1. ‘If’ Clauses Factual & Hypothetical

2. If Clauses - Factual Present: If I have time, I sew. (When I have time, I sew.) If it rains, she always takes her umbrella. If I am tired, I go to bed early. Tenses: Present/present

3. Future: If I have time tonight, I will sew. If you study a lot, you will get an A. If you do well on the test today, I will be really happy. Tenses: Present/future

4. Past: If I had time when I was at school, I always sewed. In college, if I got a good night’s sleep, I always did better on my tests. If he stayed up all night, he was always in a bad mood the next day. Tenses: Past/past

5. If Clauses - Hypothetical Untrue in the present If I had time tonight, I would sew. (Understood that I don’t have time) If I were nice, I would let you go home early. (What’s understood? Is it true?) If I were you, I would study more. If you were an instructor, would you be nice? Tenses: Past/conditional

6. Untrue in the past If I had been nice on Tuesday, I would not have given you a quiz. If Mo had studied more, he would have gotten a better grade. If Gaspar had not partied all weekend, his essay would have been done yesterday. Tenses: Past perfect/past conditional

7. Past hypothetical impacting on present: (Untrue in past affecting present) If I had won the lottery last week, I would be in Paris today. If you had gotten enough sleep last night, you would not be so sleepy today. Tenses: Past perfect/present conditional

8. If Clauses – Let’s play! If I win the lottery, I … If Manuel doesn’t study for the test, he … If Luis falls asleep in class, Miss Phillips … If Manji writes a good essay today, she … If Kaway wins the lottery, she …

9. More fun! (More fun?) If Mo had gone to bed early last night, today he… If Gharib had written a long essay, today Ms. P… If all the students had really studied MLA style, their ‘Works Cited’ … If I had won the lottery last week, today I…

10. Enough Already! I had it to do all over again, I … If I had gotten married at 16, I … If I had won the lottery last week, I… If Catherine has the time next week, she…. The End