<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If + past tense + modal verb in the simple past form + <span style="color: rgb(128, 100, 162);">bare infinitive.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> If they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span> more money, they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would buy </span>a new a new car.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"> <br></font></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'Were' is usually<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"> </span>used for all forms of 'be' in the 'if' clause.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong><strong>If they <font color="rgb(0,0,204)">were</font> rich, they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would buy </span>a new a new car.</strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br></p></html> | <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; ;'><br></span></b></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="258" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 154.8pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; ;'>Construction</span></b></p> </td> <td width="212" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 127.05pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; ;'>Time reference</span></b></p> </td> <td width="304" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 182.55pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; ;'>Example</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; ;"> <td width="258" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 154.8pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>1. 'if' + past, + 'would/could' + bare infinitive</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>2.<span style="color: red;"> </span>'if' + 'were to' + infinitive, + would/could + bare infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="212" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 127.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>1. future condition + future result</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>2. present condition + present result</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>3. present condition + future result</span></b></p> </td> <td width="304" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 182.55pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">won</span> the lottery, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> buy that car.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span> rich, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">could</span> buy that car.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span> rich, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> buy that car.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>If I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were to win</span> the lottery, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would</span> buy that car.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br></p><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong> </strong><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ;'>Note that</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> <br></font></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="arial" size="2"> <br></font></p><ol type="1" style="margin-top: 0cm;" start="1"><font face="arial" size="2"> </font><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="line-height: 115%; ;"><font face="arial" size="2"><strong>Continuous tenses are also possible.</strong></font></span></li><font face="arial" size="2"> </font></ol><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="arial"><font size="2"> <b style=";"><span style="line-height: 115%; ;"> If I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">weren't working</span> today, I'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d be enjoying </span>the sunshine.</span></b></font></font></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 70.8pt;"><b style=";"><span style="line-height: 115%; ;"><font face="arial" size="2"> </font></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font face="arial" size="2"><strong> <br></strong></font></p><ol type="1" style="margin-top: 0cm;" start="2"><font face="arial" size="2"><strong> </strong></font><li style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; ;'><font size="2"><font face="arial"><strong>As with all conditionals the 'if' clause can come first or second. When it comes first, it is followed by a comma.</strong></font> </font></span></li><font size="2"> </font></ol><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><font size="2"> <br></font></p></html> |
<html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br></p> <table width="595" style="margin: auto auto auto 5.4pt; border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1056; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-table-layout-alt: fixed;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="113" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm; mso-border-left-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Use</span></b></p></td> <td width="198" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 148.85pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td> <td width="284" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 212.65pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="height: 3.5pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="113" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 3cm; height: 3.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Hypothesis</span></b></p></td> <td width="198" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); width: 148.85pt; height: 3.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span lang="FR" style="background: white; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt solid gray; mso-border-alt: solid gray .75pt;"><!--?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /--> </span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img width="173" height="115" alt="" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/393_ec65dce25794d46fb32d3792979e0a83.jpg"></span></b></p></td> <td width="284" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 212.65pt; height: 3.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If the airline <font color="#003399">lost</font> my luggage, I <font color="#003399">would need</font> to buy a suit for the meeting.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This is a hypothetical situation and the speaker may not even be travelling. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Contrast this with a first conditional sentence. 'If the airline <font color="#003399">loses</font> my luggage, I <font color="#003399">will need</font> to buy a suit'. In this case the speaker feels that there is a real risk that the airline will lose his luggage.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style=" |