20-1 & 20-2
What is the result clause in the following sentence?
I will buy a new laptop computer next month if I have some extra money.
I will buy a new laptop computer next month.
Choose the correct completion
If Sarah were a teacher, she would teach accounting.
Sarah (is/isn't) a teacher of accounting.
isn't
Choose the correct time word.
If I had done my homework (now/earlier), I would know the answers (now/earlier).
Earlier; now
The following sentence is correct. Make sentences with the same meaning, using "if"
Had I known about your problem, I would have helped you.
If I had known about your problem, I would have helped you.
What do you notice about the italicized words?
I wish I were someplace else right now.
One is past and the other expresses future.
An If-clause has 3 situations (conditionals). What are they?
True in the present/future; Untrue in the present/future; Untrue in the past
Choose the sentences that don't have a past meaning.
1. If Ann were available, she would help us
2. If Ann had been available, she would have helped us.
1. If Ann were available, she would help us
Choose the correct match.
1. I was painting my apartment when you asked me to go to a movie.
A. If I weren't painting my apartment, I would go to a movie with you.
B. If I hadn't been painting my apartment, I would have gone to a movie with you.
2. I am painting my apartment right now.
1. B
2. A
Make sentences with the same meaning by omitting "if".
If I were you, I wouldn't do that.
Were I you, I wouldn't do that.
Choose the correct time word for the sentence.
Jim's neighbors play loud music. He wishes they were quieter (now/soon).
now
Choose the correct verb.
If I have extra time, I (tutor/am going to tutor) students in math.
Both are correct
Complete the sentence with the verbs in parentheses.
I (go) ____________ to a movie tonight of I didn't have any homework to do.
Would go
Max is at a party at his friends house, but he's not having fun. He was ants to leave.
Max wouldn't want to leave early if he (have) ___fun.
Were having
complete each sentence with the verb in parentheses. Some of the verbs are passive.
Had I known Mrs. Patterson was in the hospital, I (send)_____ him a note and some flowers.
would/could have sent
Complete the sentences with an appropriate verb form.
The sun isn't shining. I wish the sun_______ right now.
were shining
Complete the sentences with the verb in parenthesis.
I may have enough time to send my parents an email later tonight. I want to send them an email tonight. Both of those things are true. In other words:
If I (have) ______ enough time, I (send) ___________ my parents and email later tonight.
have; will send
Complete the sentences with the verbs in parentheses.
It's been a long drought. It hasn't rained for over a month. If it (rain, not)_____ soon, a lot of crops (die) ____. If the crops (die) ____, many people (go) ____ hungry this coming winter.
Doesn't rain; will die; die; will go
Change the statement to a conditional sentences.
I'm enjoying myself, so I won't leave. But...
If I weren't enjoying myself, I would leave.
What do you invert/switch when omitting "if"? What do you invert when turning a sentence into an implied condition using "if"?
When omitting "if" you have to invert the words (subject and verb). While with implied conditionals, the 2nd clause moves to the beginning (the clauses switch).
When do we use wish?
When the speaker wants the reality to be different, to be exactly opposite.
what does the if-clause and result clause contain for each:
1. True present/future
2. Untrue present/future
3. Untrue past
1. If clause: simple present; result clause: will + simple form
2. If clause: simple past; result clause: would + simple form
3. if clause: past perfect; Result clause: would have + past participle
Underline the clause that expresses condition. Write T for true and U for untrue. Then choose present/future or past.
1. If the weather had been warm, we would have eaten outdoors.
2. If I take time off from work, I feel more relaxed.
3. If i didn't have to work, I could see you.
1. If the weather had been warm; U; past
2. If I take time off from work; T; present/future
3. If I didn't have to work; U; Present/future
Change the statements to conditional sentences. Begin with But...
1. The room is full of flies because you left the door open.
2. I didn't finish my report yesterday, so I can't begin a new project today.
3. Anita got sick because she didn't follow the doctors orders.
1. But if you hadn't left the door open, the room wouldn't be full of flies.
2. But if I had finished my report yesterday, I could begin a new project today.
3. But if she had followed the doctor's orders, Anita wouldn't have gotten sick.
Identify the implied conditions by making sentences using if-clauses.
1. I would have answered the phone, but I didn't hear it ring.
2. I couldn't have finished the work without your help.
3. I stepped on the brakes. Otherwise, I would have hit the child on he bike.
1. I would have answered the phone if i had heard it ring.
2. I couldn't have finished the work if you hadn't helped
3. If I hadn't stepped on the brakes, I would have hit the child on the bike.
Use the given information to answer each question use wish + would.
Anna: can't you come to the concert? Please change your mind. I'd really like you to come.
Meredith: No, I can't I have work.
1. What does Anna want Meredith to do?
2. What else does Anna wish?
1. Anna wishes Meredith would come to the concert.
2. Anna wishes Meredith would change her mind.