type 3: If + Past Perfect; could/would/might have + past participle — imaginary situation in the past, regret about the past. If we had revised more, we would have passed the test.
В русском языке похожие смыслы выражаются союзом «если» или «когда» и формами глагола. Тип
Yes. Russian uses «если» and «бы» to express similar meanings, but English uses different tense patterns for the four conditional types.
