Learn English Academy using a high-quality resources to quickly improve your English

0

Shopping cart

Close

No products in the cart.

Verb forms in the conditional clause

August 11, 2021
Education

Conditionals
Conditional sentences address hypothetical or uncertain circumstances and their possible outcomes. If: is the most prevalent sort of conditional clause.
If I get the job in Milan, ’ll be pretty happy.
We’ll have the party in the gardenas long as it doesn’t rain. (or … if it doesn’t rain. or … on condition that it doesn’t rain.)

Conditional sentences:

Conditional sentences consist of a conditional clause and a main clause:
[conditional clause]Ifa lot of people come, [main clause]we’ll have to get extra chairs.
[conditional clause]Unlessyou book weeks in advance, [main clause]you won’t get a flight.
The verb in the conditional clause reflects the speaker’s point of view on whether the imagined situation is likely or impossible:
If you win the next match, will you be in the semi-final? (present simple + will indicates the speaker thinks winning the match is possible or likely)
If I won a million pounds, I would give this job up tomorrow! (past simple + would indicates the speaker thinks winning a million pounds is not likely to happen)
If we had won the competition, we would have had a free trip to Moscow. (past perfect + would have refers to an impossible condition – the event did not happen)

Tags:

Share:

PrevPreviousUsed phrases in English language

NextSHOPPING CONVERSATIONNext

You May Also Like