CONDITIONAL SENTENCES IF
| Verb form in
“IF CLAUSE” | Verb form in
“RESULT CLAUSE” | Meaning |
|
I. Present Tense
II. Past Tense
II. Past Perfect
|
Future Tense
Past Future
Past Future Perfect |
Real in present/future
Unreal in present/future
Unreal in past |
Examples :
Conditional Sentence IF type I :
I will fix your bicycle if I have a screwdriver of the proper size.
Jack will shave today if he has sharp razor.
Conditional Sentence IF type II :
If I had enough time now, I would write to my parents.
Fact : I do not have enough time now, so I do not write to my parents.
He would not come to your party if you did not invite him.
Fact : he will come to your party, because you invite him.
Conditional Sentence IF type III :
If you had told me about the problem, I would have helped you.
Fact : You did not tell me about the problem, so I did not help you.
I would not have got wet yesterday if I had remembered to take umbrella with me yesterday.
Fact : I got wet, because I did not remember to take my umbrella with me yesterday.
NOTE :
In writing conditional sentences if, we may put the “IF CLAUSE” before the “RESULT CLAUSE” and vice versa.
However, we must put comma (,) at the end of the “RESULT CLAUSE” if the “IF CLAUSE” is put before the “RESULT CLAUSE”.
Also, the meaning of the fact must be on the contrary with the conditional sentence if. So, if the conditional sentence if is in positive form, the fact will be in negative one and vice versa.
