1. Conditional Forms if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if

2. First Conditional Time: refers either to present or to future time.
Conditional clause
Main clause
 If + Present Tense
will + inf. /imperative
Time: refers either to present or to future time.
Meaning: what is said in the sentence is possible
e.g.
If I have enough money, I will go to Japan
If you see Amy, tell her to call me.

3. Hawra: I am so tired. I need to leave now. Zainab: you have to take Dr
Hawra: I am so tired. I need to leave now. Zainab: you have to take Dr. Humady’s permission first. Hawra: He is not here. If he were here, I would ask him
- In which tense is the conditional clause?
- When does hawra need to leave?
So, the form is …. ? But the time is…?

4. Second Conditional
Conditional clause
Main clause
If + Past Tense
would + inf.
Time: present; the TENSE is past, but we are talking about the present, now.
Meaning: Unreal, impossible to happen
e.g.
If I had enough money, I would go to Japan.
If I were you, I would tell my father.

5. If you had spoken to me, I would have changed the plan.
Third Conditional
Conditional clause
Main clause
If + Past Perfect Tense
would have + past participle
Time: Past
Meaning: Unreal, it is used to imagine different past than the one that happened.
e.g.
If you had spoken to me, I would have changed the plan.

6. Note that after I / he/ she /it we often use the subjunctive form 'were' and not 'was'. e.g. If she were happy in her job, she wouldn't be looking for another one.

7. Note the form 'If I were you' is often used to give advice. e. g
Note the form 'If I were you' is often used to give advice. e.g. If I were you, I'd look for a new place to live.

8. Every rule has exceptions Note that the 'If clause' can contain the past simple or the past continuous. e.g. If I was still working in Brittan, I would travel by train.

9. Note that the main clause can contain 'would' 'could' or 'might. e. g
Note that the main clause can contain 'would' 'could' or 'might. e.g. If I spoke to him directly, I might be able to persuade him. If we met up for lunch, we could go to that new restaurant.

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