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Grammar Review
Conditions
REALISTIC CONDITION -> RESULT
If you do that, This wil happen
Present. will future
Grammar Review
Conditions
HYPOTHETICAL CONDITION -> RESULT
If you did that, This would happen
Past simple. **would** + verb
1-When we talk about something that is generally true or often happens, we use the present simple or present perfect tense in the main clause and the present simple in the conditional clause.
If you press this button, you get coffee with sugar
They usually tell the accountant if they have overspent.
2 - It is also possible to use an imperative or a modal verb in the main clause.
Give me a ring if anything goes wrong.
They must change their product range if they want to survive.
3- To talk about something that may happen in the future, we use will in the main clause.
If you go to Tehran, you will need a visa.
If I see her today, I’ll give her your report.
4- If… not and unless have a similar meaning. Compare:
You cannot dine in the club if you don’t have a membership card.
You cannot dine in the cub unless you have a membership card.
5-When we talk about something we think is impossible or unlikely to happen, we use the past simple or past continuous in the conditional clause and would in the main clause.
If I knew the answer, I would tell you.
If he was coming, he would ring.
6- When we talk about things that did not happen and imagine how things might have been different in the past we use:
if + past perfect + would/could/might + have + past participle.
If he had had more experience, we could have given him the job.
What would you have done if you had been on the management team?
Vocabulary
Burglar
housebreaker
Vocabulary
Rip-off
An information expression meaning to cheat someone by charge them much more than usual
Vocabulary
Giveaway, rip-off, free, costly, reasonable, cheaply
Scale
Rip-off - costly - reasonable - cheaply - giveaway - free
Vocabulary
Prawn
Seafood, shrimp
Vocabulary
Apricot
Damasco
Vocabulary
Sour - “sáuer”
Azedo
Vocabulary
Roast
Assado
