Ways of Expressing Unreal Conditions and Their Consequences
| Condition | Consequence | |
| A. | If I were free to-morrow If I had more free time today If we knew English better If he were not having his lesson now If a child were playing with matches | I should go to a concert. I should read the book, you gave me yesterday. We should (would) read authentic English books. He would be skating. Its parents would be displeased. |
| B. | If I had been free last night If I had had much work yesterday If you had been working the whole evening yesterday | I should have gone to a concert. He should not have come to see you. I should not have been waiting for you all the time. |
| C. | If I liked English If I were in New-York now If you had read for your exams before If you had been training regularly last month If you had rung me up yesterday to say you were coming | I should have entered the University of World Languages. I should be attending English courses there. You wouldn’t be working so hard now. You wouldn’t have lost the game. I should have been waiting for you the whole evening. |
‘Wish’- structures
| The main clause | The subordinate clause | |
| A. | Wish for Present Situations The director wishes They wish | he could attend the presentation. he concentrated more on his work and less on his hobbies. |
| B. | Wish for Past Situations Janet wishes We wish | she had applied for a new position. you had seen the opportunity in time. |
[8] About Education, 2016.
Complete the sentences with suitable forms.
1. (If / When) ………….. I leave work, I usually go to the fitness center to work out.
2. She hates TV. She thinks television is a waste of time. (If / When) …………….she watches any television at all, it is usually a documentary or a news program.
3. My friend always keeps in touch by mail. (If / When) ………….. I get a letter, I usually write back immediately.
4. If I ……………. (have) enough money, I ……………. (go) on safari to Kenya. However, my bank account is empty!
5. I love to travel! When I ………….. (have) enough money, I …………….. (go) abroad. I do it almost every year.
6. I really wanted to go on safari to Kenya with my friends, but I couldn't afford to go. If I …………… (have) enough money, I …………… (go) with them.
7. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were allergic to chocolate. If I …………… (know), I …………… (make) you a vanilla birthday cake.
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8. Stop asking me what Amanda bought you for Christmas. Even if I ……………. (know) what she bought you, I ……………. (tell, not) you.
9. Nobody here speaks English. Too bad Gloria isn't here. If she …………… (be) with us, she ……………. (can) act as our interpreter.
10. I am afraid I won't be able to come to your wedding next week because my company is sending me to New York to attend a trade show. I …………… (miss, never) your wedding if I ………….. (have) a choice in the matter.
11. If the weather is nice tomorrow, she ………….. (walk) along the river to school.
12. If you help me move tomorrow, I …………….. (treat) you to a dinner and a movie.
13. If you were to help me move tomorrow, I ……………… (treat) you to a dinner and a movie.
14. If I were in Tahiti right now, I ……………… (snorkel) along a beautiful reef. I wouldn't be stuck here in this office with mountains of paperwork.
15. If Jerry hadn't stopped to pick up that quarter, he ……………… (cross) the street when the bus ran the red light. He might have been killed!
16. Tina's train arrived ahead of schedule. If I hadn't decided to go to the train station early, she …………… (wait) there for more than twenty minutes before I arrived.
17. If I …………… (pass) the test, I ………….. (get) an "A" in the class. Instead, I got a "C." I really should have studied more.
18. If I ……………. (be) rich, I ………….. (buy) that new Mercedes we saw yesterday. Unfortunately, I can't even afford a used car.
19. We …………… (go) skiing this weekend, but there's no snow. Oh, well! We will just have to find something else to do instead.
20. If Heather spoke Chinese, she ………….. (translate) the email for you yesterday.
[9] English page, 2016.
In a whole class, continue the sentence one by one, repeating the end of the previous sentence and adding a new ending.
e.g. Student 1 says: “If it were Sunday, we would go to the cinema”
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Student 2 says: ‘If we went to the cinema, we would watch a new film”, and so on.
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