Tips for Syntactic Ability For Section Officer

Conditionals

Condition                   If-clause                        Main -clause
Type 1 
(Cause and Effect):-   If +Present (V1/V5)     future (shall/will+V1)
                                                                       can/may/must+V1,  Imperative (V1)
Type 2 
(Possible):-                If+ Past (V2)               could/might/should/would+ V1
Type 3 
(Impossible):-       If + Past Perfect (had+V3) could/might/should/would+have+Past Participle(V3)
Examples of the Conditionals:-
Type 1 < If he cries, I shall hit him./ If you buy a car, drive carefully./If tickets aren't available, we can't go to the cinema>

Type 2 <If you called me, I would see you./If I had money, I might buy a watch>

Type 3 <If you had called me, I would have arrived./If it had rained, I should have stayed at home.>

Other more examples of conditionals:-
If you are my real friend, you will help me in need.(help / will help / helped)
If Sony lost her bag, she would not go to school. (lost / had lost / have lost)
If you had broken the glass, you would have been punished.(would be punished / would have been punished / will punished)