English Conditional Sentences, If Clause Type 2, Conditional Type 2
If Clause Type 2 is used to think of the opposite of an event that is happening in the present or in the future, to put forward a condition and to express the result of this imaginary condition. Therefore, the tense that we can use must be a bit more past than the tense that we will use to express the truth. So, that is like to use; would instead of will, did instead of do, could instead of can. It is often used to express wishes and desires for the past.
Example Sentences;
Structures that we can use in the basic sentence;
Structures that can be used in conditional sentence;
The verb “be” is in the form of “were” for all subjects. For the subjects; I, he, she, it, the “was“ format can also be used.
When meaning is present or future, past tense is used.
We can use was / were doing if we are constructing a conditional statement considering the reverse of an ongoing action.
In Type 2, using ‘should’ emphasizes that the probability is less.
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