Grammar Level 6- Lesson Thirteen
In this grammar lesson, you learn about Present Conditional in English and how to use it in your English conversation and writing. Just follow examples and write them down a few times to learn them very well. After finishing this lesson, you should work on its quiz.
Grammar Recap
In our previous lesson, we covered the Future Conditional If you just landed on this page, we suggest that you complete our previous lesson including its quizzes before continuing on this lesson.
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The Present Conditional
The present conditional describes a situation now that isn’t true or isn’t happening. Teachers also call this the present unreal or present contrary-to-fact.
Example:
If I had a million dollars, I would give it away to all my friends.
“If I had a million dollars” is in the past tense, but it describes a possible situation (or impossible situation) in the present.
“I would give it away to all my friends” tells the outcome of the condition. You can use “would,” “could,” “might,” or “should” in these kinds of sentences.
This next sentence uses the verb “be” in the present conditional:
I wouldn’t do that if I were you.
Well, I’m not you, so this describes a situation that is not true. Notice that “were” is used with “i.” Isn’t that strange? But it’s correct.
Note: Some teachers refer to this as “the second conditional.”
Here are some more examples:
If she had more time today, she could meet her friends for lunch.
(The situation is present, but notice the use of “had,” the past tense of “have.” This means that she doesn’t have time.
If I knew how to sing, I could probably make a little money playing guitar on the weekends.
(But I’m not very good at singing while playing guitar. Perhaps I’ll get better with practice. — The past tense of know is knew)
If this penguin could talk, he would probably tell us human beings to stop changing the climate.
(A penguin can’t talk but if it could…… The past tense of can talk is could talk)
Quiz for Present Conditional
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