CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

TYPES OF CONDITIONS	VERB FORM IN THE “IF CLAUSE”	VERB FORM IN THE   “RESULT CLAUSE”	(a) If I have enough time,      I will write to my parents.          (b) If the weather is nice       tomorrow, we will go        on a picnic
Real condition (It is  used for   possible situation)	Simple present	Present future
Unreal condition in present time	Simple past	Would + simple form	(c) If I had enough time       now, I would write to       my parents. ( In truth, I do not have      enough time, so I will  not    write to them.) (d) If I were you, I would       accept their invitation. ( In truth, I am not you. ) Note: Were is used for both singular and plural.
Unreal condition in the past	Past perfect	Would have + past participle	(e) If I had had enough      time, I would have      written to my parents      yesterday. ( In truth, I did not have    enough time, so I did not    write to them.)