‘If’ Clauses

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If Clauses

• Factual Hypothetical

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If Clauses - Factual

• Present
• If I have time, I sew. (When I have time, I
  sew.)
• If it rains, she always takes her umbrella.
• If I am tired, I go to bed early.
• Tenses Present/present

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If Clauses - Factual

• Future
• If I have time tonight, I will sew.
• If you study a lot, you will get an A.
• If you do well on the test today, I will be
  really happy.
• Tenses Present/future

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If Clauses - Factual

• Past
• If I had time when I was at school, I always
  sewed.
• In college, if I got a good nights sleep, I
  always did better on my tests.
• If he stayed up all night, he was always in
  a bad mood the next day.
• Tenses Past/past

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If Clauses - Hypothetical

• Untrue in the present
• If I had time tonight, I would sew.
• (Understood that I dont have time)
• If I were nice, I would let you go home early.
• (Whats understood? Is it true?)
• If I were you, I would study more.
• If you were an instructor, would you be nice?
• Tenses Past/conditional

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If Clauses - Hypothetical

• Untrue in the past
• If I had been nice on Tuesday, I would not
  have given you a quiz.
• If Mo had studied more, he would have gotten a
  better grade.
• If Gaspar had not partied all weekend, his essay
  would have been done yesterday.
  
• Tenses Past perfect/past conditional

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If Clauses - Hypothetical

• Past hypothetical impacting on present
• (Untrue in past affecting present)
• If I had won the lottery last week, I would be in
  Paris today.
• If you had gotten enough sleep last night, you
  would not be so sleepy today.
• Tenses Past perfect/present conditional

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If Clauses Lets play!

• If I win the lottery, I
• If Manuel doesnt study for the test, he
• If Luis falls asleep in class, Miss Phillips
• If Manji writes a good essay today, she
• If Kaway wins the lottery, she

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More fun! (More fun?)

• If Mo had gone to bed early last night, today he
• If Gharib had written a long essay, today Ms. P
• If all the students had really studied MLA style,
  their Works Cited
• If I had won the lottery last week, today I

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Enough Already!

• I had it to do all over again, I
• If I had gotten married at 16, I
• If I had won the lottery last week, I
• If Catherine has the time next week, she.
• The End