Conditional Sentences
1-If
+SVR,
{V1R}.
{dont +V1R.}
{S (will, wont,
can..+V1R.}
{S often,
V R.}
-If the temperature goes below
0˚ C, water freezes.
-If she comes, dont tell her anything about
the problem.
-If she comes, I will tell her about the
problem.
-If I have free time, I often visit some of my
relatives.
-Should you need any help, you can phone me at the office. (Possibility)
..
2-If
+ SVR, S (would, could, might + V1) +R.
If I were at home now,
It is raining now. If it werent raining,
If I were in your place,
If I were you,
Were I you,
Without electricity, modern life would be
boring.
Without the sun, life would not exist.
3-If
+ SVR, S (would, should, could, might + have
+ V3) R.
If you had studied harder, you would have
passed your exams.
1-Had S V3 R
(Had
you worked harder, you would have passed your exams.)
2-Without +
., SVR.
Without your help yesterday, (= If you had not
helped me yesterday,)
3- S V2 R. Otherwise, S (would, should, could, might + have +
V3) R.
We
took a map with us. Otherwise, we would not have known the site.
4-I
didnt vote in the last election, but if I had,
I would have voted for the National Progressive Front.
Review
-When the puzzled
student could not figure out the answer to the puzzling
problem, she demanded
that I give
her the correct answer, but I insisted she figure it out for herself.
-I recommended that he apply to at least three
universities.
- It is essential
that you be here tomorrow. (be / are)
insist/suggest/recommend/demand/is+
essential/
. that SV1 (zero form) R.
-Hearing that
story many times before, I got bored when Jim began to tell it again.
-Do you know that man sitting
in the brown leather chair?
-My passport (stamp) at the airport when I arrived. (was stamped)
-My seventy-year-old grandfather, who owns his own business,
(continue, probably) to work as long as he (live). (will probably continue/
lives)
-Before (go) to bed, I have to
finish my homework.
-Many of the goods that (produce) since the beginning of the
twentieth century are totally machine -made. (have been produced)
- (Be) an excellent researcher. Dr. Barnes (respect) by the entire
faculty. (Being/ is respected)
-Mrs. McKay (give, already) birth to the child by the time her
husband arrived at the hospital. (had
already given)
-Thank you for your help. I never (be) able to finish this work
without it. (would never have been)
-The large dormitory (destroy, completely) by fire last week. Since
all of the students (go) home for the holidays, there was no loss of life. (was
completely destroyed) (had gone)
-James blushed when his friend asked him an (embarrass) question.
(embarrassing)
- Anna is grown up now. You shouldn't speak to her as if she (be) a
child. (were)
-I asked all of the people (invite) to the party to RSVP. (invited)
-The people (work) to solve the problem of urban poverty are
hopeful that many of these problems (solve) within the next ten years.
(Working/will be solved)
- It is a funny story. I'll tell you the details when I (call) you
tomorrow. (call)
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