Zusammenfassung der Ressource
English Conditionals
- Conditionals Sentence Type 3
- Formula
- wold/ Could/ Might + have+ past participle
- IF + Past Perfect
- Are Used
- to talk about unreal or
imaginary situations in the past
- example
- If i had won a raffle, I
would have left my old
- to express regret, satisfaction or
unfulfilled condition in the past
- example
- If I hadn´t gone to bed so late last night, I
would have woken up on time this morning
- to criticise somebody/something
- example
- If you had completed your degree,
you might have found a better job
- Mixed Conditionals
- Mixed conditionals do not follow the tense rules strictly;
we can make combinations according to the context
- Formula
- If + past perfect
- (had + Past Participle) subject + would / could + base form
- If you had taken some coffe, you
would field more wake now
- If + Past simple
- subject + would have + past participle
- If I had an airplane I would have picked you
up from Canada were your were traveling
- Unreal past
- present or future refrence
- sometimes we use the past simple
when referring to the present or
fututre this is called unreal past
- wish/ if only + past simple
- is used to make a wish about a present or
future situation which we would like to be
different, or a present or future ability
- I wish a had a luxurios car
- wish / if only + could + bare infinitive
- is used to express regret about
something we can not do at present
- I wish I could traveled with you yesterday
- Wish / if only+ would + bare infinitve
- is used to express annoyance, irritation,
dissatisfaction, and to make a wish concerning a
present a situation that is unlikely to change
- I wish the time that I am without
you will go by more fast
- would rather + past simple
- is use to say that will would prefer
somebody to do or not do something
- I´d rather you didn´t use my car to go to
your house
- Its( high/about) time + past simple
- is use to express criticism or complain about
something that should have already been done
- Its time you must been at work
- as if / as thought + past simple
- is use for untrue situations
- He speaks as if he were an a cientific person
- Wish / if only + past perfect simple
- is used to express regret about something
that happened or didn´t happen in the past
- I wish I had battery on my phone. I can´t
communicate with my wife
- would rather / as if / as though + past perfect
- is used for unreal situations in the past
- I´d rather you had informed me earlier in the morning