Conditional sentences – Exercise 299
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In English, there are complex sentences where one part is the condition (starts with "if") and the second part is the consequence, the result of what happens if the condition works. We call such sentences conditionals.
| Type | Meaning | Condition | Result | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | a real, feasible condition | if + Present Simple | Future Simple | If you go away, I will miss you. |
| II | an imaginary condition that refers to the present or to the future | if + Past Simple | would + infinitive | If you went away, I would miss you. |
| III | an imaginary condition that refers to the past | if + Past Perfect | would + have + past participle | If you had gone away, I would have missed you. |
| Type | Meaning | I wish | Condition | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| II | It would be nice if... — referring to the present or to the future | I wish |
Past Simple | I wish you were here. |
| III | I regret that... — referring to the past | Past Perfect | I wish you had called me. |