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When we want to report speech in English, it is usually introduced by the verbs ?to say? or ?to tell? in their respective past forms of ?said? and ?told?. Examples: They said that they couldn?t come to the party. He told me that he likes my hair. We use first conditional when talking about possible future events. Structure: If + Simple Present, + Will OR Will + If + Simple Present We use the second conditional when talking about future events that are not likely to happen. Structure: If + Simple Past, + Would + Base Form OR Would + Base Form + If + Simple Past We use the third conditional when talking about things which are contrary to the past facts. In other words: events that did not happen in the past. Structure: If + Past Perfect, + Would have + V3 OR Would have + V3 + If + Past Perfect We use the zero conditional when talking about things which are always true, or generally  true. Structure: If + Simple Present, + Simple Present OR Simple Present + If + Simple Present