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by JFBS
Conditional Types
First Type: Possible & Probable conditions Second Type: Possible & Improbable conditions Third Type: Impossible conditions Other Conditional sentences Wish / If only
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Simple Future Imperative Can I will be happy Study! We ___________ (go) to the concert she will come with us
If she ______________ (arrive) soon If they dance too much They ____________ (get) tired
If you need my car ________________ (take) it
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I ________ (leave) you ________(watch out) ! You ________ (lend) him yours We ________ (have dinner) We ________ (not finish) our lesson I ________ (give) you some money
Would + root verb Could + root verb she would pass her controls he would catch the bus I could be with him _________________
MAIN CLAUSE
I ________ (leave) you You________have) an accident You________ (lend) him yours We ________.(have dinner) We ________ (not finish) our lesson I ________ (give) you some money
I ___________(arrive) earlier
I 'd have seen him
MAIN CLAUSE
I ________ (leave) you You ________(have) an accident You ________ (lend) him yours We________(have dinner) We ________ (not finish) our lesson I ________ (give) you some money
provided that After when, as soon as, before, while, unless, as long as and provided that we use the present tense (not will).
Ill stay with Jake when I go to London next week. As soon as I get my exam results, Im going on holiday. Before I go out tonight, I have to finish this essay. While Im away, Pennys going to look after my dog. I wont be able to buy a car unless I find a job soon. Ill come with you as long as I don't have to drive. Youll pass your exam provided that you doenough revision.
Wish and if only can be used with would and past tenses. These structures express regrets, and wishes for unlikely or impossible things. If only is more emphatic. (Traduccin: jala, Deseara)
3. We use would or could... 1. to talk about future things which arent so much probable.
2. to talk about future things that we would like people (not) to do. The subject of wish and the main verb is different. So here we only use would. This often expresses dissatisfaction or annoyance: It can sound critical.
I wish you would go home.
Sample rephrasing
First Conditional: - Be careful someones going to see you! - If you are careful, nobody will see you! - If + Subject + present simple, subject + future will (aff or neg) Second Conditional: -Kathy wants to go to the movies but doesn't have any money -If Kathy had some money, she would go to the movies.
-If + Subject + past simple (neg or aff), subject + would /could/might + infinitive + complements
Third Conditional: -Tom was not going to come to dinner the next day because you insulted him. -If Tom hadnt insulted him, he would have come to dinner. - If + Subject + past perfect (neg or aff), subject + would/ could/might + have + pp + C Wish / If only Im sorry, but I cant help you now. I wish I could help you. I would have gone to the concert, but I didnt have a ticket. I wish I had had a ticket. / I had bought a ticket
Other samples
- His book will be published provided he takes his manuscript to the editor. Unless he takes his manuscript to the editor, his book wont be published. Unles + present simple, future simple (aff or neg)
-I didn't have an umbrella with me and so I got wet. I wouldn't have got wet, if I had had an umbrella with me.
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By JFBS