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Conditional Sentence
Conditional Sentence
Conditional Sentences are also known as Conditional Clauses or If Clauses. They are used to
express that the action in the main clause (without if) can only take place if a certain condition
(in the clause with if) is fulfilled. There are three types of Conditional Sentences.
Notice also the expression if I were you, when give someone advice:
If I were you, I would go to the police.
(Not: If I was you, …)
Eg. You don’t have a driving license, so you can’t have the job.
I wish I had a driving license.
You can’t speak germen so you can’t have the job.
I wish I………………………………..
If your fiancé had seen you with Marry, how would you have explained it?
Sometimes we can talk about something which happened in the past but the result is now.
He invented a new computer program in 1995. Now he is rich.
Then we use a mixture of the third conditional and second conditional in an if clause sentence.
If he hadn’t invented a new computer program, he wouldn’t be rich
If she had married the Prince, she would be the Queen now.
If they had lost the war, they wouldn’t live in an independent country.
We can use wish + had done to talk about the past when we are SORRY that something
didn’t happen, and we imagine that it did:
Example: He wishes he had studied harder at school.
(Meaning:- He didn’t study hard, and now he is sorry about it.)
I wish I had gone to bed earlier last night. I woke up very late this morning.
We can use a negative form (wish … hadn’t done) to say that we are sorry that something
did happen:
Many people wish that John F. Kennedy hadn’t gone to Dallas.
(Meaning:- Many people are sorry that John F. Kennedy went to Dallas)
Eg. Usman wasted his time at school; now he’s sorry.
Usman wishes he hadn’t wasted his time at school.
I didn’t send Bethlehem a birth day card; now I am sorry.
I wishes ……………………………………………….......
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