If conditionals-31

             

                      

               Practical usage of  if conditionals

                                           

If I  had ……..I  would have ,  If   I were…… I would - Structures

  

NOTE: The opinion expressed in the following sentences is of author's.        

              

Prior Information

Present/past  form of the verb – In verbs go, went, and gone. ‘go’ is the present form and went is the past form of the verb

Subject:   The person or thing that we speak about in a sentence is called subject. A subject can be a noun,        

pronoun, common noun, collective noun adjectives etc. In the structures below we have used  pronouns as subjects. Subject normally comes at the beginning of a sentence. It is mor convenient  to make sentences if the subject is in the form of a pronoun.  When you make sentence always convert subject to it’s pronoun form mentally ( If the subject is not in the pronoun form). They are only nine pronouns (Personal) of the subjects namely I, we, you, he, she, it, they

Conditional Sentences          

This types of sentences tells us that something  will happened if certain condition is fulfilled

There are two parts in conditional sentence, namely if clause and main clause. Main clause is standalone clause ,the if clause is dependent clause (It depends on main clause to make itself sensible)

Look at this sentence

If  your share your wealth the national will prosper

There are two clauses  in the above sentence . If clause ( not underlined) and the main clause (underlined)

There are three types of conditionals namely open condition, unreal or imaginary condition and unfulfilled condition.

a. Open condition

In this type of condition, the condition may or not be fulfilled , it’s left open.

Structure: If clause contains present form of the verb. The main clause contains helping verb (will/shall, may ,can etc.) + other words. The reference is to present or future.

Model sentences

If Spain and Greece take realistic measures they can save EU .

Crisis in the Middle Ease can be diffused, if UN Secretary General intervenes.

If  you switch over to E-cigarettes you can minimize the health risk.

If  the dollar weakens further the gold will touch new heights.

If  China and India minimize  oil consumption the oil prices can brought down

If  Mitt Romney soften his stand on Taxes  he might gain more popularity.

If Mr. O’Malley wants to be Democratic nominee in 2016 he must be ready with new economic bailout plans and health insurance policies.

If you leave now, you can catch the train. Or  You can catch the train, if you leave now.

If she gets the admission she will join the course.

If his relatives arrive he may not come.

b. Unreal or imaginary condition

When we  talk about unreal or imaginary things we use this condition.  

Structure: If clause contain  past verb form or the verb were.  The main clause contains the helping verb like Should, could, would, might etc, + present verb form. The reference is to present or future.

Model sentences

If  The west cut emission the world would breath fresh air. (‘cut’ is present as well as past form of the verb)

If  Hillary were the president the US policies would be totally different.

If  Hong kong were under UK, It would feel the shocks of economic recession.

If  The space craft flew with the speed of light, it could reach the Mars in a few minutes.

If  I were you , I wouldn’t decline the offer.(Reference  to the present. With all subjects were is used.)

If they  started, now they might reach school in time.

c. Unfulfilled condition

This condition says the certain things didn’t  happen because certain conditions were not fulfilled.

Structure: If  clause contains had + Past perfect verb (e.g. Gone, called, slept, drunk, swum etc.) + other words. The main   clause contains should, could, would, might  + have + Past perfect verb + other words.

Model Sentences (If is optional in some cases)

Had European Central ban taken drastic measures, Spain and Italy wouldn’t have fallen into the debt trap.

Had Bill gate pursued studies, the world might have missed windows of the fresh air.

Had  Steve Jobs and Bill gate collaborated the world would have got a  better deal.

If the authorities  had taken adequate precautions the Colorado shooting could  have been avoided.

If  the director/produced  had not concede the Green’s demand, she wouldn’t have Played a role in Apparition.

(Ashley Green’s demand was that she wouldn’t be a typical scream queen.)

If he  had walked fast he would have caught the train.

If we had good rainfall, we would have saved the crops.