8541_conditional_sentences

by JFBS Conditional Types First Type: Possible & Probable conditions Second Type: Possible & Improbable conditions Third Type: Impossible conditions Other Conditional sentences Wish / If only First Type: Possible & Probable conditions IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE If you come Simple Future Imperative Can I will be happy If you want to pass Study! If we buy a ticket We (go) to the concert she will come with us Simple Present If she (arrive) soon If they dance too much If you need my car They (get) tired (take) it First Type: Possible & Probable conditions IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE If you (drink) a lot I (leave) you If the road (be) wet (watch out) ! If he (lose) his key You (lend) him yours We (have dinner) If she (not buy) any food If they (not stop) We (not finish) our talking lesson If you (take) the dog for I (give) you some a walk money Second Type: Possible & Improbable conditions To express an imaginary present or improbable future situations IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE Simple Past Would + root verb Could + root verb If she studied she would pass her controls If he ran he would catch the bus If I went to China I could be with him If I were Second Type: Possible & Improbable conditions IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE If you (drink) a lot I (leave) you If the road (be) wet You (have) an accident If he (lose) his key You (lend) him yours We (have dinner) If she (not buy) any food If they (not stop) We (not finish) our talking lesson If you (take) the dog for I (give) you some a walk money Third Type: Impossible conditions To express a regret for an impossible situation happened in the Past with NO solution IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE Past Perfect Present Perfect Conditional (Would have + past participle) If it hadn't rained We would have gone to the country If she had studied She (pass) her controls If you (invite) They 'd have come to the party them If I had known it I .(arrive) earlier If he I 'd have seen him (phone) Third Type: Impossible conditions IF CLAUSE MAIN CLAUSE If you (drink) a lot I (leave) you If the road (be) wet You (have) an accident If he (lose) his key You (lend) him yours We (have dinner) If she (not buy) any food If they (not stop) We (not finish) our talking lesson If you (take) the dog for I (give) you some a walk money Other expressions used in conditional clauses:   UNLESS " Si no…" "A menos que " "WHETHER…OR NOT" "Tanto….como si no " "ON CONDITION THAT" "PROVIDED THAT" "PROVIDING THAT" "SO LONG AS" "AS LONG AS "Siempre que, en tanto que, la condición de que, etc "ASSUMING THAT" "SUPPOSING THAT" "SUPPOSE THAT" "Suponiendo que "   You won't finish the race unless you control your effort Whether you pay or not, you won't get in without an invitation "I will only tell my age on condition that you tell yours." “I will only tell my age provided that you tell yours” “I will only tell my age providing that you tell yours” “I will only tell my age so long as you tell yours”  “I will only tell my age as long as you tell yours”  "Assuming that it's fine tomorrow, we'll go for a swim"  "What would you supposing that you were given the chance to see the future ?" Other time clauses Time clauses with before, unless, when, while, as soon as, as long as, provided that After when, as soon as, before, while, unless, as long as and provided that we use the present tense (not will) I’ll stay with Jake when I go to London next week • As soon as I get my exam results, I’m going on holiday • Before I go out tonight, I have to finish this essay • While I’m away, Penny’s going to look after my dog • I won’t be able to buy a car unless I find a job soon • I’ll come with you as long as I don't have to drive • You’ll pass your exam provided that you doenough revision • WISH / IF ONLY CLAUSES 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 (Traducción: Ójala, Desearía) Past tenses are used to talk about the present I wish I was better looking Don’t you wish you could fly? I wish I spoke French If only I knew more people! Were can be used instead of was, especially in a formal style He wishes he were better looking We use a past perfect tense to express regrets about the past I wish you hadn’t said that Now she wishes she had gone to university If only she hadn’t told the police, everything would be all right We use would to talk about things that we would like people (not) to This often expresses dissatisfaction or annoyance: it can sound critical I wish you would go home If only the postman would come! I wish this damned car would start If only it would stop raining! We can use this structure to talk about things as well as people Sample rephrasing First Conditional: - Be careful – someone’s 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 hadn’t 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 I’m sorry, but I can’t help you now I wish I could help you I would have gone to the concert, but I didn’t 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 won’t 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 -We don't go to school when it rains If it rains, we don’t go to school -I didn't move the table because Jack didn't help me If Jack had helped me, I would have moved the table - You drink too much coffee, that's why you don't sleep If you didn’t drank too much coffee, you would sleep -You never talk to me, so you don't know anything about me If you talked to me, you would know something about me