Patterns - read and memorize!
Real condition
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Unreal condition
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referring to the present or future
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referring to the past
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1. If he reads more, itwill be easier for him to study.
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1. If I knew English literature better, it would be easier for me to study.
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1. If I had known English literature better at school, I should have written a better composition at the entrance exam.
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2. If he studies in our group, we shall appointhim monitor.
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2. If he studied in our group, we should appoint him monitor.
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2. If he had studied in our group in the 1st course, he would have beenour monitor.
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3. If they go to the country next summer, their son will feel better.
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3. If they went to the country every summer, their son would feelbetter.
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3. If they had gone to the country last summer, their son would havealready recovered.
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Note 1 - In complex sentences expressingreal condition the Future Indefinite is used in the principal clause, the Present Indefinite - in the subordinate clause. (in sentences referring to the future.)
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Note 2 - In complex sentences expressingunreal condition referring to the present or future the Present Conditional Mood is used in the principal clause, Present Subjunctive II - in the subordinate clause.
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Note 3 - In complex sentences expressing unreal condition referring to the past, the Past Conditional Mood is used in the principal clause, Past Subjunctive II - in the subordinate clause.
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