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Conditionals

laws of nature,
If + Present SImple + Present Simple
happens every time Conjunctions
0 If you take snow in your hand, it melts.

if
to predict the future
If + Present Simple + will + Infinitive
1 unless (if not)
If I go to bed late today, I will feel sleepy tomorrow.
until

dreams about as long as


the present If + Past Simple + would + Infinitive
(it's not real) but for - если бы не
2 If we had a lot of money, we would buy a Ferrari.

If I were you, I wouldn't buy these jeans. when

on condition that
dreams and regrets
about the past in case
(you can't change If + Past Perfect + would + Perfect Infinitive
anything already)
3 If you had gone to bed earlier, you wouldn't have overslept. (but you did) provided that
If the weather hadn't been so awful, we would have had a picnic. (we didn't)

If I weren't so careless, I would have remembered to close the door.


(I am always careless, this is why I forgot)
If + Past Simple + Past Perfect
Mixed If I had gone to bed earlier yesterday, I would be more awake now.
(I went to bed late, this is why I am sleepy now)
If + Past Perfect + Past Simple

NO "will/ would"
dreams and regrets I wish I had more money now. after them!!!
about the present (I don't, but I want to)
+ Past Simple
I wish ...
dreams and regrets I wish I had spoken to you before
(if only) about the past making this decision. (I didn't)
+ Past Perfect

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