DILBERT and

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
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 Loofah, Loofa: vegetable sponge

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 If you read that e-mail, it is proof that there is

something wrong with your brain.
 I can´t help it if my back itches.

 If + Simple Present, Simple Present

IF + Simple Present, Simple Present
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 Used for situations that are always or usually true,
not for specific events.
 In the result clause we can use the imperative.
If Bill phones, tell him I´m not in.
 In these sentences “if” can sometimes be
replaced by “when” or “whenever”
 Time: Generic Time Reference
 Degree of probability: High/Certainty in some
cases
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 More examples:
 If you heat ice, it melts.(When you heat ice..)
 If unemployment is rising, people tend to stay in
their present jobs.
 When you fly a budget airline, you have to pay for
your drinks and snacks.
 If you press this button, you get black coffee
 When I've written a new article, I run it through my
spell-checker.
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Wither: become shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease

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 I´ll find you some buyers if you give me 25%

 If I refuse to help you, you´ll tell my boss I´m
not a Team player

IF + Present, WILL + Infinitive

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 Used for real particular situations that are

probable if the condition is fulfilled.
 In the result clause we can use modals like
“can”, “may”, “must”, “ should”, etc
 Time: Future

 Degree of probability: High

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 More examples:
 If you study hard, you will pass your exams.
 If we do not protect the panda bears, they will
soon become extinct.
 If she hasn't heard the bad news yet, I'll tell her.
 If you go to New York, you must have the
cheesecake in Lindy's.
 If he comes, you can get a lift home with him.
 If we don't get the contract, we'll have wasted a lot
of time and money.
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 Cliff /klif/: a steep or vertical rock face, especially at the edge of the sea
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 If I had a winner´s mentality, I wouldn´t work

here.
 If everyone wore clothes, would you do that?

IF + Past, WOULD + infinitive

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 Used for unreal, hypothetical situations
 Used to give advice:
If I were you, I wouldn´t make him angry.
 The main clause can contain “would”, “could”
or “might”.
 Time: Future
Extended Present Time
 Degree of probability: Improbable/Impossible
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 More examples:
 If I had one million dollars, I'd give a lot to charity.

 If there were no more hungry people in this world, it

would be a much better place.
 If I spoke to him directly, we might be able to reach
an agreement.
 If I were a bird, I would be able to fly

 If I was still living in Brighton, I would commute by

train.
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Accomplishment: something that has been achieved successfully.

Shoo:cause to go away by waving one's arms and saying ‘shoo’.
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 Scurry: move hurriedly with short quick steps.

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 If I had insisted on doing my job, you would

have had less time to do yours.
 The meeting would have been much better if
you had been prepared.

IF +Past Perfect, WOULD HAVE past participle

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 Used to describe unreal past situations, contrary
to facts.
 The pronunciation of “would have” is always
/wudᵊv/. Never strong form for “have”.
 The main clause can contain “would”, “could” or
“might
 It is often used to express criticism or regret.
 Time: Past
 Degree of probability: Impossible
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More examples:

 If we had caught the earlier train, we would have got there

on time but we were late.

 If I had worked harder at school, I would have got better

grades.

 If you had saved your money, you could have bought a laptop.

 If we had played a little better, we might have won the game.

 If I hadn't been wearing a seat belt, I would have been killed.

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 If you arrive early, you get a better seat.

 If you arrive early, you´ll get a better seat.

 If you arrived early, you´d get a better seat.

 If you had arrived early, you´d have got a better

seat.
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 Unless I won´t work unless he pays me

 On condition that /Provided/ Providing that /As long as /So
long as You can come with me as long as you behave well
 Even if Even if it rains, we´ll still go for a pic nic
 If only If only I had enough time!
 Supposing/Suppose Suppose you told him the truth, what
could he do about it?
 Otherwise Thanks for the directions. We wouldn´t have found
the house otherwise.
 But for But for your help, we would have been in trouble
 If + adjectives If necessary, take a taxi.
 Inversion Had I known you were ill, I would have called you.
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 1) If they have finished their work, they deserve a rest

 2) If you should happen to see her, tell her to phone me.

 3) If she hadn´t paid you when she was here last time, she won´t pay you
today either

 4) Were the government to go for the reelection, there would be a revolt.

 5) If she has finished her homework by tomorrow, she will lend it to me.

 6) If she told you she doesn´t like English, she lied to you.

 7) If she started to work on the project yesterday, she won´t finish by Friday.
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 8) If I were a man, I would not have become a teacher.

 9) The test was OK, if a bit incomplete.

 10) If you will reserve seats, we will be sure of a comfortable journey.

 11) If I had seen him with another woman, he would be dead now.

 12) If she went to your house yesterday, she probably knows the truth

 13) But for your help, we wouldn´t have survived.

 14) If mad, study Conditionals.