If Clause 2

If you study hard, you will pass the exam.

The sentence means ...

• Maybe you will pass the exam or maybe not.

• It is a general truth that you pass the exam.

• You pass the exam because you study hard.

• You didn't pass the exam because you didn't study hard.

If I had had a car, I would have visited you.

The sentence means...

• I don't visit you.

• I visited you.

• I didn't have a car.

• I have a car.

If I have enough time, I'll watch the football match.

The reality of the sentence is ...

• I probably watch the football match.

• I watch the football match.

• I watched the football match.

• I don't watch the football match.

If I had a lot of money, I would travel around the world.

The reality of the sentence is ...

• I had a lot of money and I traveled around the world.

• I don't have a lot money and I don't travel around the world.

• I didn't have a lot of money and I didn't travel around the world.

• I have no money but I travel around the world.

If she had been careful, she wouldn't have a terrible accident.

The reality of the sentence is ...

• She is careful but she has an accident.

• She is careless and she has a terrible accident.

• She didn't get an accident though she was careless.

• She was careless and she had a terrible accident.

If I don't see him this afternoon, I will phone him this evening.

The reality of the sentence is ...

• I don't phone him this evening.

• I didn't phone him this evening.

• Maybe I will phone him this evening.

• I hadn't phoned him.

Will you call me if you free?

The reality of the sentence is ...

• Is it possible for you to call me?

• Did you call me?

• Do you call me?

• Hadn't you called me?

If I get there, I will call you.

The reality of the sentence is ...

• I get there and I call you.

• I don't get there and I don't call you.

• Perhaps I will call you.

• It's true that I will call you.

He wouldn't have missed the bus if he had woken up earlier.

The reality of the sentence is ...

• He doesn't miss the bus.

• He misses the bus.

• He didn't miss the bus.

• He missed the bus.

If I were you, I would choose to be a doctor.

The reality of the sentence is ...

• I were not you.

• I am not you, I don't choose to be a doctor.

• I choose to be a doctor.

• I was you and I chose to be a doctor.