ADVANCED CONDITIONALS

ADVANCED CONDITIONALS

By Yolanda Calpe

INVERTED CONDITIONALS

SHOULD - 1st CONDITIONAL If you + verb = should you + verb If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Should you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact me. WERE - 2nd CONDITIONAL If I were = Were I If I were you, I think I would study more for your exam tomorrow. Were I you, I think I would study more for your exam tomorrow. HAD - 3rd CONDITIONAL If I had done = Had I done If I had known it would be so easy, I would have done it ages ago. Had I known it would be so easy, I would have done it ages ago. In negative clauses with inversion, we don’t use contracted forms: Had the people not been informed, the situation would have been much worse.

ADVANCED CONDITIONALS

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 BUT FOR (phrase) = if it were not for/if it had not been for Used for saying that something would have happened if something else or

​someone had not prevented it.

​• He would have played but for a knee injury. 

 IF + WERE TO

 In formal situations, we can use if + were to when we talk about things that might happen but which we think are unlikely. • If he were to fail his driving test tomorrow, he would have to take it again.

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If you applied now, there’s a good chance you would get the job. 

APPLY 

Were ......you to apply now........ , there’s a good chance you would get the job.  I didn’t know about your problem so I didn’t offer to help. KNOWN Had ...I known about your problem.... , I would have offered to help.

Advanced Conditionals

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I didn’t crash the car thanks to your warning. 

BUT

 I would ............have crashed the car but for ............your warning.  The snow prevented us from arriving on time.

 BEEN 

We would have arrived on time.... had it not been for/ if it had not been for .... the snow.  There is a phone in each room, in case you want to leave earlier. 

SHOULD 

There is a phone in each room should you want to leave/ if you should want to leave earlier.

Inverted Conditionals – Ejercicio de acceso libre

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ADVANCED CONDITIONALS

​Zero Always true:

Simple present + Simple present 1st A possibility and the possible result: Simple present + Simple future 2nd A hypothetical possibility and its possible result : 

Simple past/ Present conditional OR Present continuous conditional 3rd An hypothetical past condition its possible result in the past: Past perfect + Perfect conditional  Conditional Conjunctions : 

As long as / so long as / provided (that) / on (the) condition that / unless / only if / If / in the event of / in case of, etc / WOULD, WERE, IF , BECAUSE, SHOULD.

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You are not allowed to stay in the country unless you get a visa. ONLY

You can ........................................................country if you get a visa.

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I would like to buy a bran-new car , but I need to win the lottery. WOULD

If .......................................................................... ..buy a brand-new car.

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I did it because I thought it would be interesting. DONE

I................................ if I had thought it wasn’t interesting.

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Once I read his letter , I understood why he had left the company. ONLY

It .............................. his letter that I understood why he had left the company.

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