domingo, 19 de abril de 2015

Using conditionals

1.     The fist conditional is used to refer to real actions that can happen in the present . The gramatical formula is this.
If + Subj + Verb base form (simple present) + , + subj + will or going to + cc.
If don’t do the hw, I’ll fail the course (It can happen in the present, is a real situation at moment)
or
I’ll fail the course if I don’t do the hw (In this case you don’t use a comma).
2.    The second conditional is used to refer to unreal situactions or actions in the present. Also in the future.
If+Subj+ verb in past (simple past tense) + , + subj + would + verb (in simple form) + cc.
If I had a fortune, I’d buy almost everything. ( I’d like to have one, but I don’t have it now, is a unreal situaction.)  
or
I’d buy almost everything if I had a fortune (In this without comma)
3.    The third conditional is used to refer to past unreal situactions.

If+Subj+ verb in past participle (Past Perfect) + , + subj + would , should, might, may or  could + have + verb in past participle.

Ex:

If I hadn’t done that, I would have been happy. ( I did that in the past, I cannot correc that in this moment)

Or

I would have been happy if I hadn’t done that. (In this case wihtout a comma).

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I hope this blog has helped you with your gramar skills. 

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