It it is nice tomorrow, ...
FUTURE TENSE
If I ate healthy, I would be thin.
I don't eat healthy. I am not thin.
If I had eaten breakfast I would have eaten eggs.
If I had eaten breakfast, I would have eaten eggs.
We can use future tense in an IF clause.
FALSE.
Change it to a conditional:
It is not raining. I won't use my umbrella.
If it were raining, I would use my umbrella.
If Jake wakes up late on Sundays ...
Simple Present
Kevin would be good at English if were a hard worker.
Kevin is not good at English. He isn't a hard worker.
If Jake swim in the morning, she usually gets tired.
If Jake swims in the morning, she usually gets tired.
We can use WOULD in an IF clause.
FALSE
Change the real sentence to a conditional:
Jake is teaching me. I am listening.
If Jake weren't teaching me, I would not be listening.
I could have been a millionaire ...
if PAST PERFECT
I don't eat meat. I can't eat your hamburger.
If I ate meat, I could eat your hamburger.
John would have been seriously injured if he had fell out of the tree.
John would have been seriously injured if he had fallen out of the tree.
We cannot mix real conditionals with unreal conditionals in the same sentence.
TRUE
Change the true statement to a conditional:
I am having fun because I am playing a game.
I wouldn't be having fun if I weren't playing a game.
If I had forgotten to do my homework...
would have + past participle
I got sick because I didn't take my medicine.
If I had taken my medicine, I wouldn't have gotten sick.
If I had a billion dollars, I would got new friends.
If I had a billion dollars, I would get new friends.
I can never use WAS in any conditional sentence.
FALSE
If she had not been crying when I arrived, I wouldn't have given her a tissue.
She was crying when I arrived. I gave her a tissue.
If Jake weren't my teacher, right now ...
would + BE + ing
The earth shook violently. The house was destroyed.
If the earth hadn't shaken violently, the house wouldn't have been destroyed.
If I would have had time, I had drove to meet you.
If I had had time, I would have driven to meet you.
I can use COULD in both the IF clause and the RESULT clause.
TRUE
Change the real sentence to a conditional:
The students were being tested. I walked quietly.
If the students had not been being tested, I wouldn't have walked quietly.