if clauses (condizionale)

Riassunto dettagliato riguardante la grammatica inglese che spiega le If Clauses (Condizionale).
Riassunto dettagliato riguardante la grammatica inglese che spiega le If Clauses (Condizionale).
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Unless - I Type
If it doesn't rain, we'll go out for a walk. - If + Not = Unless - Unless it rains, we'll go out for a walk.

Other Examples
If we don't run, we will be late. - Unless we run, we'll be late.
If he doesn't wear his pullover, he'll feel cold. - Unless he wears his pullover, he'll feel cold.


Special Structures

0 Conditional
Students get nervous if they don't have a morning break. (general truth)

Other Tenses
a) If you are thirsty, drink some of that orange juice. (I type = if + present, imperative)
b) If you have finished reading, I'll turn the light off. (I type = if + present perfect, future)
c) If Mary and John weren't studying, we would go to the cinema. (II type = if + past continuous, present conditional - would + base form)
d) If it hadn't been for him, I would be poor now. (mixed type = if + past perfect, present conditional)

Modals In The If Clauses
a) If you carry too many bags, you will drop (might drop) the eggs.
b) If anyone believed my story, I would become (could become) famous.
c) If I had taken some money with me, I would have taken (could have taken) a taxi.
Other Expressions

Wish
a) Wish + Past Simple (strong wish in the present)
I wish you were here.
b) Wish + Past Perfect (regret for the past)
I wish I had been able to help you.
c) Wish + Would (Could) Base Form (wish for the future)
I wish you could pass your exam.

If Only
a) If Only + Past Simple (strong wish in the present)
If only I had more money.
b) If Only + Past Perfect (regret for the past)
If only you hadn't told Jackie what I said.

Would Rather
a) Would Rather + Past Simple (wish/preference in the present)
We'd rather she came.
b) Would Rather + Past Perfect (regret for the past)
We'd rather she had come.
* Attention: I'd rather go to the cinema. We'd rather study.

Suppose
Suppose + Past Simple (present or future meaning)
Suppose you did your homework first.

It's Time
It's Time + Past Simple (present or future meaning)
It's time he knew the truth.



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